Mulberry & Sage

Category: Couples

Lapeer Engagement Photography | Alyssa & Joe

We’re excited to introduce you to Alyssa and Joe, and show you some of our favorite images from their Lapeer Michigan engagement photography session. We first met the two of them at the Solitude Links bridal tasting event, where Mulberry & Sage always has a booth. We love being a preferred vendor for Solutide Links, and we meet so many awesome couples through their various events throughout the year. (We’ll be there again in May for their annual bridal show!) Anyway, we met the two of them because we ended up being placed at their table for dinner (which was delicious, per the usual.) We all got to chatting, and we fell in love with the two of them and their love story. One of Alyssa’s biggest questions was whether we had ever done a multi-cultural wedding before. That peaked our interest, because we love new things, and learning all about new traditions that we may not see all the time. Alyssa is Macedonian, and plans to have a day chock full of their traditions, which we learned a bit about, and we CANNOT WAIT to capture. One of the coolest parts is that Joe gets to parade down the street. A wedding with a parade? Yes, please.

While the wedding day may be full of Alyssa’s traditions, the engagement session really felt like we captured Joe’s heritage. His uncle owns a stunning “cottage” (their words. Most definitely not ours.) in Lapeer County, and we couldn’t believe it when we pulled up. It felt like a property that was straight out of Frankenmuth; the charm was unbelievable. It had lots of property to explore, and the home that overlooked a lake was seriously beautiful. It looked and felt so German to us; like straight out of Bavaria. It was, however, one of the coldest days of the year thus far, and the two of them handled it like champs (especially Alyssa, who never once complained, and braved the elements for over an hour!) Joe grew up hanging out with his uncle and cousins on this property, and had so many great stories of hunting up there, and so many funny tales of family bonding times. We love that the winter feel matched the buildings perfectly, and that there was snow on the ground, to boot.

We literally cannot wait until their November 2020 wedding, and to see all the love and fireworks between the two of them all over again. We hope you enjoy this preview into their Lapeer engagement photography session. We’d love to chat if you’re in the market for a Lapeer or Kimball wedding photographer.

February 18, 2020
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
Michigan Farm Engagement Session | Tiffani & Lucas

We met Tiffani & Lucas at the Solitude Links tasting event that they put on for their couples. As a preferred vendor we get to come mingle and meet the couples planning their weddings at the gorgeous venue (and enjoy a delicious dinner too!) We immediately connected, booked their June 5th 2021 wedding and planned their Michigan Farm Engagement session, all within a few short weeks. When you know, you know and we are so excited to welcome Tiffani & Lucas into our Mulberry & Sage family.

We had planned for a beautiful fall engagement session but mother nature had other ideas and surprised us with a early snow storm. Honestly though, it only made their Michigan Farm Engagement session more beautiful. The morning sun shining off the snow covered round bales were some our favorite photos! Tiffani and Lucas brought their fur-baby Duke. He was so playful & energetic. We love adding pets to our sessions and it was a perfect way to start their session. Next we hoped on a Ranger to get to the farm lane and cornfield. Courtney got to show off her driving skills-if we are shooting your wedding at a golf course and golf carts are involved to different photo locations she will drive and you will hang on for dear life. Just kidding. Kind of. After the farm Tiffani and Lucas changed so of course we had to change locations to match their style. The pines trees at the end is a secret location we love to use in the morning, especially in the snow.

We love engagement sessions and think every couple who books with us should take advantage of them. Even if you think you don’t need the photos, save the dates are not the only end goal. It is a time to get to know each other better and learn our shooting style. That way when we show up on your wedding day we can truly greet each other as friends. We already can’t wait to see Tiffani & Lucas again! We hope you liked this sneak peek into their Michigan Farm Engagement Session! Still planning your wedding? We would love to connect.

November 22, 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