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Melanie + Dave / Grand Rapids

Brett Maxwell — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 05:15:11 +0000

We started the day at Mad Cap Coffee and Founder’s Brewing Company, two of my absolute favorite places in all of Michigan.

From the ceremony in a wine bar, to commissioning a piece of art created live at their reception, it was a really unique and fun wedding day.

Wedding Ceremony: Reserve wine bar, Grand Rapids
Wedding Reception: Eve Lounge in The B.O.B., Grand Rapids

Moment Junkie

Brett Maxwell — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 18:25:19 +0000

There’s a huge variety of wedding blogs out there, most of which focus on helping couples plan for their wedding with ideas for decorations, attire, etc. That’s great, but I want to introduce you to my favorite wedding blog: momentjunkie.com. It features one photo each day of a really great moment captured at a wedding, and today’s featured photo had me literally LOL-ing. Some are humorous, some are baffling, and some are very touching and emotional.

I love nailing an “epic” portrait (yes, a bit of sarcasm there), but it’s the kind of interactions featured on Moment Junkie that I love most about capturing a wedding. So go, look at today’s photo, browse through the archives, and subscribe to the site in your favorite RSS reader. You may notice that I’ve had a few photos featured there this year ( 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 ), and hopefully you’ll see some more of mine in the future, because…

I am a Moment Junkie.

January 2012 Update:
I’ve had two more features on Moment Junkie ( 5 | 6 ) in recent months. I still absolutely love this blog and check it every single day.

Sara + Steven / Lansing

Brett Maxwell — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 15:15:05 +0000

Sara and Steven took over for the band for several songs and they killed it.

Wedding Ceremony: St. Casimir Catholic Parish, Lansing
Wedding Reception: The Lansing Center, Lansing

Brooke and Mark

Brett Maxwell — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 21:02:05 +0000

Just one for now from Brooke and Mark’s September wedding at The English Inn.

Dave and Mel

Brett Maxwell — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 05:57:21 +0000

Here’s one frame from a wedding I’ll be blogging soon. Dave and Melanie were married in Grand Rapids and had the first ever wedding at The Reserve wine bar, which is one of my favorite places in the state.

I’m going to finish blogging my 2011 weddings before my 2012 weddings start in March. That’s the plan at least.

Addie – 2 months

Brett Maxwell — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 23:32:53 +0000

Yesterday marked our second month with our precious little Adele, it’s been the best two months ever.

Sarah and Brian – Engagement

Brett Maxwell — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 19:13:10 +0000

Holland, Michigan.

Sophie + Vinnie / Dearborn

Brett Maxwell — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 21:08:32 +0000

Hindu ceremonies are colorful and fascinating. Dancing under an airplane is pretty cool also.

Wedding Ceremony and Reception: The Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan

Sport cover shoot

Brett Maxwell — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 05:50:04 +0000

A little something different…

A few months back I shot this magazine cover for Sport magazine, but just recently picked up a copy to finally see it in person. The feature article was about the progression a soccer player goes through from youth if they are to end up playing college, professional, or Olympic soccer. On the left, the shot just as it came out of the camera, on the right, the terrific job they did making it a cover.

And since I know there are some fellow photo geeks following along, here’s the technical info.

Camera: Nikon D3 with Sigma 85mm and a 3 stop ND filter. 1/250, iso 200, f5.6.
Lighting: Scrim flying camera right covering subjects in shade. Einstein in 35″ octa camera right. SB800 high, back, and left of subjects. SB800 gelled warm in small SBIII softbox hidden by the adult subject and lighting the boy’s face.

A really fun break from weddings!

Addie

Brett Maxwell — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 17:56:51 +0000

I have experienced occasions of extreme joy, and I’ve certainly cried for a variety of reasons, but before last week I had never cried simply from overwhelming joy. After a sleepless night of laboring and an insane 4 hours of pushing, the worry and anticipation instantly melted away to the most emotional and powerful moments of my life. Seeing my daughter. Her tiny hands grasping my fingers. Her eyes turning towards my voice for comfort as nurses checked her over.

Last week Kelli and I welcomed into the world Adele J Maxwell. She is perfect.

A few photos from our 2 days in the hospital.