A cold rainy day in June, my sister and I were driving up to Bay Harbor praying the whole way it would stop raining. It was a Friday afternoon and the sun was hidden behind the dark clouds. You see for a photographer clouds are great… but the rain is obviously not. We arrived and set-up the “at first sight.” For those of you who don’t know what that is I will explain. These days we have the traditional see eachother as the bride walks down the aisle… OR before the wedding. I love these! Both are great because it defines the unique personality of the couple. I like sneaking away before the wedding and doing the bride and groom picture without everyone around. I feel like I catch so many more moments naturally between the love birds than I wouldn’t with the bridal party. Sometimes I get to sneak away at a normal wedding with couples too. Ok on to the good part… it stopped raing for the pictures and outdoor ceremony! We were so excited. The Inn at Bay Harbor is so breathetaking inside and out it probably wouldn’t have mattered anyway. As you will see this bride and groom may look like a couple other people in the photos… that’s because they are BOTH twins. Yeah I know……. AWESOME! I didn’t figure it out until we got the whole group together. They also made props and had cameras for their own photobooth. It was so fun to see their guests dress up and act silly. I love fun weddings!

Walking in a winter wonderland! Probably the funniest groomsmen I have ever met. Lovin’ the pyramid at the church the did… took some talking into for Kellan and the pictures leading up to him getting to the top are great. I already have a problem narrowing the pictures from wedding I show on my blog and every wedding I do it gets worse. Valerie looked stunning… and her color scheme was perfect for their special day.

At this wedding I might have had the most fun ever photographing. I have fun at a lot of weddings but this one I think “took the cake.” hehe.

I knew after their engagement session that they were fun and very open to different pictures. I have about a million awesome/funny dancing pictures and as always I had a hard enough time picking pics for my blog. I might add some later when I have more time on my hands but here are a ton for now.

I just have to mention that Amy’s shoes were soooo great… her and her bridesmaids dance moves (and her her bro’s) stellar. They even had a photo wall with cut outs for some funny group pics. Thanks for such a memorable New Year’s Eve!!

For November the weather was wonderful for Tina and Mark’s wedding day. It was pretty foggy so we couldn’t see the water in the background for formals… but everything works out! Everything looked so nice and elegant inside. It was a fun day!

You may remember seeing these two on my blog from their engagement session this summer. Aliona made her own beautiful wedding dress. She is very talented. They had the nicest weather and super fun wedding party. I can never put a limit on the number of pictures I use for weddings posts… so here is a ton.

I posted a sneak peak a few weeks ago… here is the full post!
This bride and groom gave us a whole hour for formal pictures! We drove around Petoskey before heading back to Bay Harbor for the ceremony. We had so much fun with this wedding! Thanks so much for choosing us to shoot your special day. Warning…. lots of pictures!!