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  • Bryan and Mae

    Hey there! We are Bryan and Mae. We are a husband and wife team. We love taking photos that tell stories. This is our photo blog- the platter on which our weekly (and sometimes daily) photo updates are served. We photograph weddings, families, kids, each other, our travels, and a million other subjects. Grab some tea (white peony is our favorite) and make yourself at home as you peek at what we've been up to!

    To check out our portfolio, head over to our website!

    For questions, photo inquiries, or to grab tea (or coffee) with us, Contact Us!

Regina and Ben || Engaged

Meet Regina and Ben. They are getting married and we get to take their photos. Winning all around.

Louie AbelleraMay 14, 2012 - 2:02 pm

the last two are straight up nuts. good work!

Matt FerrellMay 10, 2012 - 8:17 pm

nice low light shots. Pretty sweet! That last B&W is money!

Nessa KMay 10, 2012 - 5:22 pm

I really love the mood of these. That black and white photo just warms my heart.

TylerMay 10, 2012 - 2:17 pm

vertical b&w takes it. so solid.

HeatherMay 10, 2012 - 1:37 pm

Love that black one!

SethMay 10, 2012 - 11:29 am

That B&W is so powerful.

Sachin KhonaMay 10, 2012 - 11:06 am

sorry, I’m back for more! .. that portrait B&W is frickin amazing!!

Sachin KhonaMay 10, 2012 - 11:05 am

Frickin love these!

EdrIcMay 10, 2012 - 10:40 am

Really digging the first b&w shot. Nice framed and great expressions on the couple.

AdonyeJajaMay 10, 2012 - 8:57 am

I love that this works so well. Well done, you captured them well!

SarahMay 10, 2012 - 7:57 am

Oh I just love the feel of these, so intimate.

joeyMay 10, 2012 - 1:41 am

*sigh. these beautiful photos make me happy.

Jayson MerryfieldMay 9, 2012 - 10:09 pm

Beautiful, moody, romantic, dramatic, lovely, but still very personal and personable. Stunning work.

mikeMay 9, 2012 - 7:58 pm

Very moody, very intimate.

Kellee WalshMay 9, 2012 - 7:50 pm

So dark and moody, love the 2nd last one. Wonderful imtimacy!

gabe acevesMay 9, 2012 - 5:15 pm

these are great. love that long bw one.

Steve TruppeMay 9, 2012 - 5:02 pm

that vertical b&w image is killlleeeerrrr. love this post you two!

Jacob PhotoMay 9, 2012 - 3:44 pm

I love those dusk shots, beautiful as usual peeps!

Albert PalmerMay 9, 2012 - 3:28 pm

Wow – beautiful and emotive. That 3rd one down is sensational.

EmilyMay 9, 2012 - 2:42 pm

A beaut of a post :)

Katelyn and Chris

Katelyn and Chris have a beautiful relationship. They met last summer in England, when Katelyn was studying abroad. After spending hours drinking tea and doing crosswords together, these two formed a friendship and relationship that has become important enough to maintain and let flourish, even when Katelyn moved back to Michigan.  When Katelyn reached out, wanting to do a session when Chris was visiting her last month, we were just enthralled by their story. By the evidence of their love that we got from the wonderful note she sent us. She was so honest with their reasoning for wanting photographs of the two of them, and it was something that fully reinforced the beauty of what Bryan and I get to do. She wrote, “…being that most of the time Chris and I have an ocean between us, we can’t dissuade ourselves from the opinion that photographs of us together – the kind of photos that capture our personalities and our relationship…are just too important.  Because what better treasure than those kinds of photographs when you can’t be together in person?” I love that. And how true? Photographs take you back to a moment, and in this case, will bring them back to the feeling of being in the same place, the same country…on the same continent. So glad we got to capture a moment in their story.

Reportaje BodaMay 15, 2012 - 1:21 pm

Love it, really romantic pics!

/mariahedengrenApril 27, 2012 - 4:25 pm

I like the diversity in these shots. Lovely couple!

megan noonanApril 27, 2012 - 12:40 pm

What a great story, I’m sure they will cherish these images! I love your processing and every image says so much! Great work!

Nessa KApril 27, 2012 - 12:09 pm

So so beautiful. :) I love the first two black and whites. Oh. So. Much.

Thomas LesterApril 27, 2012 - 10:55 am

Love the shoe shot (I’m a sucker for shoe shots).

ElissaApril 27, 2012 - 8:38 am

Wow, every single image is so strong, it’s hard to choose a favorite (though that B&W field hug one is tugging at my heart right now)… it’s a beautiful set!

rahulApril 27, 2012 - 5:53 am

amazing! love all of them! great light too!

Courtney J. ThomasApril 26, 2012 - 10:29 pm

oh, wow. powerful images, and a powerful story. I’m smiling thinking about how meaningful these photos will be for this couple when apart. thanks for sharing this.

ALMA //April 26, 2012 - 10:17 pm

Love the whole set!

ayeshaApril 26, 2012 - 4:48 pm

what a lovely story… my best wishes to the couple! love the intimacy captured in these pictures, especially the last few. beautifully done!

HeatherApril 26, 2012 - 3:23 pm

LOVE that second to last frame!

MegsApril 24, 2012 - 6:56 pm

I love this session! What an excellent story, too!

mikeApril 24, 2012 - 3:27 pm

Love that last frame.

Janice and Gerry || Engaged

I am eating cookie dough right now (I’m all about healthy choices, friends). It’s incredible. Not as incredible as these two folks, whom we are pretty excited to photograph again at their wedding in October. But let’s not get ahead of ourselves. Here are just a few favorite images from our shoot in Ann Arbor, on St. Patrick’s Day. You should’ve seen all the leprechauns running around that morning.

Derek MartinezMay 4, 2012 - 11:48 pm

Beautiful session! Love the 2nd to last image, gorgeous!

Boda fotografiaApril 24, 2012 - 11:16 am

First one is really a touching image, well done!

Nessa KApril 19, 2012 - 6:18 pm

That last one is insane. So so good. :)

BradApril 18, 2012 - 10:42 pm

Love the Halo light! Cool stuff. Congrats guys.

EdricApril 18, 2012 - 9:20 pm

Always a big fan of architecture in photographs. Very clean and simple composition. Very nice!

Amber HughesApril 18, 2012 - 8:08 pm

Love the last one… nice use of light!

HeatherApril 18, 2012 - 7:08 pm

Love your use of light!

Amber WilkieApril 18, 2012 - 4:49 pm

Very nice! I really like the last one.

danApril 18, 2012 - 3:31 pm

i really dig the light in the last one, great stuff!

gabe acevesApril 18, 2012 - 2:15 pm

that first one is killer…

ShipraApril 18, 2012 - 12:01 pm

fantastic processing, use of light and composition. Wow!

mikeApril 17, 2012 - 9:31 pm

Love the black in that first frame.

lydia {ever ours}April 17, 2012 - 1:24 pm

hooray for ann arbor! love all three frames!

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