A huge thank you to all the couples and families who I have worked with since I began this photography business in 2004. It has been wonderful working with all of you and making so many friends through my work.

- This blog is filled with sneak peeks and slideshows from all of my weddings and photo sessions.
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NOTE: I am no longer booking new weddings at this time. I am still booking family photo sessions on a limited basis.
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heather + jeff • engagement slideshow

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sisters

came across these today while working on Erinn and Kevin’s wedding and had to share. they were just the sweetest little flower girls along with two of their brothers who were handsome little ring bearers. 🙂

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taking a little time off to go camping this week. a much needed break. be back Monday. 🙂

jamestown, virginia

Took a trip to Virginia to visit my best friend this past weekend. Since she had to work on Saturday, I drove to Jamestown and visited the settlement there. It was really interesting. I love learning about the history of our country. Thought I’d share a few pictures from my day.

Fort James, a replica of the original fort built by the first settlers

Replicas of the three ships that brought the settlers to the New World are open for visitors

There is also an exhibit following the history of Jamestown, a 1/2 hour movie about the Virginia Co. that founded the settlement, a replica of a Powhatan Indian village and all sorts of interactive things for kids to do. Next time, I’ll take my family along and visit Williamsburg as well.

melissa + gabe • happy anniversary


Got the sweetest email from Melissa and Gabe tonight. Had such a fun time at their wedding last August.

Kris,

I just viewed your website for the first time in a while. It has been almost a year, and everytime I look at those pictures, it seems like yesterday. I was speechless to see some of our pictures from the wedding on your opening page. You did an EXCELLENT JOB! We look at our pictures a lot, and can’t believe that you captured our day so completely. Everything we did, we can remember because of you. We will tell everyone your name, you take your profession seriously, and it is obvious that you love what you do. We thank you from the bottom of our hearts. If you would like to post any of this on your website, that would be great!

Thank you again! I hope the family is doing well.

Melissa and Gabe Davis

See their slideshow here!

Happy Anniversary you two! All the best!!! 🙂

heather + jeff • engagement 7.7.07 | holland michigan engagement photographer

After a movie (the new Die Hard) and dinner in downtown Holland, we headed to Tunnel Park for Heather and Jeff’s engagement pictures (my sister-in-law and soon to be brother-in-law). And we timed it perfectly, too. We had about an hour of sunset to work with and it was absolutely gorgeous! Couldn’t have asked for a more perfect night.








Happy 4th EVERYONE!!

Hope you enjoy the holiday and remember how blessed we are to be Americans!!

heather + brian • slideshow


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heather + brian • 6.23.07 | ohio wedding photographer

Wow! What can I say about Heather and Brian’s wedding! It was the most special one I’ve ever done because Brian is my cousin. 🙂 They were married in a beautiful memorial gardens surrounded by farmland on a perfect summer day, a light breeze softly blowing her veil. It was a wonderful weekend.

I’m warning you now, I could not narrow the pictures down any more than this, so be prepared for lots!!!! Here we go:

[ Heather and her sister and mom getting their hair done. This reminds me of one of those old fashioned pictures from the 50’s or 60’s of the ladies sitting all in a row under the hairdryers. I like it (even though Heather’s eyes are closed). ]

[ Heather and her sister have such beautiful smiles and great laughs! ]

[ the ceremony site. just beautiful. flowers everywhere. we had so many nice places for pictures. it was gorgeous! ]


[ this shot cracks me up. heather carrying her dress into the house. ]

[ Kyleigh didn’t like getting her hair done. ouch! ]

[ a gift from the groom ]

[ karate kid ]

[ the guys. that’s my brother Tim just to the left of the groom. Hi Tim! ]

[ the flower girls were so fun to take pictures of. such cuties! ]








[ the ring bearer didn’t quite know what to do. but isn’t he adorable. ]

[ heather’s mom walked her down the aisle. this is the point where I started to tear up, especially when I saw Brian holding in the tears and my aunt crying. it’s hard to take pictures when your eyes are stinging. 🙂 ]







[ the beautiful girls. ]

[ didn’t I say the little girls were the cutest. I did not set this shot up. She climbed up on the hill and said she wanted her picture taken. how cute is that! ]

[ i love this one!!!! ]

[ brian’s brother Brad gave a very entertaining best man speech. laughed so hard my cheeks hurt from smiling. ]

[ smoking cigars. so classic. ]

[ i love this one, too. can you tell I have a lot of favorites? what I love about it … heather’s beautiful smile as she gazes into her new husband’s eyes, the song “From This Moment On” playing as they danced (you can’t see that in the picture, but I can still hear it when I look at this shot), and the farm buildings in the background. Farming is a huge part of their lives down there in Ohio. My uncle has farmed his whole life and his father before him so Brian has grown up farming. And I thought this was a nice way to show that. ]

[ that’s my brother Rick in the middle with the video camera trying to record himself catching the garter. but it was snatched from him. ]

[ the sunset was absolutely gorgeous. ]

[ took this one on our drive back to Michigan at the end of the day. ]

It was a perfect weekend, a beautiful wedding. I loved being surrounded by family that I love and only get to see a few times a year. They are so special and important to me.

Brian and Heather, I love you guys! I’m so happy for you and so happy to have a new cousin. 🙂 Happy honeymoon!

erinn + kevin • slideshow

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erinn + kevin • 6.16.07 | zeeland wedding photographer

The wedding this weekend was fabulous! As soon as I heard that Erinn was engaged, I was hoping that she would call and ask me to do the pictures for her. I’m so glad that she did!!! I’ve been looking forward to the wedding ever since. It was a wonderful, relaxed day with friends. The ceremony was just beautiful. I felt so blessed to be there witnessing my friend marrying the man of her dreams and being able to capture these moments for them. Here are some moments and details from the wedding:




[ erinn and kevin chose to see each other before the ceremony so we could get all of the posed pictures out of the way. they were so sweet together. he looked so in love when he saw his beautiful bride. ]




[ beautiful flowers by the very talented Janna Jackson ]

[ love this shot of Kevin’s dad and sister relaxing before the ceremony ]


[ the kids weren’t quite sure if they wanted to walk down the aisle after all … ]

[ … but everyone made it down the aisle just fine. ]





[ the father of the bride chatting with my mom ‘n dad … hi Mom! ]





[ I won’t go into detail about the Diet Coke as not to embarrass the new Mrs. Haisch ]

[ but she had to go and bury her head in Daddy’s chest right after. those of you who were there know why! 🙂 ]

[ the Newlywed Game! so fun! Erinn and Kevin got pretty much all the answers right. ]


[ the sparkler sendoff ]

Congratulations you guys! Love you!