Kara Purtell Photography

OK, I am skipping around a little bit here, but I wanted to showcase this reception place.

Shawn & Mira were married in November, so they needed an inside location, and they wanted to do everything in the same place.  They chose Rock Financial in Novi.  I have done bridal shows there, and from everything I have seen it is just a big building with space in it.  Recently they opened up their reception areas, and they are gorgeous!  You basically get to start from scratch and build whatever you want.  Now, I wasn’t really sure what to expect as a ceremony location, but they did an amazing job setting up the room for Shawn & Mira to say their I Do’s.  They wanted a little bit of a Christmas theme, so the aisle was lined with trees with Christmas lights.  It was beautiful!  Plus the food was really good, and you really can’t ask for more than that  Also, the hotel where they got ready, The Hotel Baronette by Twelve Oaks Mall, had a great place to do their first look, and some nice photo spots throughout the hotel.

On top of the really nice locations, Shawn & Mira were so much fun to work with.  They braved the cold, and Mira walked around in the woods in 3 inch heels!  I think after seeing the pics that Mira should be a super model:)  I’ll let the pics speak for themselves…..

I had the opportunity to shoot Jon and Leah’s BEAUTIFUL wedding at Cranbrook house this past September.  Cranbrook is one of my absoulte favorite places to shoot, whether for a wedding, engagement, or portrait session.  you will see a few other sessions posted in a bit that I shot there.  You may remember their engagement session that we shot there last fall.  We used some of the same spots because we loved them so much  Leah got ready in Birmingham at the Townsend hotel, which was really nice, and had a lot of natural light for makeup.  The reception was at Pine Lake Country Club, and was beautifully set up.  Jamie Honce was there again to do a day of edit that you can see on his blog.  Thanks for letting me be part of your day guys.  It was an absolutely  beautiful perfect day!!!

I always love when make-up artists have their kits all strewn around.  It makes such a colorful picture

Leah’s dress was unique in the fact that it was two pieces.  It was absolutely gorgeous, and I had to macgyver it into a hanging position to get a good picture.  I found out once she put it on that the skirt goes over the dress though, so this isn’t entirely accurate, but still pretty.Holy Blue eyes!!There was a Jewish tradition during the ceremony where Jon and Leah both wrote a letter to each other and the Rabbi read them aloud.  They were hilarious and so well written, I wish they did that at every wedding. LOVE this one!