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new website: fresh for summer!

June 24, 2013

this update was a long time coming, but i'm so excited to finally share!  i hope you'll take a look at my new portfolio website, including "day in the life" photography, family vacation photography, and travel photography, as near as Northern Michigan and as far as Bali, Indonesia.  

wishing you a memorable summer, wherever you happen to be.

Bali Travel Photography, Ocean Fine Art Photograph
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A Lake Michigan Inspired Cookbook - Editorial / Book Photo Assignment
A Lake Michigan Inspired Cookbook - Editorial / Book Photo Assignment
about a year ago
How to Photograph People while Traveling (meaningfully)
How to Photograph People while Traveling (meaningfully)
about 4 years ago
letting go of perfection  // a “day in the life” photography session
letting go of perfection // a “day in the life” photography session
about 6 years ago
hilton head island  //  family beach vacation photography
hilton head island // family beach vacation photography
about 6 years ago
Travel Photography Tips for the Minimalist Traveler  |  Bali Photographs
Travel Photography Tips for the Minimalist Traveler | Bali Photographs
about 6 years ago

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Hard to believe I’m already nearly 6 months postpartum.. Still flowing through sleepless nights and going inward as much as possible these days. Reveling in these sweet memories captured by @brookecollierphoto / @sisterbirth and wishing i could slow down time. . . . 
I finally had the courage to share a piece of writing highlighting my universal life lessons following this redemptive and transformative birth experience. Head on over to @sisterbirth to read more on her blog if you feel compelled!  Working with Brooke as my doula was THE best decision I made in 2018, hands down. I wouldn’t have had quite the same experience without her. Her gentle support, knowing presence, and belief in me was everything. ❤️
Early October Walk

A juxtaposed season this is,
Layers of longing and letting go.

Tall dry grasses intertwine with lingering wildflowers like the happiness and sadness and madness of these days. 
If we wish away her kicks and screams, 
Gone is the girl who thinks her belly has brains.
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#gratefuleveryday #parenthood #poetryofinstagram #intentionalseasons #fallreflections #keepingitreal #letthembelittle #gratitudejournaling #getoutside
Self care epiphany! Drop off the 3 year old at preschool. Enjoy a latte and read the #essentialismbook at @nonnaspantry. Take a hilly walk soaking up the crisp fall morning and listen to #amyschumer’s audiobook... All while the 7 week old snoozes away. 
In other news, little Mai Mai’s sweet smiles are like experiencing pure happiness for the first time. I think for her and I both. #4thtrimester #intentionalseasons #happybaby #gratefuleveryday #selfcaregoals #recharge
Dreaming of that ONE time, about a week ago, that Ben and I snuck away kid-free to Sutton’s Bay. Floated my baby belly for hours, ate slow meals when we wanted, listened to live music in the woods, drove across the peninsula to catch the sunset and lazily wandered Fishtown at dusk. Because we could. And it was awesome.
Scenes from a weekend well spent on the lake. We ate well, beached well, laughed plenty, slept little, and wore my pregnant self out with all the beach stairs. 
Highlight was meeting @amelialevin, author of The Lake Michigan Cottage Cookbook. I took photographs for the book last summer and it came full circle at her book signing. ✨
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#newbuffalo #unionpier #booksofinstagram #lakemichigan #somanybeachstairs #puremichigan #getoutside #eatlocal #gratefuleveryday
Magic..
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#letthembelittle #gratefuleveryday #childhoodunplugged #simplicity #swingsfordays #mysecretgarden
Excited to announce that a special assignment I photographed last summer, The Lake Michigan Cottage Cookbook, was released last month! I’m not sure any of us in the north need any help wishing for summer, but here’s a few of my fave spreads featuring my work that make summer feel just a little bit closer. 
Congrats to author, @amelialevin, and publisher, @storeypub, on a beautiful, thoughtful book celebrating our Lake Michigan region. ☀️ (Excerpted from The Lake Michigan Cottage Cookbook Copyright Teri Genovese. Used with permission from Storey Publishing.)
When it's misty and in the high 40s by 8am in January, you walk. And if you're 2, you splash. #letthembelittle #gratefuleveryday #getoutside
Our first snowy walk to the river this season and my little lady wanted to hold my hand the entire time. #getoutside #gratefuleveryday #intentionalseasons
I'm super excited to share some of my photography work for @storeypub's #lakemichigan inspired #cookbook due out next Spring - many more on my blog (link in profile!)
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The assignment - photograph #farmtotable food, #local #sustainable businesses, #chefs, #cheesemakers, #fishermen, and the majestic Lake Michigan - yes please. @amelialevin @thecookshouse @carlsonsfish @riversideleland #traversecity #leelanau #leelanaupeninsula #fishtown #suttonsbay #leelanaucheese @22speschel #gratefuleveryday
Every summer needs a staycation. We biked to ice cream, pool partied and brunched with great friends, had a backyard campfire, meteor gazed, took lazy walks, hammock napped, and wrapped up with a beach morning at #lakemichigan. All the while with a grateful, yet heavy heart for many reasons. Life is hard and so many things don't make sense. Let's stick together and soak up all the little things. #intentionalseasons #gratefuleveryday #getoutside
Moonrise bike ride. #getoutside #gratefuleveryday .
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 #puremichigan #thornappleriver #nofilter
Some days are a dream. 
#vansbeach #leland #leelanaupeninsula #lakemichigan #puremichigan #nofilter #iphonepic
Last week I spent a couple of days #upnorth in Traverse City / Leland shooting for @storeypub's #lakemichigan #cookbook. It has been so inspiring to connect with people who are committed to supporting local and sustainable food and business practices. Connecting with people living their passions in this way has been an honor. Huge thanks to Sarah (@22speschel) for assisting me with the cover shoot @riversideleland and snagging this #behindthescenes pic. 
And special thanks to @riversideleland, @carlsonsfish, Jennifer @thecookshouse, and Leelanau Cheese for allowing me to photograph your spaces. I'll share more photos soon! .
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#traversecity #leland #puremichigan #leelanaupeninsula #leelanaulove #foodie #localfood #supportlocal #cookbookphotographer #editorialphotography #michiganphotographer #bookstagram
Shooting in Fennville yesterday was a dream. The land is vast and peaceful and its people are artists, each in their own way, wisely using the bountiful land and pouring passion into their soul's work. It was an honor to be there and document this truly farm to table region for @storeypub's Lake Michigan inspired cookbook by @amelialevin. I barely set aside my SLR for iPhone snapshots, but see my stories for a few quick behind the scenes! .
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Special thanks to @evergreenlanefarm for a peek inside the cheesemaking process and allowing me to meet her goats; Missy @virtuecider for the epic tour of the farm and a look inside their impressive craft cider mill, Mari @kismetbakery for firing up her majestic wood oven, @thesaltchef at @saltoftheearth_fennville for allowing me to witness his true artistry in the kitchen making fresh pasta, and Pete @seedlingfruit for allowing me to wander his farm and orchards (pictured here) just glowing in the fresh summer sun.

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