Picture this: you rent a vacation home in Leelanau County with your entire extended family. You lounge in the yard together every evening, drinking wine, eating dinner, and chasing the kids around. Bare feet squish the mulberries that have fallen from the tree in the yard as the sun hangs low and warm in the sky. You want to hold onto this moment–the grandkids as they are with their chubby fingers and unbridled laughter, your kids now grown and each other’s friends–with all of you together in a place that holds so many dear memories.

A great way to hold onto the memories is to bring me along for an evening, to invite me over to your vacation rental or favorite beach to photograph the magic of your time together. We’ll get some staged portraits, but mostly, I’ll take photographs that freeze you all in the moment, on this particular family vacation in northern Michigan that you will remember for a lifetime.