Mulberry & Sage

Category: Couples

Michigan Beach Engagement Photography Session | Laura & Chris

Laura and Chris spent an amazing sunshiney morning with us on Monday while we hung out and did their Michigan Beach Engagement Photography Session. The wedding package that they chose with Mulberry & Sage Photography included an engagement session with it, and it really gave us the opportunity to see how they are together, and get to know them better before showing up on their wedding day. Speaking of their wedding day, it’s quickly approaching in early July, so you’ll be sure to see their sweet love-filled faces featured on the blog again here shortly.

Laura and Chris are currently knee-deep in planning their Metro Detroit wedding, and get extra special kudos and props because they are doing it from a distance. They live down in Dayton, Ohio, and chose to get married up here since Laura’s family is all from the Detroit area. She’s from the great white north, and he was born and raised in Kentucky. They met halfway, and chose to live in Ohio to split the difference and get the best of both worlds visiting family, either up north or down south. They love the water, so we decided that a Michigan beach engagement photography session was the perfect fit to showcase their love. With the sun rising in the east over our beautiful Lake Huron, sunrise or early morning sessions are our favorite. They were total troopers and came up to Port Huron from Detroit to start bright and early at 9am, and then they both had high-tail-it back to Dayton later that day. Since Chris is from Kentucky, horses and horse farms hold a special place in his heart. Luckily, Courtney just so happens to own a horse, and we use her family’s farm quite often in our photography, because so many people love the rustic charm that goes along with it. We went and did some photos in the pasture, and Courtney’s new horse, Reggie, went right along with it and posed in the background for his time in the spotlight, too.

We can’t wait until their July Metro Detroit wedding, and hope you enjoy this small preview into Laura and Chris’ Michigan beach engagement photography session. If you find yourself sitting there and googling phrases such as, “photographer near me” and are lost in your photographer decision, we’d love to connect and meet up and chat about your wedding day & how we can seamlessly fit in.

June 10, 2019
Metro Detroit Engagement Photographer | Kate & Kevin

We met up with Kate and Kevin originally about a month ago because they were in the market to hire a Metro Detroit Engagement Photographer who was also knowledgeable at photographing at their chosen Port Huron wedding venue called Solitude Links. Those of you who know us know that we love shooting at Solitude Links, and are even on their preferred vendor list because everything about the venue just matches our aesthetic and our photography style so perfectly.

The photo package for their wedding day that they chose comes with an engagement session already built in. We love this package, and it’s our best-selling one because of the opportunity to meet and hang out a bit before the wedding date. Especially since Kate and Kevin aren’t getting married until June of 2020, having this chance to explore a bit and create their perfect engagement session is such a fun part of our job.We spent Sunday evening traipsing through the woods and creeks with them.

Even if you may be looking for a Metro Detroit engagement photographer, we always urge clients to make the short and easy drive up to the Port Huron area, because we have so many small hidden gem locations outside of the standard parks and locations that everyone flocks to within the Detroit limits. You may see this spot on our blog often, and it’s one of our favorites for so many reasons. We love how they wanted to do their session in June so it had a similar vibe to their wedding date. The leaves are finally all out, and the flowers on the wild honeysuckle are blooming like crazy, so we had to utilize all of nature’s gifts, of course.

Kate and Kevin were willing to go along with all our crazy plans, and jumped in the car after the session where Kevin said happily, “well that wasn’t nearly as awkward as I was expecting it to be.” And for us, that’s a massive compliment. Photo sessions shouldn’t be feared, and shouldn’t ever feel forced or weird. Engagement sessions are about highlighting a couple’s love for each other, and we hope that you enjoy this small glimpse into Kate and Kevin’s love-filled evening where they invited us to hang out and document it. If you’re in the market for a Metro Detroit Engagement Photographer, we would love to chat and hang out and show you some more galleries of other custom sessions we’ve helped create over the years.

June 10, 2019
Rustic Theme Engagement Session | Lisa & Matt

Lisa and Matt booked Mulberry & Sage Photography earlier this year to be their upcoming Shelby Gardens Wedding Photography team, and in meeting with them, we got to learn about their relationship, and love for each other, and their adorable furry children. Matt and Lisa have two dogs: Mia and Bella, and wanted to schedule a rustic theme engagement session for the spring time to get a photo they can use on their save the date card.

In Michigan in the spring time, the weather can be super hit or miss, and we luckily dodged the rain (by maybe 20 minutes!) on the evening of their scheduled Rustic Theme Engagement Session. While all the foliage is just on the verge of emerging for the spring, everything is still pretty brown and bare, so we were thrilled when Lisa and Matt wanted to add a splash of color into it and embrace the spring weather right along with us. Every season and every session has something unique and fun to offer, and we love couples that roll with the flow and appease our (sometimes crazy) ideas (that may or may not involve ladders and tons of PDA.)

Mia and Bella brought their A- Game and loved being included into the photos. We loved commenting about how they appear to be smiling in the photos, as if they are so proud of their parents and their wedding bells scheduled for this September. Their wedding is scheduled to take place at the Shelby Gardens Banquet & Events Center, in Shelby Township, Michigan. We know that they will be adding in lots of flair and fun aspects to make their wedding unique and fun. Their colors are blush/rose gold and navy blue, and we love how they subtly wore those very colors to their Rustic Theme Engagement Session to incorporate them into it.

We love when couples are open to ideas and suggestions for those tricky outdoor engagement sessions in the chilly months, and love how willing and excited Matt and Lisa were for their engagement session. The rustic theme of the barns and the fields and trail was perfect for their laid-back and fun loving attitude towards each other, and we were all cracking up the entire time. We hope you enjoy this small preview into their Rustic Theme Engagement Session in Clyde, Michigan. If you’re looking for a wedding photographer, we still have some 2019 dates available, and are also quickly booking into 2020; we’d love to discuss how Mulberry & Sage can be your ultimate photography team.

April 11, 2019
Port Huron Engagement Session | Lauren & Jamarr

We’re back today on the blog showcasing another winter engagement session, but we’re hoping that it’s our last one this year and that spring makes an early arrival here in Michigan. Today, we are telling the story of Lauren and Jamarr, and when we did their Port Huron Engagement session to document their love and upcoming wedding season.

Lauren and Jamarr traveled to us from Columbus, Ohio. They currently reside in Virginia, so we love their dedication in choosing a wedding photographer! They are planning a Spring 2020 wedding and we couldn’t be more excited for them. Their relationship is the ideal amount of chemistry, mixed with silliness and love. We hope this engagement session is a perfect example of how easy it is to see. We braved the unseasonably cold weather as we shot downtown Port Huron and was rewarded with the most beautiful flurries that fell towards the end of the session. Our favorite thing to do during engagement sessions is mix in a couple’s passion. We know that as adults, some of us struggle when asked “what’s your passion?” (We know we do!) but it could be something as easy and fun as going downtown and getting some bar food and relaxing while drinking a beer (or Tequila shots). Or maybe a hike or walk with your favorite pet? Whatever it is, invite us along and we’ll get to photograph and document that the way your personal love story should be.

Since it was pretty cold, we secured our favorite back-up indoor location at Tio Gordos Cocina.

If you’re looking for the perfect Port Huron engagement session, we’d love to chat and customize something ideal for you. We hope you enjoy this small glimpse into Lauren and Jamarr’s engagement session. We cannot wait to see where their next journey takes them, and look forward to seeing it all unfold behind our lenses.

March 12, 2019
A Polar Vortex Winter Engagement Session | Katie & Josh

Josh has known Courtney for quite a long time, and we were thrilled when they contacted us to be their 2019 Michigan wedding photography team. They wanted to also do an engagement session to use for their save the date cards, and we set up their Winter Engagement Session on the scheduling books for late January. The time came around, and, Michigan being what it is, we were greeted with the coldest days known to mankind during the week of their session. We quickly brainstormed some indoor photography options around the downtown Port Huron area, and came up with some great places that also hold sentimental value to the two of them. Katie told us that she was going to wear a formal gown, and so our minds immediately went to inside the Ladies of the Maccabees building, conveniently where our photography studio is located. The lobby has an old school charm and has the original tile flooring, a beautiful wooden banister, and marble walls. I wish we could also find a way to capture all the details that this old building really has- including the original crown molding that is huge and detailed in the charming early 1900’s way.

We also did a couple photos outside on the steps of that building, and the sun was shining and it made us forget that the windchill was negative twenty degrees. From there, we headed over the The Vintage Tavern, which holds a special place in their heart because that’s actually where Josh proposed to Katie. They love going there when they get their date nights, and the old building is beautiful on the inside. We always suggest incorporating a shared interest into your engagement session, so kicking back and having a wine and a beer during their winter engagement session was my favorite part of it, because it captured some totally natural and organic moments shared between the two of them, that were full of love.

We can’t wait until their September 2019 fall wedding, and hope you enjoy this small preview into their winter engagement session. We always recommend an engagement session with us prior to your wedding, because it gives us the perfect opportunity to get to know each other and hang out before your big day. We would love to connect with you, if you’re looking for a 2019 or 2020 Michigan wedding photographer team.

February 5, 2019