Speaking of the amazing weather mentioned in yesterday’s post, here is another product of that same, fabulous day. More sunshine, more warmth, and of course, more people in love while laying in leaves. I can’t help it, I love the leaves, and it only comes one time of year, so just let me overuse it for a few weeks :)

Introducing, Kevin and Laura! Super excited to photograph their wedding next year!!
Not gonna lie, I have several favorites from their shoot. I ADORE the next two, especially when put together…

Oh yes, another fave…


Oops, another fave…
Sigh…and another…

Ok, and just one more favorite. Kevin and Laura ROCK :)

I call this day the last of the good days for 2012. It was last week of October and a beautiful 78 degrees. Summer temps combined with fall surroundings make for one pretty awesome setup. Thanks Hughes family…so fun to play with you again!

Oh, and just in case you were wondering, the temps did drop TWENTY degrees the following day.

Winter is lame.

Let’s take a moment to pay homage to their awesome fashion sense. And the fact that I got him to hold still for 2.15 seconds for this shot :)

Vinnie and Jackie…rocking it out on a cold, rainy October afternoon.

Congrats to the happy couple and bring on October 2013!

All I can say is…where can I get one JUST. LIKE. HIM.

Love this little guy…

Ryan and Jill emanate a kind of joy and happiness that is hard to describe. Obviously they are super rad and fun to be around (duh)…but I think it is their total and complete love and respect for one another that has me wrapped around their little pinkies. Their day was cold and rainy, but they didn’t even blink an eye. In fact, I remember hearing something like “I love days like this…dreary, gray…I love it!” from Jill’s mouth. That’s the kind of person she is…finding happiness in everything and sprinkling her happy fairy dust everywhere she goes. And don’t even get me STARTED on Ryan…most girls would kill to have a man that looks at and treats her like she is the most perfect creature on this earth. Needless to say, I love them.

Congrats Ryan and Jill!!

Wait, what? Is that Ryan Gosling? Different Ryan, same awesomeness.

Beautiful people…

Jill and her little…

I absolutely adore this shot captured during the ceremony, by my partner in crime, Laura Finley.

Beautiful Maids of Honor and bride…

Are you kidding? I love them!!!

I’m not sure if there is anything more beautiful than a Michigan fall combined with sunshine. Add in a few giggles and some blonde hair, and it just might be perfect :)
I ADORE mama and daughter on the left…
Love these cuties.
We giggled…
Giggled some more…
We hulu hooped…
And golfed…
Played by the water…
And sat under the most brilliant tree I have ever seen. And yes, it was that color in real life (zero color enhancement)!

This is my last tiny one for the rest of the year. I kept it together until I saw her in the owl hat. That’s when I broke down and declared myself baby hungry.

Happy Halloween/Fall/Autumn/Harvest/It’s-almost-winter-kill-me-now!!!!! Safe trick-or-treating tonight!

A few images from a recent one year old shoot…

This kid has a wicked sense of style :)

Big brother was HILARIOUS…

My favorite shot :)

Tee hee…love it…

Another engagement session in my favorite big city…Chicago. Seriously. SERIOUSLY. The location and couple were perfection!

It was just a few months ago that I was photographing her big sister, and she was just a bump on her mama’s tummy. But, now she’s here in all of her tiny, perfect glory :)

Big sisters like to help too…

and have undivided attention from their mama :)