University of Michigan Engagement: Danielle and Gabe’s Nostalgic Love Story Danielle and Gabe’s University of Michigan engagement session was a heartfelt walk through the campus where their love story began. From the Law Quad to the Diag, every stop held a memory. With their wedding at Planterra Conservatory on the horizon, this session felt like […]

Winter at Planterra: A classic black-tie wedding at Planterra Conservatory in West Bloomfield, MI by Detroit wedding photograher Kari Dawson. A winter wedding at Planterra… The morning of Thomas and Devin’s wedding at Planterra I couldn’t wait to get to their hotel and finally meet them both in person. Devin and I chatted a few […]

A Downtown Detroit riverwalk engagement story in Detroit, Michigan provided by Kari Dawson, top-rated Detroit, Michigan wedding and engagement photographer. A Detroit Riverwalk Engagement Story… I am so excited to share a peek into the life and romance of my beautiful new friends, Rishon and Bernadette. Their story is ten years in the making. And […]

This downtown Detroit engagement session is provided by Kari Dawson, top-rated Detroit engagement and wedding photographer. I met Annie and Alex for the first time in person at their engagement session. Since I believe that you can never be too dressed up for your engagement photos, I was pumped to see Annie headed toward me […]

Downtown Detroit summer engagement photos provided by, top rated Detroit Engagement and Wedding photographer, Kari Dawson. Their story and their session… I thoroughly enjoyed my morning with Cynthia and Tom when we met for their Downtown Detroit summer engagement photos recently. Cynthia’s initial email had me giggling right off the bat when she said ‘they […]

Fall engagement session downtown Detroit. Detroit, Michigan engagement photography at the Detroit Institute of Arts and Belle Isle provided by Kari Dawson. Melinda has a way with words and her initial email caught my attention when she described her story with Brian. She wrote, “It was love at first smell. We met in college at […]

While I played in the mud, clearing flower beds, Audra and James were getting ready for their Engagement Session in Detroit. We had such a gorgeous morning and early afternoon that I didn’t even check the weather before I headed to Detroit. What I expected to be a beautiful sunny session turned into rainy engagement […]

These two are just the cutest! I had so much fun behind my camera watching them make funny faces at each other. And I love the way Brittany’s cute nose scrunches when she smiles at Danny. I met Brittany + Danny for their urban Downtown Detroit winter engagement session at Belle Isle. We originally planned […]

Wow was it cold when we shot Andrea + Chris’s engagement session in Detroit. The wind was whipping off the Detroit River and our eyes were watering. But I kind of love it and these two were total troopers and we forged through it. We were all a bit relieved to find the Conservatory on […]