Celebrating Love
This morning I am thinking of Makana and Molly and the love they share. Their kindness, their compassion, and the joy they experience when they are together lights up these long, grey Michigan days. It's a light that shines on others and creates more joy and more love every time they are together. This beautiful location in Ann Arbor, Michigan was the perfect place to photograph their engagement portraits and to celebrate their love.
Prior to this session, it had been awhile since I photographed outside. It has been dark and cold recently (this is the way of Michigan winters), and I have this newfound love of the beauty, consistency, and drama of studio light.
But this lovely couple helped me remember how beautiful sunlight looks when it lights up eyes and graces faces. I hadn't forgotten, of course, because once you learn to see sunlight reflect off sidewalks and reach into shadows, you can never stop seeing light. There is still a difference between knowing and experiencing, and I am incredibly grateful I ventured out with these two. When I left the session, my heart was so full.
The Law Quad on the University of Michigan campus is such a beautiful location. Even on the coldest day, the sunlight can still shine through the stained glass chapel, and when it does, it adds magic to the photographs. There is no doubt though, that this couple brought their own radiance.
As the days begin to warm and as we see signs of spring all around us, these two look forward to their wedding day and joining their families together in love. I encourage you to do what they do... Look for light. Look for love. Join hands and join hearts. Make the world a better place.
Wishing everyone a beauty filled spring. My spring has an extra layer of love and light because of the ways these two are sharing their journey with me. I hope these photographs shared a little extra light with you.
If you have something beautiful you are celebrating in your life and you would like to talk about photography, please reach out. I would love to celebrate with you too.
Love and Light,
Michelle Massey Barnes
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