My October Wedding from Castle Farms in Charlevoix, Michigan was featured in Fresh Squeezed Weddings!  It is an honor to see this beautiful Wedding on a fabulous blog.  Castle Farms is an extremely unique Wedding venue in Northern Michigan.  It is an actual Castle that is privately owned and used for Events of all sizes.  Castle Farms has incredible features and detail throughout.  If you ever wanted to be a princess on your Wedding day than this is the location.

You can see the entire feature at http://freshsqueezedweddings.com/uniqueweddings/a-princess-and-her-castle

Visit Paul Retherford Wedding Photography | Castle Farms Preferred Vendor

Paul Retherford Wedding Photography received the Editor’s Choice Award for 2012 from Two Bright Lights for being one of the top 5% of published Photographers.  It is an honor to be part of the Two Bright Lights community of Professionals.

This intimate chapel in Northern Michigan on the top of the hill at Boyne Highlands is just the chapel you are looking for your Wedding.  You can take the chair lift up to the chapel or drive the seasonal road.  The grounds around the chapel are wonderful for photo opportunities too.

Boyne Highlands Wedding Photography by Paul Retherford

Bay Harbor, Michigan is a unique and beautiful lakeshore Wedding location in Northern Michigan.  This image was captured in front of the Bay Harbor Marina and Knot Just a Bar.

Bay Harbor, Michigan luxury Wedding location Lake Michigan

Melissa and AJ are featured on Landlocked Bride blog today!  They are my awesome couple from January in Bay City, Michigan.  Here is a snippet from the blog and a link to the entire Wedding blog below.

Entire blog location http://www.landlockedbride.com/2012/02/20/real-wedding-melissa-andrew-bay-city-michigan/

Bay City, Michigan Wedding Photographer

Please come on over to my website at Paul Retherford Wedding Photography, http://www.PaulRetherford.com and check out my new images!  I would be honored if you would click the “Like” button on the bottom of the screen.  This helps me rank higher in the search engines.  Happy President’s Day to all!

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Beautiful Winter day Engagement Session captured in Traverse City, Michigan with Kelly and Derek in Northern Michigan.  Bride and Joy blog was nice enough to feature the day on their blog.  The Engagement Session was captured at the Centre Ice Arena, North Peak Brewing Company, and Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore along Lake Michigan.

See what Bride and Joy did with the blog at this link http://www.brideandjoy.ie/ice-skating-engagement/

Enjoy!

Traverse City, Michigan Wedding Engagement Photographer

Snow looked like a long shot for this January 14, 2012 Wedding in Bay City until two days before the Wedding.  A Winter storm moved through and dropped a few inches of pure white bliss to add to the already stunning Bride and Groom.  Melissa and AJ are so comfortable in front of my camera and I enjoyed working with the two of them.  The day was just perfect!

Here are some beautiful images from the snow filled and sunny Wedding day in Bay City, Michigan.

The Bay City Michigan Wedding vendors for the day include:

Bay City Michigan Winter Wedding Photography

White on the ground and smiles on everyone’s faces makes for a fabulous day in Michigan, and a reason for a Winter Wedding in Bay City, Michigan.  Here is some train station Depot and Hilton Hotel inspiration for your Winter Wedding.

Bay City, Michigan Wedding Photographer

Ever wanted a Winter Wedding where you snowmobile into the ceremony location and leave on  a snowmobile with cans dragging and a veil on your helmet?  Here is some inspiration for your dream.

Winter Wedding Northern Michigan Photographer

Here is a beautiful inspiration for your Northern Michigan Wedding Engagement session in Traverse City and Sleeping Bear Dunes National Park along Lake Michigan.

Traverse City Wedding Photographer Paul Retherford

Fusion Winter Wedding Photography video from Bay City, Michigan at Pere Marquette Depot and Hilton Double Tree Hotel on Saginaw river by Paul Retherford Wedding Photography.

When you think of Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, Miners Castle, and Lake Superior in January a Wedding probably does not come to mind.  For my beautiful Bride, Dawn, and her handsome Groom, Bill, that is exactly what they think.  Their original plan was a winter Wedding in Montana but they wanted their family and friends to be involved too.  They made regular trips from their home in Chicago to Northern Michigan for a snowmobile week.  The weekend after New Years is always a great snow time of the year will few people on the trails.  What better time to invite 30 friends up for a week of snowmobiling and partying to commence with a beautiful Wedding.

The entire day was just perfect with Dawn and Bill.  The Bride and Groom’s smiles radiated heat throughout the day.  If you have ever thought of a Winter snowmobile Wedding in Northern Michigan watch this fusion Wedding video below.

This was an intimate Wedding with a minimal amount of details.  Their accommodations and Wedding reception all took place at Cherrywood Lodge in Munising, Michigan.  This is a winter sports dream location with trails located at their front door, a nice restaurant and bar for the guests, and snowmobile rentals available with brand new sleds!

Come visit Dawn and Bill’s Wedding website at Lake Superior Winter Wedding.

Northern Michigan Upper Michigan Lake Superior Photographer

The first snow in Petoskey, Michigan and we caught it with a beautiful Engagement Session along Lake Michigan in Petoskey, Michigan.  We captured all the images, audio, and video on Sunday morning.  Michelle and Ryan are getting Married this Summer in the Petoskey area with a reception at the Perry Hotel in Petoskey.  Watch the Fusion Engagement Session video I put together for them here.

Some of you may know that my wife and I have driven Saab wagons for some time now.  My wife drove a red 2000 Saab 95 wagon up until a month ago when we sold it to purchase an SUV.  I drive a 2000 Saab wagon turbo that is a bit of luxury and fast too.  Both vehicles have over 200,000 miles on them.

So why don’t I drive a domestic vehicle?  Well, you can argue what is truly a domestic vehicle these days with so many of the parts coming from overseas.  I am a research junky and I love statistics when I buy anything.  I read reviews and talk to professionals and such.  When I took our first Saab that I was looking at buying to my mechanic and he said that if I don’t buy it he will that solidified the deal for me.  Buying smart is my first choice.

Not only are these vehicles comfortable, but they are quiet, large for a family, and get great mileage.  We only changed vehicles because we wanted something that could pull, drive in deep snow, and four wheel drive for our Northern Michigan winters.  The Saab does awesome in snow up to about 3 inches then it has trouble bottoming out.

So what is my point?  I love American made products but don’t hate me for having a foreign vehicle.  My mechanics are all American, the gas I purchase supports local owners, and some of the replacement parts are American made too.  I love the ride and love the fact that we have over 200,000 miles and they run and look perfect.

There are so many advantages to these vehicles.  To bad that Saab is no longer making vehicles.

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Congratulations to Beth and Tony on your beautiful Wedding on Lake Michigan.  The beautiful beach in Frankfort, Michigan and the artsy local of the Cabbage Shed.  It was truly a pleasure to be part of your day.  You took a different road on your Wedding details and I love you for that.  Cheers to your feature on Inspired Beach Weddings Blog!  Check it out at:

http://blog.inspiredbeachweddings.com/michigan-beach-wedding/beth-and-tonys-michigan-beach-wedding/

Lake Michigan Beach Wedding Photographer

Please check out Destination Brides and the feature of Ashley and Aris on their beautiful Blog.

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