April 25, 2022

Cassie + Brandon's Saugatuck Engagement Photos

April 25, 2022

One of the best things about being a Michigan photographer is the incredible amount of lakeshore we have and the diversity that comes with it. When coming up with engagement session location ideas, the Lake Michigan shoreline is usually listed multiple times throughout my suggestions. We have wide open sandy beaches, dunes, forested dunes, beach grass meadows, lighthouses, boardwalks, and peninsulas. And that’s just on the west coast!

Here’s a few highlights from Cassie and Brandon’s engagement photos from Saugatuck last weekend.

A couple running hand in hand on a sandy beach

A couple holding each other in front of lake michigan waves

Couple walking away holding hands with a sunrise over lake michigan

A couple running down a sandy dune on the lake Michigan shoreline

A couple playfully hugging in beach grass during sunrise

A couple holding hands on a sandy dune with tall green pines in the background

A couple running down a sandy dune together laughing

An engaged couple holding hands with tall green pines in the background

Christopher Deau

November 17, 2018

Wedding Engagement

Melissa + Evan's Engagement Photos at Milham Park in Southwest Michigan

Christopher Deau

November 17, 2018

Wedding Engagement

Evan contacted me back in July to photograph his surprise proposal to Melissa and what an incredible experience that was! So when they asked me to be their wedding photographer, I jumped at the opportunity. I’m so lucky and excited to get to see this entire experience through with them, from proposal, to engagement session, to wedding! These two are getting married in March of 2020 at The Kalamazoo Country Club. Check out a few highlights from their engagement session at Milham Park this fall.

Couple holding each other in front of a bridge, stream, and southwest michigan fall colors

Couple looks at each other with stream and ducks in the southwest Michigan background

A couple holding each other in tall grass fall scene

close up ring photo in a knot on a wooden fence

couple kissing on a bridge over a stream in Southwest Michigan

Christopher Deau

October 28, 2018

Wedding Engagement

Anthony + Evelyn's Kalamazoo Nature Center Engagement Photos

Christopher Deau

October 28, 2018

Wedding Engagement

Anthony and Evelyn are getting married on October 4, 2019 at Sundance Studios in Southwest Michigan near Benton Harbor. We instantly hit it off after realizing we were all obsessed with Subaru Crosstreks, just skim through the images to see Anthony’s sweet set up! I got to spend the day with these two at the Kalamazoo Nature Center for an early morning engagement session and then another evening sunset session. We got two totally different looks due to the weather and location. The morning session in the tall grass prairie started out overcast and rainy (being from Washington, the rain didn’t scare them a bit). The evening session in the arboretum turned out sunny and clear giving us plenty of opportunity to play around with the sun. Skim through the images to see if you can figure out in which photo Anthony put his cold hand on Evelyn’s back!