Mulberry & Sage

Author: Megan

Evergreen Engagement Session | Juliah & Anthony

We met up with Juliah and Anthony earlier in the fall when they contacted us to be their Port Huron City Flats wedding photographer team. We have quite a few City Flats Hotel weddings booked for 2020, and we can’t wait to get back into that awesome venue and document some amazing love stories in a place that’s near and dear to our hearts: Downtown Port Huron. Juliah and Anthony met in nursing school at University of Michigan Flint. She recently graduated, and Anthony is expected to finish up his program within the next few months, too. They have a fun love, that’s natural to be around. And for a couple that once claimed to be “awkward” in front of the camera, they seriously nailed it and looked like naturals. We knew that they wanted to do an engagement session once the busy fall season settled down, and we decided that December would be the perfect month for them (and us!) because both our schedules calmed down quite a bit. We threw out some ideas for a Christmas tree farm, which is fun in December for obvious reasons, but Courtney had a special place tucked away up her sleeve that she hadn’t used to do an evening session yet, but we knew it had large pine trees, and we figured that a Evergreen engagement session was the perfect theme for their December photo session.

What we didn’t count on though was unseasonably warm weather; it was literally almost 55 degrees when we met them for the evening, and the golden sun was so beautiful. Juliah’s red formal gown and white fur stole started off the evening, and mixed with Anthony’s dapper looking vest and coordinating tie, it was like a magical and sunny session, right in the middle of “winter” in Michigan. As much as we had secretly been hoping for some snow, mother nature decided to one-up us, and gifted us with the most beautiful sun and sunset that shone through the trees, and made Juliah’s long beautiful hair look magical, and all their sweet embraces and snuggles glow.

We’re so excited for their August City Flats wedding, and hope you enjoy this preview into their Evergreen engagement session. If you’re newly engaged, we still have some 2020 and 2021 dates available, and would love to get together with you and learn more about your love story, and get you in front of our lenses for some winter time magic, too. Shoot us an email, we’d love to connect!

December 28, 2019
New Baltimore Engagement Photography | Hillary & David

Hillary and David have such a fun love story, and we are excited that they booked us to be their Port Huron City Flats wedding photographer for 2020. Their package that they customized came with an engagement session, so we met up last weekend to do their New Baltimore Engagement Photography session.

Hillary and David met on a dating app, and spent the first few years of their relationship apart and dating long distance, because Hillary was finishing up her school program in Bowling Green. She’d drive up to Macomb on long weekends, and David would also go down there to visit too, and the two of them love to travel and would always vacation with each other as well. Once Hillary graduated, she moved up to live in Michigan with David. She is in the chorale for the Detroit Opera House, and on nights and weekends that aren’t spent in downtown Detroit, the two of them love to hang out at their house with their sweet dog and cat, watch movies, and hit up fun little local gems around their house. We spent the first part of their session in a documentary way, and captured their little family of 4 being cozy, drinking some coffee, and hanging with the pets.

We headed out to Downtown New Baltimore after that, and had some fun exploring the quaint downtown area. Some of the stores had begun decorating for Christmas, and that was fun to play in to a bit, and the vibrant colors of the walls down there made for a great backdrop, as well as Lake St. Claire. They were great sports, and even though it was pretty cold outside, they just snuggled in tighter and went along with our crazy ideas and prompts. They were easy to photograph because they would giggle together, and talk, and just had a natural and easy relationship that was a joy to capture. We are so excited for their upcoming City Flats wedding.

We hope you love this preview into Hillary and David’s New Baltimore Engagement Photography session. If you are in the Macomb area and are looking for a Macomb professional photographer, we would love to meet up. Send us an email & let’s hang out!

November 21, 2019
Clyde Engagement Photography Session | Caitlin & Dennis

Caitlin and Dennis are one of our amazing Mulberry & Sage 2020 couples, and we loved hanging out with them last Monday evening for one of the last beautiful quintessential Michigan autumn evenings to do their Clyde Engagement Photography Session. In fact, Caitlin and Dennis were one of our first 2020 couples booked, and have chosen the most popular date we’ve seen requested for the year so far: 10.10.20. Courtney has a family wedding that she is photographing that day out of state, so instead of tag-teaming the engagement session like we typically will do, it was just the three of us for the evening.

Caitlin and Dennis first heard about us from Caitlin’s sister, Lindsey. who owns a local posed newborn photography business. Since neither Courtney nor I specialize in posed studio newborn sessions, we always refer those type of inquiries out to other photographers from our network, and Lindsey is always on that referral list. Her sister Caitlin was in the market for a local wedding photographer, and Lindsey sent her our way, and we’re so glad that she did. Caitlin and Dennis love the fall…hence their October 2020 wedding date. Getting engagement photos done in autumn was always the plan, and unlike most of the fall session we’ve done lately that have involved rain rescheduling, their scheduled date was seriously beautiful. They fell in love with the Clyde location that we use often, and we spent last Monday evening traipsing around the woods, hanging out, playing fun prompting type games, and documenting their love and love story. The overlook was beautiful as always, but *my* favorite photos are actually the set from down by the river, because of the brightly colored trees by them, and the large pine trees. I always feel like I’ve stepped foot into a different state when I look down the river there. What makes it extra special is that Dennis told us both that he knew the area; he grew up going hunting down the road with his Dad, but had never explored through this particular section before.

We hope you enjoy this glimpse into Caitlin and Dennis’ Clyde Engagement Photography Session. Our November is fairly open, if you’re looking to get some outdoor engagement photos done before the snow starts falling. (Honestly, we can’t wait for that, though!) Contact us here.

November 5, 2019
Port Huron Engagement Session | Aleesha & Derrick

Aleesha and Derrick are a great couple with so much natural chemistry; it was a joy to capture it in photos and do their Port Huron Engagement Session last weekend. We had tried earlier in the month of October to have their Port Huron Engagement Session, but in #PureMichigan form, it was a rainy and blustery fall day that day. We rescheduled for the end of October. and crossed our fingers that we would luck out and have a great day, weather wise. We are so glad that we didn’t try to power through on their original date, because last Sunday was seriously the most beautiful and stunning day to have a Port Huron Engagement Session. The sun was shining, the weather was mild, and the foliage did not disappoint. And neither did Aleesha and Derrick. The two of them met at work; they are both cardiac nurses at McLaren Hospital in Port Huron. They were so much fun to watch together and document. If you’ve done a session with us, you’ll know that we will lead you to what a flattering pose or angle is, and then we’re kind of “hands off.” We’ll tell you to talk and giggle together, and simply have fun with your partner. And the two of them nailed that part. Derrick was making Aleesha laugh the entire time, and it rendered some amazing photos as an end result.

Aleesha and Derrick are getting married in 2020, and are busy planning their Port Huron City Flats wedding. We have had the opportunity to photograph inside City Flats, and are honored to be one of their preferred vendors. We have quite a few weddings for 2020 booked for City Flats, and are so excited about this amazing addition to our beautiful Downtown Port Huron that we’re so proud to show off.

We hope you enjoy this preview into Aleesha and Derrick’s Port Huron Engagement Session. Engagement photo season is in full swing around here, and if you’re planning a 2020 or 2021 wedding and would like to schedule a Port Huron Engagement Session, we would love to meet you and talk about how we can document your love story. Email: hello@mulberryandsage.com

November 2, 2019
Lapeer County Engagement Photographer | Amber & Michael

Amber and Michael met two years ago online, and bonded immediately because of their love of competitive shooting. They are busy planning their May 2020 wedding, and contacted Mulberry & Sage to be their Lapeer County Engagement Photographer and also their wedding photographer for their big celebration next spring. When we were talking with them, they wanted to stay local to their home, so they could incorporate their guns into the photo session. We love photographing on private property, and we get super excited when we hear key words like “rustic” and “country.” But we seriously had no idea what we were driving in to when we pulled into their Metamora home. On the drive over, we were ogling the beautiful horse farms that were on their roads. It was like we suddenly were transported into Kentucky, with rolling pasture hills, massive horse barns, and stunning country estates. And Amber’s family home was no different. We could have stayed and photographed on their property all day long. The night was beautiful, with the most perfect golden sun light, and it wasn’t too hot, or too cold.

We learned about the two of them. Both Amber and Michael work for her Dad’s business, and love being so tight knit with her family. Michael moved to Michigan from Oklahoma two years ago, and has immersed himself in the rural Michigan lifestyle and really enjoys the Metamora area. They keep busy by practicing their shooting, and are both on all American team member shooters who have won tons of awards and recognition across the country for their skills. They make quite a team! Their first ever meeting in person was at a competition in Florida, so it really holds a special place in both their hearts.

We had lots of fun getting to know the two of them, learning about their love story, and exploring their stunning property for photos. We are excited to photograph their wedding in May of 2020, and hope you enjoy this preview into when Mulberry & Sage was Amber and Michael’s Lapeer County Engagement Photographer team for the day.

October 9, 2019