Delani & Alan were both working at the Doubletree hotel when they first met. From the moment Alan laid eyes on Delani, he liked her. For Delani, it was not love at first sight. She told me with a giggle that she though he was annoying.

There’s this quote on my website that reads: “The JB Bride believes ‘he was Christmas morning, crimson fireworks and birthday wishes,'” and it is so fitting that Ashley found and chose me to document her and Max becoming husband and wife because Max actually proposed to Ashley at her family Christmas party!!

When the iconic white marble & gold exterior of the Detroit Institute of Arts meets a bride to be in a stunning fitted dress and her suit and tie clad future husband, magic happens! Kiley and Daniel have some serious style and it shows in their engagement photos.

Stephanie & Josh have known each other since kindergarten. They went to the same elementary school, middle school and high school, however, they never were in the same friend group or really hung out. After college, Stephanie was out and about with her mom one day and she ran into Josh.

Jacqueline and Eric are both from the same hometown and went to the same high school. They are two years apart and despite being in such close proximity to one another all of those years, they didn’t connect until after high school during the winter of 2012!

I’ve been on a My Best Friend’s Wedding kick the past few weeks and it made me so excited for Samantha & Adam’s downtown Chicago engagement session! It’s kind of ironic, but most of my all-time favorite movies I watch over and over revolve around weddings (Sixteen Candles, It Takes Two, My Best Friend’s Wedding, Because I Said So, 27 Dresses, Something Borrowed, The Parent Trap, etc…).