Wedding planning can be fun — but planning your honeymoon is more exciting! Whether you’re leaning towards a laid-back winery tour or thinking about a cruise to someplace warm, there are a lot of choices available to you!
Steven and I went to Hawaii for our honeymoon. We had a blast, and enjoyed the [...]
Advice, Wedding Planning
Hi, I have been looking through your blog and have found some very helpful things. I’ll probably be meeting with you about my wedding soon. Anyways, I am seeing a lot of articles about how to make sure your photographer gets all the shots you want at your wedding. Those lists just seem overwhelming — [...]
Advice, Michigan Wedding Photographer, Wedding Planning
Ok so I want to get my portrait created, but I don’t really like the “typical” portraits I see people getting all the time. What do you do to make every portrait session different, and how will you make sure that my pictures are unique and different?
– Wanting “Different”
I don’t like doing the “same thing” [...]
Advice, Michigan Portrait Photographer
Finding the right shoes can be hard work. I know from first-hand experience! It’s hard to find the right balance of stylish and comfortable — especially if you’re looking for high heels.
For my wedding, I needed pretty shoes that had a good-sized heel (I’m *a little* shorter than Steven, so I wanted [...]
Advice, Wedding Planning
Making Life Manageable: I want to share some of our “wedding strategy” that allowed my husband, Steven, and me to enjoy ourselves and not spend all of our free time wedding-planning – after all, you need to have some time to relax! So listen up as I share some tips on making [...]
Advice, Wedding Planning
Whether you’re building a new home or buying a house, there are always plenty of do-it-yourself projects that seem to turn up. My husband, Steven, and I bought an “almost-new” house in 2007, and since then have been hard at work turning our house into a home.
After getting our stuff into our house, it [...]
Advice, Personal
This past weekend, Steven and I geared up to take Betsy’s Photography on the road — to Plymouth, Michigan for a Bridal Show, held in the Inn at St. John’s! We met many wonderful couples and enjoyed hearing about all the amazing wedding plans. To the brides we met at the show — [...]
Advice, Wedding Planning
Today we got a lovely surprise when we opened our copy of the Dexter Leader! Well, not a complete surprise, because I did talk with the fabulous people over at the Dexter Leader before the article ran, but it’s still exciting to see your face in the paper.
This edition will be out all week, [...]
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What is your favorite location around the studio for location portrait sessions? I need ideas!
– A.L.
Honestly, my favorite location depends on the client I am working with. I am always excited to photograph on location, because the possibilities are endless. When we start planning a location portrait session, I always make sure to [...]
Advice, Dexter MI, Michigan Portrait Photographer
Who is Your Favorite Client?
– Beth
Ok, so you didn’t really expect me to answer this question, did you? Since we ended the year by highlighting the happenings at Betsy’s Photography, let’s begin the year by talking about you! The truth is, I enjoy working with each and every one of my [...]
Advice, Personal
So, I am curious about your artistic background. Who are your top 5 favorite artists (photographers, painters, whatever you like), and why do you like them so much?
– Anonymous
This is a fun question, thank you for asking this!
It’s so hard to narrow my list down to just five. There are so many individuals who [...]
Advice
Planning the wedding of your dreams, and want to make sure you have the perfect wedding album to capture all those wonderful moments and emotions from your wedding day? That’s no small task, and while you may be up to the challenge, you definitely want to avoid the wedding album woes. Find out how [...]
Advice, Wedding Planning
I normally just do a Christmas card (plus picture) to friends and family, but I was thinking it might be nice to do something that included our new cat. Are you even ABLE to do portraits with pets, or does your studio focus on people only?
– Pet Lover
Good question! While many of my clients [...]
Advice, Pet Portraits
I’m soooo excited to have my senior portraits done; all my senior friends’ pictures turned out so amazing! I need help though. I want to choose my own photographer, but my mom wants me to use the one she used ages ago… And that totally is not what I want. His style is boring and [...]
Advice, Senior Portraits
I absolutely hate getting my picture taken, but I have to….soon, at least. I know your style is more relaxed and casual, so I’m hoping you can help. Do you have any suggestions for me so that I won’t freak out once I get to the studio? I’m just really intimidated by the whole atmosphere [...]
Advice, Michigan Portrait Photographer