Engagement Sessions

Over the past few weeks Kyle and I have been able to take tons of engagement pictures. We have been taking pictures for the couples that want winter pictures. Even though it has been pretty cold, it has been great to get to know each couple and just to get out and take some pictures.
Instead of posting pictures from each engagement shoot I am going to send you to Kyle's blog. There he has posted around five pictures from each session and you can click on a link to see the slide shows.
So GO check out Kyle's blog and our pictures. And please leave us some comments on what you think, we always like feedback.
Click HERE to get to Kyle blog!

Janurary Bridal Shows

In January two of our weekends were spent at Bridal Shows, one in Grand Rapids and another in Lansing. Kyle and I started off the year with about eight weddings booked through Dan Johnson Photography. We were hoping through bridal shows and a great discount that we were offering for the month that we could book some more. Little did we know that by the end of it all we would have to place a limit on how many weddings we could shoot. After the month of January Kyle and I now have 23 weddings book through Dan Johnson Photography and a few others that we are shooting for friends. We are so excited! We had been praying that God would bless our year and our photography. We can't imgiane being more blessed. We have some great clients that we get to work with and some beaitful pictures that we will get to take. Our summer is looking really busy now, but we are very much looking forward to it. On top of shooting all these wedding I also have the great honor of standing up in three of my friends wedding. So that means three new dresses for me (of course I have to buy them) and lots of good time ahead. Here are some pictures of our booth at the bridal shows.

Night on the Town

A few days before Christmas Kyle and I hung out with our friends Kevin and Kendra. We were going to go ice skating down town, but due to the fact that Kevin in like six foot seven and has feet size fourteen the free ice skating place didn't have skates that would fit him, so instead the four of us just walked around Grand Rapids and enjoyed our city. Here are a few pictures from our night on the town: This is a self-portrait of the four of us, but because I don't have the best aim with my new camera I kind of didn't get myself in the picture.
Kyle and I on the blue bridge with Kevin jumping behind us.
Kevin and Kendra on the blue bridge, it kind of looks like they were trying to fly.

Us in the big red button.
Us in the big tire swing. Kevin took the picture looking down at us.
After we hung out downtown we then went to visit our friend Erika who has been gone since the fall. This is a picture of us five girls who were in small group together the last two years.

Crystal Mountain

In mid-decemeber Kyle and I had the great opportunity to go on a ski trip to Crystal Mountain. Kyle's good friend Kevin and his family were going, along with Kevin's girlfriend and one of my good friends, Kendra. We did a little trade off for some senior pictures for his brother and then we got to go skiing for four days. Here are a few pictures from our trip:
Kyle snowboarding, he picked it up really fast seeing as he had only gone once before.

Kevin and Kendra who are now engaged. I will be standing up in their wedding next summer and Kyle will be taking the pictures. We are so excited for them!
There was a hot tub down the hill from where we stayed so one night the boys got this great idea to ski or board down to the hot tub in their bathing suits. I decided that I would take the van down for them so they would have a ride back up and then I got out of going down in my bathing suit.
Kyle and I when we all went out for dessert the last night.