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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 at the DIA and Belle Isle by Kari Dawson

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 […]

Rainy Engagement Photos in Detroit by Kari Dawson Photography

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 […]

I ADORE this plaid scarf that this bride had monogrammed with her future initials! Urban Downtown Detroit Winter Engagement by Kari Dawson.

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 […]

Sexy urban Detroit engagement session at Belle Isle by Kari Dawson Photography

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 […]

urban downtown detroit engagement

When we put Kaitlyn + Mike’s engagement session on the books we knew we were headed for Detroit. I realized, the day before we were scheduled to shoot, that the Lions were playing at home. Thankfully we were able to reschedule. There’s nothing quite like getting lucky and scoring a sunny winter morning for a […]

Stunning bride in her lace v-neck wedding gown with cap sleeve and high back lace l lace trimmed veil l Outdoor Inner Circle Estate Wedding by Kari Dawson

I found Adam and his groomsman at the Lakeview Hills Resort in the small town of Lexington off of Lake Huron. Adam and I joked throughout the week about the rain they expected for their outdoor Inner Circle Estate wedding. It rained my entire drive over to the golf club then suddenly stopped. I took […]