These sessions had me in tears nearly the entire time. THE ENTIRE TIME. Maybe because I am a mama of four myself. Or maybe because on the other side of the camera I saw… The mamas who’s engagements, weddings, and births of their first baby, or birth of them into motherhood I’ve experienced by their …
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As Wedding and Family Michigan Lifestyle Photographer serving all of Southeast Michigan, Ann Arbor, Detroit, and all and surrounding areas, these Mother’s Day Studio Mini Sessions are some of my favorite photos to capture, and always sell out 😉 Now Booking Classic Motherhood Mini Sessions in the studio Saturday, April 27th. The rubber bands wrists …
Meet Katelyn and Ben and their sweetest new addition, Baby Warren.
Michigan Family Photographer | Downtown Ann Arbor Lifestyle Portrait Session As some of you may have heard, Dayna Mae Photography got a new home this spring in the heart of Nickles Arcade Downtown Ann Arbor (a post on that to come realllll soon – stay tuned!) When Mishelle and I first fell in love with …
Peony Gardens Mini Sessions | Dayna Mae Photography | Ann Arbor Portrait Photographer Something about the magic of the Nichols Arboretum Peony Garden blooms the first week of June every year always leave me breathless! (usually because of the intoxicating heavenly scent!)
Ann Arbor Michigan Lifestyle Photographer | Michigan Portrait Photographer “She’s always been yours.” Courtney’s mom said as everyone in the room wiped the tears of joy from their face. “God made her just for you.” she continued to say…
Heart of Home Sessions | Michigan Portrait Photographer You know those people that you meet that seem like they were always supposed to be there? Meet Sarah + Sean. Yup. They are those people.
Michigan Family Photographer | In Home Portrait Session | Troy Michigan After their Waldenwoods wedding two years back, Josh, Charlene, and their sweet little girl Lekszi invited me into their home to welcome 8 week old baby brother, Warner. This lifestyle portrait session at their home in Troy, Michigan was the sweetest. From the …
Fall Mini Sessions | Ann Arbor Lifestyle Portrait Session If you are like 90% of the families, couples + clients I’ve interacted with in the past 7 years of running a portrait driven business, maybe you can identify with one, or all of the following sentences: “Maybe when I loose 10 pounds” “Our kids are …
Birth. One word, that can mean so many different things to so many women, but have the same, most breath-taking impact on us all. There really is nothing quite like it, in all the world.
Motherhood: the messy, the beautiful, the generations: documented. These sessions blew my mind with how raw they are looking back on them. I mean, as a mother, these are the moments I long to be captured for my future grandchildren… and I’m so thrilled with being able to deliver that to these Mother’s from the …
Mom and me minis hit super close to home after the possible chance of my mom, the strongest person I’ve known, being a memory. two days after I found out that for the first time, I was going to be a mommy, my mom, and soon to be grandma to our first born – was …
Meet Travis + Katie and peek inside their Woodsy Engagement Session in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Soul Mates, tailgating partners, Â lovers of Nachos, their 3 legged Cat, Frank, and Erine their fur baby. Their session was something special, because it was them. Katie and I had been stalking the weather for nearly 2 months waiting …
Stages. I love documenting life stages for my clients. The “mini” everyday moments are worth capturing – and if your looking for a “reason” to take family photos  – here it is. These “mini” everyday moments are ever so fleeting.