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Alex + Linda's spring wedding at the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan brought together warm sophisticated and intentional details with a layered pastel color palette 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.
mitch & cindy
Linda & alex
phillip & brianna
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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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Nixon Farms rustic barn wedding in Dexter, Michigan provided by Kari Dawson, top-rated Ann Arbor wedding photographer, Kari Dawson and her team. How they met… Aaron and Laurel both grew up in the Ann Arbor area and found themselves transplanted to Austin, Texas. Neither of them knew the other growing up in Michigan. It took […]
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Wyndgate Country Club summer wedding in Lake Orion, Michigan provided by Kari Dawson, top Lake Orion wedding photographer, and her team. Frances and Corbin have landed back in the land of the USA after their honeymoon in Scotland. So I can finally share a peek at my favorite images from their big day. They spent […]
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Detroit Colony Club black tie wedding in Detroit, Michigan provided by Kari Dawson, top rated Detroit engagement and wedding photographer, and her team. Their story… About oooohhhh, 14 years ago, in the seventh grade, Chase met Alexi. Fast forward six or seven years and after years of being close friends, Alexi shared her first kiss […]
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Royal Park Hotel summer black tie wedding provided by Kari Dawson, top-rated Metro Detroit wedding photographer, and her team. What a stunning wedding day full of joy and laughter and blush pink. What more could a gal ask for? Chrissy and Gino’s story is almost ten years in the making and left their friends and […]
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Summer Planterra Conservatory wedding provided by Kari Dawson, top-rated Metro Detroit Wedding Photographer, and her team. If you are a bride dreaming of a garden wedding but fear the unpredictable Michigan weather then look no further than a summer Planterra Conservatory wedding! Even if it does rain on your wedding day, don’t panic. Simply trust […]
Karli has been Kari’s creative partner for five years. Before every wedding, we visualize you as a couple, your venue, and your day, so we walk in prepared for a calm, intentional experience.
Kari is the creative director, and since she’s only human and can’t be everywhere at once, Karli closes the gaps. She shoots alongside Kari, keeps the day on schedule, carries your bouquet, fixes your veil, and is a real-life cheering squad.
That’s not even the best part. She’s also Kari’s daughter, which means we communicate without words. She anticipates what Kari needs before she asks, and together we’ve built a wedding-day rhythm you'll notice.
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