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Emma and Matt's fall wedding at the Royal Park Hotel in Rochester, Michigan brought together Texas warmth and Michigan roots in a celebration that felt as much about family as it did about the two of them.
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Bianca and Spencer's fall wedding at Planterra Conservatory in Bloomfield Hills was floral, feminine, and rooted in something deeper than aesthetics.
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Fall Stony Creek Metro Park Engagement provided by Kari Dawson, top-rated Metro Detroit Engagement and Wedding Photographer. Megan and Erik met through mutual friends at a fourth of July party. Their love eventually led to a proposal in Traverse City. I might be partial as a Michigander but I love our Michigan beach towns. I […]
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Fall Engagement in the park provided by Kari Dawson, top-rated Metro Detroit engagement and wedding photographer. Fresh off a trip to Utah together Kim and Dan shared a date night exploring some of Downtown Detroit’s best. Dinner at Wright & Co and cocktails at Sugar House – can’t go wrong there! At home later, Dan […]
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Grey and wine summer wedding at Petruzzellos in Troy provided by Kari Dawson, top-rated Metro Detroit wedding photographer, and her team. One of my favorite things about sharing Mitch and Julie’s wedding day with them is Julie’s candor. There were several times throughout the day that my internal dialogue was thinking exactly what Julie was […]
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Lake house engagement session in Goodrich Michigan provided by Kari Dawson, top rated Michigan wedding photographer. Their first date left them both smitten kittens that couldn’t share a second date for weeks! In the meantime, Sarah dropped her phone in a lake and thought that was the last she’d hear of Bob. But, they did […]
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Alyssa + Billy {i will} “I crave you in the most innocent form. I crave to say good night and give you forehead kisses and to say that I adore you when you feel at your worst. I crave you in ways where I just ant to be next to you and nothing more or […]
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Be prepared to adore this Chicago engagement session! I met Jessica and Corey at a coffee shop for their consult and connected with them instantly. We originally planned to shoot their engagement session locally until Jessica suggested we shoot in Chicago. Um, yes, please! I currently have to couples living in Chicago but planning their […]
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Like most couples, Leah + Bryant were a little nervous as we started shooting their spring downtown Chicago engagement session. We couldn’t have asked for a prettier spring afternoon as we got started at the Chicago Riverwalk near the Du Sable Bridge. If I’m being honest, it too me a minute to get my bearings, […]
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I spent a little bit of time with Nathanael and his groomsman before returning for Kathryn to put her dress on. All the pieces of their classic and romantic winter Iroquois Club wedding were coming together. I unintentionally made my bride tear up! Who does that? I shared with her how handsome I thought Nathanael […]
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I have only known Sarah + Eric virtually until we finally met at their Detroit rooftop engagement session! I truly love getting to know my couples as a couple and as individuals. I have loved having an opportunity to connect with Eric and Sarah as they share their love and quirky personalities with the world […]
Kari has been photographing weddings for nearly two decades. Her work has been featured in Carats + Cake, The Knot, Junebug Weddings, and Metro Detroit Weddings. But what her couples say afterward has nothing to do with accolades. It's that she saw things they didn't know were happening until they were holding the photographs.
Karli doesn't function like a second photographer. She functions like a second lead, with her own eye, her own presence, and a depth that surprises people who mistake her warmth for smallness.
What that means on your wedding day is that you are never a subject to us. You are the whole point.
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