Claire + Zach

Romantic Sunset Engagement in Port Huron, MI

Don’t get me wrong, I LOVE the city life, give me a ticket to New York City any day, but I’m pretty partial to our little country town too and all that it offers. Claire and Zach made the drive from their busy, big city of Detroit, MI to our small, little town of Port Huron for their Summer Engagement Session. They opted to trade big buildings for tall trees and 4 lane expressways for dirt back roads, and it turned out both classy and romantic. Take a look!

Now that you’re done staring, and googling for that exact same white jumpsuit, because…. let’s be honest, it’s PERFECT for a Bride To Be’s Engagement Photos, we’ll change into something more casual and venture out into the woods. Let’s go!

I shouldn’t tell all my secrets, but these next photos are the perfect example of fully trusting your photographer, and embracing less than romanticized locations when we bring them up. We’re pretty good at turning trash to treasure on the fly when it comes to backgrounds AND seeing the possibility in all spaces. Ya know… like this graveyard!! Yep. These golden hour beauties look like they were snapped in a whimsical field full of magic and love. And, for the most part that is true. We just had to be surrounded by gravestones. You know the golden glow was worth it though- see for yourself!

We are so excited for this (covid) couple! We can not wait to photograph their wedding next and see what beauty we can capture, no matter the space, even in the middle of a pandemic- here at RSP, we always got you!

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If you want to see more photos and lovebirds that we captured through out Port Huron check out Sarah and Jeremy’s Spring Engagement Session! There are lilacs, a puppy, and champagne. Don’t skip it!

For a more retro feel and natural vintage vibes click on Alex and Carlie’s Engagement Session in Port Huron, MI (who’s Wedding that we also photographed got featured in THE KNOT! You can creep that here!)

Sarah + Jeremy

Tour of Port Huron, MI

A downtown Engagement Session

It was Spring in Michigan and you could smell the flowers starting to bloom. Sarah and Jeremy made the long drive from Midland to come shoot with us, and I’m not sure, but it might have something to do with our shared obsession for lilacs. A typical overcast day meant just the right amount of wind and clouds to make this Engagement Session along the streets of Historic Down Town Port Huron Michigan perfect. We started tucked under the awning at the newly renovated Sperry’s Moviehouse and slowly started to stroll and tour the city from there.

And yes, the WHOLE family was involved. Can we just stare at that face for a few minutes before you scroll on?

A change of clothes and location made for a whole new look. That’s what is perfect about these shoots- you can show off all sides of you and your love story. The casual, the classy, or anything in between. You can go from relaxing in the overgrown field with your pup to totally glamming it up, popping the bubbly. Yep. Keep scrolling- it keeps getting better!

And if you’re ever concerned about getting the perfect location, don’t worry, we always got you! In search for a beautiful lilac background, in the middle of Covid season, I came across this perfection and did what any dedicated photographer would do- found the house they belonged to, knocked on the door, stood 6ft away, and asked if we could borrow them for a shoot! Thankfully they were so kind and said yes!

The shoot ended with a total mood- like the evening was pulled straight from a classy black and white film. Dancing. Champagne. We may make this mandatory for every shoot- this was SO fun!

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Take another trip with us through downtown Port Huron when we photographed Claire and Zach’s Summer Engagement Session! <—- Click here!

Tauren + Jen

Hip Summer Engagement Session in Detroit Michigan

LGBTQ Couple celebrates their love at The Belle Isle Conservatory

Tauren and Jen’s faces might look familiar to you… that’s because this isn’t the first time we’ve photographed their love story. We first met at the LGBTQ Pride shoot I was a part of and you can check out their mock Wedding photos along with other fabulous couples here!

Well, amazing news, after that they ended up getting engaged, and not just for the photoshoot, for real this time! ha! We were thrilled when they asked us to be a part of their journey!! It was so exciting and beautiful to revisit this experience of photographing them as a couple again, but this time celebrating “love is love” in real life, their way, their style!

And spoiler alert- we’re shooting their wedding too! AH!

The moment we walked into this session everything just clicked, like we had know Tuaren and Jen forever. They are just our kind of people, fun, easy going, eclectic… watching these two souls connect in front of our camera was epic. Keep scrolling, it just keeps getting better….

If it isn’t super obvious just by looking at these two- they are the sweetest! Their whole shoot was filled with so many laughs and so much love! The blend of both romantic and playful was so easy to photograph. And you’re seeing all this fun style right!? Photographer’s dream! Give us all the hats, lace dresses, rainbow socks, and suspenders all day!!

The Belle Isle Conservatory in Detroit made for a beautiful background in most of our images, but as the sun started to set we traveled around the park and captured even more magic in a few different nooks!

And can we just stop for one second and rave about these engagement rings custom made by Rarebits Jewelry!!! Swoon!

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To see another Eclectic, Fashionable Love story check out Alex and Carlie’s Engagement Session in Downtown Port Huron, MI!

Phillip + Jaylynn

What happens when 2 complete strangers meet in front of my camera?

The mock Engagement Session

that ended with a first date.

It started with 2 complete strangers picked by us on the Internet. 1 handsome guy. 1 gorgeous girl. Scheduled to have a romantic Spring “Engagement” photoshoot together in the near future.

Wait. What?

Yes. You read that right.

But now you’re probably wondering- WHY!?

This was 100% a personal project for me (Raelani- your girl next door behind the camera!) I know what it is like to photograph 2 people in love. They’re excited about getting married during their Engagement session, or they’re celebrating JUST getting married at their wedding. They are emotionally connected. Yes, to get couples to totally relax in front of the camera and act natural or to get laid back lifestyle “poses” from couples can still be challenging, but I have my ways and tricks to make it easy. No big deal.

That made me wonder- could I do the same thing with 2 complete strangers? After that I honestly wanted to find out and test my skills. I wanted to challenge everything that I had gotten so comfortable with in photography-

Could I pull genuine emotion out of 2 complete strangers and get them to connect?

Let’s just say by the time we were done with our shoot at The Goodells County Park “strangers” wouldn’t be the word I would use to describe them together anymore.

Obviously…. I mean… just look…

The golden hour started to kick in, lighting up the forest with that soft warm glow and by that time I felt like a third wheel. They were laughing, chatting, and I was left, camera in hand, capturing this story just unfolding in front of me.

The images themselves were enough to prove to myself I had the techniques and personality to break down walls, not only between me and my clients, but between the clients themselves.

But what REALLY sealed the deal was the exchanging of numbers and the on going coffee dates these two went on after this shoot! At this point that means I’m not only capturing love stories, I’m helping write them, and that’s not something I expected to happen with this project.

That brings a whole new level of passion to what I do, realizing what happens between real couples during our shoots… they get to fall in love all over again!

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For more love check out this Ann Arbor Engagement shoot full of history and architecture!

For more hipster love vibes check out this Engagement session shot right in Port Huron!