I don't always get the chance to be the engagement photographer for my Oakland County wedding couples, so when I do, it's really quite an honor. It's always interesting to me to see what my Michigan wedding couples do with the engagement portraits I take. Some couples use their engagement photos for save the date cards, some couples put their engagement pictures in frames for guest to sign at their wedding reception. Also, some of my Oakland County enagement couples I've photographed have used their photos from our engagement photo sessions as a guestbook at their wedding reception.
Natural portrait photography shot by a real Michigan wedding photojournalist who lives near Detroit, Michigan shoots engagement photographs and photos or portraits as you might be inclined to say. You own the rights to all 200 or so images and photos when I shoot them. The images arrive within two weeks of taking them and you can do whatever you'd like with them. Many of my couples have gotten very creative with their ephotos.
The engagement photos I took for this page were taken near the church Jon & Theresa were going to get married and on the school grounds where she when to high school, so the location doesn't have to be super fancy, just cool enough to allow for some creativity. We can take a casual stroll through the grounds. I travel light and you look like you belong. As a Michigan wedding photojournalist, I like to get to know a couple after our first meeting and shoot on location somewhere in the metro Detroit area where we can take lots of natural engagement photographs.
If you want a professional wedding photojournalist who is unobtrusive and easy to work with, I'm located in the Detroit area of Michigan. I now can be referred to as an engagement photographer and have been shooting weddings for 15 years. I've been a professional photojournalist for over 20. I currently live in Troy, MI, and shoot family portraiture as well as engagement photos.
The phrase engagement photography is hard to work into sentences, let alone Michigan engagement photography. The only reason all of this is here at all is so that if you're looking for a photographer in Oakland County who shoots engagement photos on location and gives you all ownership of the photos than you'll be happy I've included all these silly phrases!