May 21, 2012 by Lizzie

getting personal…..florally speaking

My love of photography started with my love of gardening. I loved watching the blooms grow, expand and live out their life cycle…..again and again and again. I wanted to capture that, so I started photographing them. I’d share some of those early pictures, but nah, I don’t want to do that to you all! […]

May 21, 2012 by Lizzie

Another bundle of baby joy – Grand Rapids newborn photographer

Babies babies babies. Spring has already sprung, but the babies are still coming along…..I feel like I can’t even keep up on blogs because I’m photographing little toes and little squawks, and celebrating some fun new life with a bunch of families. So I have to back up a few weeks and write a little […]

May 20, 2012 by Lizzie

A little home in the woods – Grand Rapids family photographer

So when Chris contacted me about family photos, she says “Erin told me you’ve been doing cute things like tea parties in the woods.” Uh, yeah, I have. I’ve really been working on building the experience of the photo session, making it unique, fun, artful (yes, there’s that word again) yet still using the surroundings […]

May 15, 2012 by Lizzie

sweet baby love – Ainsley – Grand Rapids newborn photographer

I met Ainsley’s mom long before she was Ainsley’s mom. She was just a bridesmaid in a wedding I photographed. Well, not JUST a bridesmaid. And then a bridesmaid in a wedding in Washington DC, then bought a gorgeous print for her wall. But that sounds all work-y and about me. Natalie is so much […]

May 15, 2012 by Lizzie

A little bit of mad love – Eric & Angel – Michigan engagement session

Angel and I met over a phone call and an email, and a little mad love was born. Well, actually, I learned of her love for Eric and her love for Mad Men (the tv show, not the attitude). As we talked about their wedding (September, in Kalamazoo), her style, their dog (who was going […]

April 17, 2012 by Lizzie

Say yes to the (new way to) dress

Brides, let’s talk. Grab a cup of tea, sit down a minute. Your bridesmaids will thank you. We’ve all been there at least once in our lives, or at least walked with a friend through that deep dark place known as “the bridesmaidsdressland.” It’s not usually a pretty place. No offense to those whose weddings […]

April 17, 2012 by Lizzie

Goodness gravy, here come the babies! – West Michigan maternity photographer

I recently posted a lovely maternity session for Lisa & Josh, then jokingly posted later that “this must be the year for my clients to have babies. Ring ring goes the phone: “I guess I should let you know, you’ve got another one.” Facebook post of an ultrasound – another one! And then another one! […]

April 9, 2012 by Lizzie

{Viv} – West Michigan child photographer

In every session I do, there is a story. Sometimes that story is sweet, and sometimes that story has a bitterness which makes for a deeper sweetness. That is where this story lies. In the bitter sweetness. Clients come in and out of my life – sometimes for a little while, sometimes for ever, and […]