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Wedding

We shoot weddings of good humans. People who care about other people, and especially about each other. That is most of what we are looking for in a day, and it is most of what shows up in the pictures afterward.

Almost all of this was shot in Northern Michigan. Traverse City, the Leelanau peninsula, Glen Arbor, Leland, Suttons Bay, and the water around Sleeping Bear. We also go where the wedding is.

Two of us work a wedding day. That means two angles on the things that only happen once, and nobody stranded at the back of the room.

An engagement session comes with both wedding packages. It is worth doing early, well before the wedding day depends on the two of you being comfortable in front of a camera.

Northern Michigan wedding photograph by Allen-Kent Photography
Northern Michigan wedding photograph by Allen-Kent Photography
Northern Michigan wedding photograph by Allen-Kent Photography
How we shoot

Mostly we are just there.

The family pictures get done quickly, because nobody has ever enjoyed that part. After that the day is the day.

If you want direction you will get it. Most people find they need less of it than they expected once the first hour is behind them.

Northern Michigan wedding photograph by Allen-Kent Photography
Northern Michigan wedding photograph by Allen-Kent Photography
Northern Michigan wedding photograph by Allen-Kent Photography
Northern Michigan wedding photograph by Allen-Kent Photography
Northern Michigan wedding photograph by Allen-Kent Photography
Northern Michigan wedding photograph by Allen-Kent Photography
Where

We know these rooms.

We keep field notes on the venues around here. Which barn loses its light early, which beach is unusable on a Saturday in July, where to stand when the ceremony runs late.

Cathedral Barn, Aurora Cellars, Black Star Farms, the Old Art Building, Tall Ship Manitou, Cherry Basket Farm. We have worked most of them more than once.

Northern Michigan wedding photograph by Allen-Kent Photography
Northern Michigan wedding photograph by Allen-Kent Photography
Northern Michigan wedding photograph by Allen-Kent Photography
Northern Michigan wedding photograph by Allen-Kent Photography
Northern Michigan wedding photograph by Allen-Kent Photography
Northern Michigan wedding photograph by Allen-Kent Photography
Northern Michigan wedding photograph by Allen-Kent Photography
Northern Michigan wedding photograph by Allen-Kent Photography
Afterward

A teaser in about a week.

A sneak peek lands one to one and a half weeks after the wedding. The full gallery is within 90 days.

Full print rights come with every package, and there is a shop on the gallery if you would rather we handled prints and albums. Download your copies and keep them, we hold files for a few years.

Northern Michigan wedding photograph by Allen-Kent Photography
Northern Michigan wedding photograph by Allen-Kent Photography
Northern Michigan wedding photograph by Allen-Kent Photography
Northern Michigan wedding photograph by Allen-Kent Photography
Northern Michigan wedding photograph by Allen-Kent Photography
Northern Michigan wedding photograph by Allen-Kent Photography
Northern Michigan wedding photograph by Allen-Kent Photography
Northern Michigan wedding photograph by Allen-Kent Photography
Northern Michigan wedding photograph by Allen-Kent Photography
Smaller days

Elopements are a real thing here.

Two hours, one photographer, Sleeping Bear or the Traverse City shoreline. Guests are fine. An elopement does not have to be only the two of you.

They run any day but Saturday unless we have the date open.

Northern Michigan wedding photograph by Allen-Kent Photography
Northern Michigan wedding photograph by Allen-Kent Photography
Northern Michigan wedding photograph by Allen-Kent Photography
Northern Michigan wedding photograph by Allen-Kent Photography
Northern Michigan wedding photograph by Allen-Kent Photography
Northern Michigan wedding photograph by Allen-Kent Photography
Northern Michigan wedding photograph by Allen-Kent Photography
Northern Michigan wedding photograph by Allen-Kent Photography
Northern Michigan wedding photograph by Allen-Kent Photography
Northern Michigan wedding photograph by Allen-Kent Photography
Northern Michigan wedding photograph by Allen-Kent Photography

You guys were rockstars. Lots of people were asking about you, some because they want to know who the professional photog was, and some because they wanted to know who the friend was that brought the multiple cameras😂. I feel like that's kinda what you're going for

Conor

What a wedding day with us looks like

We show up early, we stay late, and you get on with your day.

Before the day

A 20% retainer holds the date. After the first chat you get our welcome kit, which lists the packages, the prices and the payment structures in writing.

About three weeks out

We reach out to make sure everyone has the same information. It is a check-in, not a production meeting. If you want a call at that point, ask and you get one.

On the day

Six or eight hours of coverage with two photographers. You can add time if the day runs long.

When you are ready

Tell us about your day.

If this looks like what you are picturing, we would like to hear what you are planning.

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