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!

Eric + Samantha

Blue Water Area Summer Romance

Elegant Wedding in Port Huron Michigan

The day started with me walking into the Bride’s room and me gracing her with a Twinkie as she got ready. And that’s pretty much how the mood of this whole wedding stayed, well into the night even after my husband came to pick me up with our little kiddos in the car, and they somehow made it onto the dance floor. These are my type of people, and we were so thrilled to capture their love and story right in our own town of Port Huron!

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As the girls spent hours getting ready the boys took their own sweet time “getting ready” too, just in a different way, that involved guns and that laid back approach leading up to walking down the aisle. Eventually they did make their way to The Double Tree to get their ties on.

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Beautiful emotions were high during the ceremony, which was held outside. Off in the distance Sarnia, Canada was our backdrop, just across the St. Clair River. Both the most important men in Samantha’s life, the one giving her away, and the one so excited to take her, were in tears. What more could a woman ask for?

Before the Wedding rings were slipped onto the soon to be Mr. and Mrs. Rouse, they were passed down a string across the very first row of people gathered to witness their wedding. Parents, Grand Parents, Brothers and Sisters put their love into the rings with blessings, prayers, and well wishes to the couple. The most influential people in their lives will forever be a part of their marriage now through these rings. What a beautiful moment to be a part of.

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Next we slipped away and caught some kisses underneath The Blue Water Bride connecting our home to Canada. Timing was perfect and we even caught one of the iconic freighters in some of our shots as it made its voyage out into Lake Huron.

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The Wedding reception, which was also held at The Double Tree in Port Huron was decorated with chic accents, with most of the vendors being local. The night brought more, big, beautiful tears, along with big laughs, drinking, and so much dancing, late into the night.

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We did sneak out just for a little moment to get those yummy golden hour shots I just MUST get for our couples! Thankfully my Mom’s hay field was looking gorgeous, and it was highlighted with one of the best sunsets that I have seen in a long time. These two were so go with the flow that when I shoved them in the hay field magic just happened. I can not express enough how amazing these 2 were. Beautiful, in love, fun, easy going. Honestly- Magic.

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To see more Chic, Elegant Wedding Vibes see Will and Savannah’s Royal Oak Wedding

To see another emotional and romantic wedding take a peek at Caleb and Rachel’s Wedding Album.