Hello Lovely!

I’m Courtney

Wedding Photographer, Curly Haired Michigander, Movie Trivia Expert, Wife, & Momma

I’m a Detroit-based photographer who specializes in joyful, vibrant, and romantic imagery resulting from a relaxed approach and a signature client experience that’s geared towards getting to know YOU! My photos are inspired by dimensional light, genuine emotions, and thoughtful composition. I specialize in capturing editorial, magazine worthy images AND the candid, unscripted moments on your wedding day. I don’t think it should be just one or the other!

I love that every couple and every celebration is different, and I want to deliver images that are consistent to my natural, light, and vibrant style while making sure who you are shines through and that your images feel unique and timeless! Of course I adore capturing all the pretty details, formal family photos, and some epically romantic portraits for your wedding album, but my heart lies in documenting the relaxed, joyful moments that spontaneously happen and that can never be predicted on a shot list. This combined coverage of the contemporary and candid is what makes me different!

I am so thrilled that you’re here and I would love to chat more about your plans and how I can help document the unexpected moments, immense joy, and beautiful personal details on your wedding day.

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My Motto:

“I want adventure in the great wide somewhere. I want it more than I can tell.”

. . . Also Me:

A nap sounds like a good idea.

Behind the Scenes

My FAMILY

This is us

My little family, my heart, and the reason I get so much enjoyment out of documenting memories! My husband, Scott, and I met in college, and after dating for 7 years we got engaged & then married!

We became parents, after struggling with an “unexplained infertility” diagnosis for three years, on February 11th, 2022 when our beautiful baby girl, Elena, arrived earth side. I loved being pregnant, my natural birth, and the chaos of motherhood! If I’m being completely honest, most days I am still trying to find balance working from home and being a stay-at-home Momma, but her happy smiles and little baby hugs make the impossible balancing act all worth it!

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My TEAM

My Husband & Favorite Guy; Scott

Scott joined my business from the very beginning (I literally taught him everything he knows about photography & trained him to shoot exactly like me!), and he is my secondary photographer on all wedding days! Scott really is the best because not only does have a full plate with his own passions & career, but he also supports me & mine while being the coolest, funniest, relaxed dude!

We both love to laugh and to go on adventures together. We’ve been together twelve years and married for just over four years. We love movie dates, champagne served with pizza, slow Sunday mornings, dancing in the kitchen, smoky campfires, and fall colors. He’s my best friend and the dearest to my heart.

Origin Story

How It All Started

I began photographing weddings in 2013 a year after I graduated from Adrian College. I fell in love with it immediately and began reading countless blogs and books on becoming a creative small business! I officially opened my virtual doors in 2014 (eight years ago, ahh!), and I’ve had the honor of photographing 75+ weddings. I can remember details about every.single.one that I’ve photographed because I truly care about who you are as a couple!

Roots & Wings

Michigander

I was born and raised here in Michigan, and I find endless inspiration in every region of my home state. I grew up on my maternal family’s homestead which is off an old dirt road in a teeny, tiny country town in the “thumb.” A love of travel was instilled in me from a young age (thanks to my parents & our annual summer road trips) and some of my favorite destinations thus far have been the Scottish Highlands, the Greek island of Santorini, Sedona, AZ, London, England, Istanbul, Turkey, Maine, the Cayman Islands, and Charleston, SC.

Growing up, I spent my summers on Lake Huron & Walloon Lake, and I still love to escape to Northern Michigan every chance I get! One of my favorite things to do in the summer & fall is to just get outdoors and go camping all over the Mitten State (so much so that Scott & I actually lived in a camper for 5 months in 2020)!

Metro Detroit is my home, now, and I love the city. It has the most stunning architecture, an amazing history, Motown, & it is filled with so many creative people; it really is the Paris of the Midwest! I’ve been living here all my life and I can’t imagine living anywhere else!