Amanda + Tim { Engaged in Chicago! }

Eeee!  I’m so excited to post part two of Amanda and Tim’s engagement session!  I love this part, they got all glammed up for a saucy downtown Chicago session.  It was hot-hot-hot that night, but they rocked it!  I LOVE her style here!  Meow chicka meow meow!!

Congrats again you two; I’ll see you VERY soon!!

Amanda + Tim { Engaged! }

One of my favorite things about my job is not only meeting super cool people, but hitting the road and traveling to meet them!  I love road trips :)  I met up with Amanda and Tim on a very hot and steamy afternoon in Chicago a couple weeks ago.  We started out with some sweet, fun, romantic shots by the waterline, and then changed clothes and headed downtown.  The two parts of their session are so different, I decided to write two separate posts about it.  Because I can ;)  Meet today’s super sweet couple, Amanda and Tim, who are getting married in September!

Keep an eye on the blog…. Part 2, the saucy downtown shoot is next!

Angela - I love this! Great shoot Kristen!!

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Amanda and Ben!

Married!

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I love them.  Like really, really love them. Not only are they amazing people, and a totally gorgeous couple, but they’ve become good friends of ours. We were so happy to spend their day with them, running through fields, down dirt roads, and across docks on the lake.  We made some amazing images together!  Just when we were all done with pictures, everyone had enjoyed a fabulous dinner at Bay Pointe Inn, the music had started, and guests were mingling…  something crazy and amazing happened…

They got on their wakeboards.

Amanda in her wedding gown, Ben in his suit.

They went together, and he did flips over her!

FLIPS!!!

I still can’t believe this happened.

For real.

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Marielle Hayes - It is so fun to see such amazing photographs! The first one on the dock is jaw dropping…and so are the wake boarding photographs! Awesome bride & groom!

Jackie - Now THAT’S cool!! :) That doesn’t happen very often, for sure.

Danielle Storey - Yeah…pretty hard to beat the wakeboarding photos, but I have to say, their first picture on the dock comes close. I don’t know what it is about that one, but what a beautiful photo.

kelly g - OMG! That is SO AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!

Cheryl - Kristen, these photos are amazing! I’m getting married in a few weeks at Gull Lake nearby… but there’s no way I can even come close to topping these (not to mention I can’t wakeboard!)

Beira - They are too cool! How awesome!!!

mom - wow. !!!

becky - coolest wedding ever.

Scarlett - oh my gosh Kristen, that is awesome!!

Jill - That is crazy! What a great capture and something fun and unexpected to shoot!!! Amazing Pictures!

Jessica - They may have to go in the record books as coolest couple ever! This is awesome!

Helen Makadia - WOW! Awesome!

Samantha V. - That is FLIPPIN awesome!! Love couples who can think out of the box!!!

Rebecca - Unreal!!!!! LOVE IT!

Jessica (MiPhotoBooth) - That is incredible! Holy Smokes- what a FUN couple!!

Vicki M - Holy cow, these two just may be the coolest bride and groom ever!

Jennifer - Rad. Just rad.

Christie Adams Photography - WOW!!! That is awesome!

Kimberly - O M G!! How crazy Awesome. Great images.

Andrea - REDICULOUSLY AWESOME is right!!!

Nicole - Oh my gosh, that is the coolest thing ever!!!

kim schmidt - that is awesome!!!!

Laura - That is the coolest thing I have ever seen a bride and groom do at a wedding!!! What a fun photography moment.

Amy - That is absolutely incredible. WOW!!

Lynette - That is insane! Love it!

Andy Owen - Ridiculously AWESOME. That’s so stinkin’ cool! Even better is that they’re apparently quite GOOD at this! :)

Sara - WOW! Now that is a memory they will definitely never forget!!! OR You!

Melissa B - What a riot!! So much fun, and great shots. Shooting moving targets while on a bumpy boat ride is tough! Nice work as always :)

Brit @ Landlocked Bride - OMG! I have to re-post this! So crazy awesome!

Dustin Francis - Definitely one badass couple! Great captures as well :)

Billie - OMG! That is so awesome! Love it to pieces!!

Joanne - That is AWESOME!!! You are a very lucky photographer…I’m sure not many(if any) get the chance to capture a moment like that! :)

Nicole - I had to be the first to comment! Amazing! That is so fun and different! Props to the couple =D and to you for capturing the photos!

Brooke - That’s EPIC! :D

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Joy + Marc { married! }

Joy and Marc tied the knot on June 13, 2010 in Grand Rapids, Michigan.  Neither one of them are from here, so they planned their entire wedding from their home in North Carolina.  Joy and I chatted via email quite a bit about ideas for pictures, and decided on several Grand Rapids landmarks, such as the Blue Pedestrian Bridge and Calder Plaza. In addition, she wanted a few pictures at places she had seen here on my blog. I was so glad that other k.holly couples were able to inspire her!  I wasn’t able to attend the entire wedding, so this is a shorter post than usual, but we made the most of our time together.  They had a perfectly intimate celebration following at the Amway Grand Plaza downtown with their closest friends and family.  Congratulations Joy and Marc!  It was so fun to spend the afternoon with you!

Isn’t she beautiful?

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Their fabulous bridal party!

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Jessica - So beautiful!! You did an awesome job!!

Jennifer - Wow… that first shot with the veil is stunning! What a fabulous way to open a blog post! Seriously, the whole set is awesome.

ashley - So beautiful! And I LOVE her shoes! :)

Kellie - Love them…as always!

ashley folkema - Simply gorgeous Kristen!

Michelle + Matt { married! }

Michelle and Matt were married on a beautiful summer day, June 12 2010.  I had been looking forward to their wedding for awhile, especially after photographing Katie’s wedding this winter, where Michelle was the maid of honor. It has been such a pleasure to get to know both couples, and document their stories.

Michelle’s day began at Panopoulos Salon in Byron Center for hair appointments, and then the girls gathered at her parents home for makeup with the fabulous Julie Strating. Once everyone was all glammed up, it was off to Christ Lutheran Church to meet up with the guys and that handsome groom, and get married!

Michelle, you are a stunning bride!

Gorgeous flowers by Ludemas, one of my favorite florists!

{ Married!  ::  And way too cute! }

Want to meet their gorgeous bridal party?  I’m SO loving these dresses!!

Um, yes, you guys are gorgeous.  Seriously!!

Love!

Their reception was at the beautiful Sunnybrook Country Club.  Such a gorgeous location!

It was such a beautiful evening, I just couldn’t pass it up… I asked them if they would like to sneak outside for just a few more, and they happily obliged.  Yee!  :)  I’m so glad, these are my favorites of the day!

You two are amazing!  I wish the very best for you!!  Thank you, thank you for having me!

Jessica - Gorgeous!! Love the close-up shots and your bw conversions…just perfect!!

Jac L. - I love all the great detail shots; but my absolute favorite of the set is one of the field shots – the 4th one up from the bottom! Great job!

Rebecca - What a gorgeous couple! I particularly love the b+w shots of them not looking at the camera. I’d print those BIG in my house if I were them!

Jennifer - What a beautiful set. I simply adore first looks, and you rocked it! Much love and congrats to the couple!

Christie Adams Photography - wow!!! I love all the details and the variety. They are all gorgeous!

Andrea - What a stunning wedding! I LOVE all the details, and that is a stunning couple!

Rose – Spark Creative - Her colors rock! Love the bench in the field of flowers too! Super fun!

denise - Love all the purple, green and yellow, wow, cute couple too. The rings on the spirally twig thingy is so inventive.

Jodi - What a beautiful couple! I love those last shots too, way to rock it!

Amanda - YES YES YES! so cute and great!
your the bestttt!

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