Stephanie Expecting

Stephanie embodies the pregnancy glow. She is beautiful from the inside out and you feel happy just being around her. She and her husband are good friends of ours and it was really hard for me to choose favorites from this session! Visit her client gallery and see why.. www.kristyphotography.zenfolio.com

Whitney & Dan

Wow. This weekend we attended Dan & Whitney's wedding in Grand Rapids. The ceremony was at a beautiful and ornate chruch downtown at St. Mary's; followed by a reception at Eve at the B.O.B. These two locations were amazing to photograph and we seriously could have spent days taking pictures of these two. (I mean look at them!) The church had a peeling paint, old stone, stained glass and arched celiling feel to it, while the Eve at the B.O.B. was very edgy, contemporary, simple and striking. It was such a fun challenge to create portraits at the two very different places. At the reception, Brent and I were seated with two couples that are friends of ours, which made the reception so much fun! I even danced :) Congratulations Whitney and Dan! We wish you two all the best.

Keegan

Apparently I am very interesting because during Keegan's first session, he was alive, awake, alert, and entusiastic! He peed on both mommy and daddy and stayed awake the entire time. His mom and I thought that we would trick him (have you ever tried to trick a baby? It is much harder than it seems) and schedule another session for a morning when we knew he would fall fast asleep.... That did not happen, but we did catch this adorable sleepy shot right at the end. I also think Keegan has the cutest hair known to man. It says 'I am a baby, and I like to party.'

Amy & Brett

Even the rainy morning did not dampen the spirits of this awesome couple. The ceremony was the perfect length, and by the time we were ready for portraits, the sun was shining and it had warmed up enough for our hike around campus. (Amy was such a good sport walking to one of my favorite places for portraits in heels!) Congratulations you two, and have a great time on your honeymoon!

Grand Ledge Prom

Friday night we had the opportunity to photograph a prom! It was a lot of fun to see all the amazing dresses and hair styles. (How cool and unique is that camo dress!!) I was nervous before the event because I have never photographed a dance like this before. Creating the backdrop took up a good part of the week, and I knew that organization, filling out forms and taking payment would also be a new challenge. Luckily I was blessed with amazing helpers, Janelle - my sister-in-law and best friend, Maggie - a very talented art student at GVSU, and my husband Brent - amazing in oh so many ways! Everything went smoothly and I cannot wait until next year!

(at the end of the night, we took a portrait of ourselves using the on camera timer. The hilarious thing is that the image below was our fourth try!)

Ashley is Three

For Ashley's third birthday portrait session, my creative sister-in-law purchased a helium balloon kit. The idea was fantastic, and I love all the color. The only issue we found was the crazy excitement that occurs when you give your three year old a huge bunch of helium balloons. Add to that my very moody one year old and Ashley's seven month old baby brother and you get some adorable images, and two very stressed out moms. The images are worth it, as they capture the true spirit of Ashley. Happy birthday sweetheart!

Lauren

Lauren is an absolutely adorable one year old! Her eyes are so brilliant, it is hard to take yours off of her. She just turned one and in honor of this new milestone, we captured these fun images. She enjoyed the pettiskirt, but by the time we got to her birthday dress, she basically told us she was done. One of my favorite parts of this session was when Lauren's mom said that the easy days when you just sit her down, and she stays -- are gone. She has now entered the catch and release stage, where they crawl or walk away, and we bring them right back... again and again and again :)