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Muskegon, MI Engagement Photography | Lauren + Adam

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Lauren and I met while in Central Park Players production of RENT. Instantly I knew I had to photograph her stunning gorgeous face and ended up doing a portrait session for her headshots for the show. I ended up having an engagement session giveaway last winter and she WON!!! Her and Adam ended up getting engaged not much later at Harry Potter World (WHAATTT I am so jealous of this). I was so stoked to finally schedule their complimentary session and romp through the beach in Muskegon for this session. They were troopers, it was hot and sticky, there were bugs, and they even agreed to romp in the cold cold water of Lake Michigan.

I am so excited because after this they also decided to book me as their wedding photographer next spring! They will be getting married at the Frauenthal theatre (one of my favorite spaces as an actress) and celebrating the after party at Fricanos. I cannot wait for their special day and wish them all the best as they journey together in Virginia. <3 Here are some of my favorite moments from their session.

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Thank you for viewing this Muskegon, MI Engagement Photography session! Rachel Kaye Photography is a Chicago / West Michigan based wedding photographer who loves a great destination wedding. Rachel Kaye specializes in off-beat natural light wedding photography. Rachel Kaye Photography provides the best wedding photography services for the coolest kind of couples. Those who want to tell their love story in a natural, documentary style with amazing service. Rachel Kaye Photography tells unique stories through gorgeous natural looking photographs and fun, quirky, animated GIF’s.

For more information on how to tell your wedding day story or engagement/love story please contact Rachel Kaye

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Smoke Bomb Anniversary Session | Mom + Dad

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In an effort to get better w/ smoke bombs I conned my parents into heading outside after dinner tonight to help me experiment. I have been wanting to do a session with them for the 33rd (and a 3rd!) Wedding Anniversary (the 3rd part will be in October) and this seemed a good excuse. My sister was in town and assisted me as smoke magician and she really had a knack for playing with it. I decided to just go ahead and blog a few of my favorites because well, why not. So here you go.

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Traverse City, MI Engagement Photography | Kate + Adam

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Traverse City is hands down my favorite place in Michigan to do engagement photography (and weddings too!). I met up with Kate and Adam the night before shooting a lovely wedding there and they showed me their version of the beautiful Peninsulas. We started off having a beer and an appetizer at The Jolly Pumpkin and then they showed me some of their favorite spots, including a piece of land they both REALLY want to buy (DO IT GUYS! JUST DO IT!!!).

Their wedding is this Saturday back up in the area and I couldn’t be more excited to head back up their and capture their special day! Kate’s mom and dad are both professional photographers and I am so pumped to get them on the other side of the camera (OH AND NO PRESSURE AT ALL! :P). Woot woot! Getting excited for you two and your awesome relaxed evening you have planned.

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Thank you for viewing this Traverse City, MI Engagement Photography session! Rachel Kaye Photography is a Chicago / West Michigan based wedding photographer who loves a great destination wedding. Rachel Kaye specializes in off-beat natural light wedding photography. Rachel Kaye Photography provides the best wedding photography services for the coolest kind of couples. Those who want to tell their love story in a natural, documentary style with amazing service. Rachel Kaye Photography tells unique stories through gorgeous natural looking photographs and fun, quirky, animated GIF’s.

For more information on how to tell your wedding day story or engagement/love story please contact Rachel Kaye

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Muskegon, MI Maternity Photographer | Smoke Bombs | Heather

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Heather messaged me a few months ago asking “hey I really want to do a maternity session with you, with smoke bombs? is that weird?”. It is not something I had heard of but I was totally down to explore the idea! We decided to meet up in their new home town of Muskegon, MI to capture her as the glowing future mother of their baby boy Rivers. I had a blast putting together this shoot with Heather and was elated when Randy offered to come along for the ride! I ended up making this white maternity skirt and the purple wrap dress (+ the belt!). I am a pretty handy sewer and wanted Heather to feel like mother earth! With the addition of my floral crown I think we achieved it quite well. She is just GLOWING and I am so excited for them! Rivers is due in just a couple of weeks and he is already so so lucky. I cannot wait to meet him. I was so elated to be their wedding photographer I am now pumped to be their maternity photographer and eventually family photographer!

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Thank you for viewing this Muskegon, MI Maternity Photographer session! Rachel Kaye Photography is a Chicago / West Michigan based wedding photographer who loves a great destination wedding. Rachel Kaye specializes in off-beat natural light wedding photography. Rachel Kaye Photography provides the best wedding photography services for the coolest kind of couples. Those who want to tell their love story in a natural, documentary style with amazing service. Rachel Kaye Photography tells unique stories through gorgeous natural looking photographs and fun, quirky, animated GIF’s.

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Muskegon, MI Engagement Photographer | Katie + Zach

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Katie and Zach are getting married TOMORROW!!! I cannot wait. They kick off my wedding season in the best way possible. About a month ago Katie, Zach and I met up in Muskegon, MI to do their engagement photos. I figured romping around the locations their wedding will be hear would be a fun plan and we had a blast doing it! We then finished up the evening w/ some pizza and beer and long chats about life, love and family. I really feel like Katie and Zach are new best friends of mine.

Katie is the sweetest ever, and Zach is so funny he made me almost spit beer everywhere!! I can’t believe their wedding is TOMORROW and I am so delighted to get to capture this special day for them.

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Thank you for viewing this Muskegon, MI Engagement Session! Rachel Kaye Photography is a Chicago / West Michigan based wedding photographer who loves a great destination wedding. Rachel Kaye specializes in off-beat natural light wedding photography. Rachel Kaye Photography provides the best wedding photography services for the coolest kind of couples. Those who want to tell their love story in a natural, documentary style with amazing service. Rachel Kaye Photography tells unique stories through gorgeous natural looking photographs and fun, quirky, animated GIF’s.

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West Michigan Sand Dunes Engagement Session | Katelynn + Luke

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I am really lucky to have made quite a few photography friends in the year I have been pursuing photography full-time. One of which is Ryan Inman. He invited me and Sydney Miller along on an adventure with his sister and her boyfriend (you guys..they aren’t engaged my title is sneaky..). Up to some amazing dunes a few hours north of Grand Haven. It is really great to shoot with photographer friends who are funny and so talented. We all took turns posing and moving them about I think we exhausted them with our adventures! This was like a month ago.. I cannot believe I have just been sitting on these photos for so long! I love them! Hope everyone is having a great palandrome week and feeling all the luck, I just got new print samples from a new print company which look AMAZING (one of the images from this session was one of my test samples!) <3. My wedding season starts this SATURDAY and I could NOT be more excited about it!! I have the greatest couples this year with the best love stories. This summer is going to rock.

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Katelynn and Luke made the greatest models for this beach engagement session! I was so thankful that Ryan had this idea and invited me along. It helps to do some sessions for fun to keep my creative juices flowing! And this was a great way to kick off spring. This location is definitely one I will be revisiting in the future.

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Thank you for viewing this West Michigan Sand Dune Engagement Session! Rachel Kaye Photography is a Chicago / West Michigan based wedding photographer who loves a great destination wedding. Rachel Kaye specializes in off-beat natural light wedding photography. Rachel Kaye Photography provides the best wedding photography services for the coolest kind of couples. Those who want to tell their love story in a natural, documentary style with amazing service. Rachel Kaye Photography tells unique stories through gorgeous natural looking photographs and fun, quirky, animated GIF’s.

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