I met Jackie about 4 years ago when her older sister contacted me about family photos downtown Grand Rapids. Since then, I have taken their family pictures every year around Christmas and I was thrilled to hear Jackie was engaged and wanted me to be her wedding photographer! Both bride and groom are from Togo, West Africa so their reception was full of cultural traditions such as throwing money during special dances. They also changed into 3 different outfits during the night and each was so glamorous.
Since the wedding day itself was so busy, Jackie and Claude asked about meeting up with me the next day to take portraits of the two of them. This turned out to be a great idea and reduced some of the stress and pressure that would have come from driving to a new location to get all the photos they wanted. Here are some of my favorites from their wedding Saturday and photo session Sunday!
