I made my way out to the west side of the state to meet up with Rachel and Jeff for their engagement session.  We shot around a few blocks downtown Kalamazoo before getting chilly.  I think my favorite thing from their session was the way they looked at one another.  They truly adore one another and sometimes it was hard not to smile too much while shooting.  I am happy to be photographing their wedding on New Years Eve this year…it’s going to be a blast with these two!  Thanks for braving the cold and snow Rachel and Jeff…enjoy your pics!

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  • Kellie - Beautiful! I love the arches!

  • Brenda - The pics are exquisite! The love that Jeff and Rachel have for each other has been captured on film… can’t wait to see the wedding photos!

  • Tammy - Absolutely stunning pictures!

  • Mom - beautiful, beautiful.. arches are very dramatic and certainly a wonderful “frame” for the couple!

  • YGuerrero - Great work! Beautiful couple, love the outfits 🙂

  • Anja - I can’t believe I didn’t come across your work earlier. You are fabulous, love your style!

I met up with Briana and Chris for a quick winter engagement session in Okemos.  We didn’t have to travel far to get to our location:)  It was one of those sunny winter days and fortunately, wasn’t too cold.  Briana and Chris will be getting married this July in Charlevoix at the wonderful Castle Farms.  I’m stoked to be photographing such a sweet and fun couple in such a beautiful location.  Thanks for a fun time you two!

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  • Mom (2) - woo hoo. So beautiful! So great to see some “Dustin” work again. As always, beautiful couple, beautiful settings, beautiful everything! Love them all!!

  • Jim Shields - Great shots as usual Dustin.

  • YGuerrero - Your work is amazing! Thanks so much for sending me the info I requested, I will contact you for sure very soon!! 🙂 🙂

  • HARRISON STUDIO - awesome work bro … love the framing in the shots with the tree branches.

That’s right folks, I picked up my new letterpress business cards yesterday and they are super funky-funky-fresh.  Actually, they are delicate, pretty, and timeless…exactly what I strive for with my branding and imagery.  These beauties were printed by a local letterpress vendor who I can not recommend enough.  Elevated Press is run by a husband and wife team here in Ann Arbor and Michelle and Pete are such kind, easy going people making everything about the process organic and fun.  I really do love giving my money to local businesses and I love it even more when they are as great as Elevated Press!  If you are a bride or groom in need of some gorgeous save-the-dates, invitations, thank you cards, or anything else that is letterpress papery goodness, contact Michelle over at Elevated Press and sit back and wait to be amazed at what she can create for you!

Here are the details…

220# Crane’s Lettra Duplex 100% cotton paper

Silver ink (Pantone 877)       Love that it prints a beautiful gray with the tiniest bit of shimmer.

Double sided with my logo on one side and contact info on the other       The logo side has a deeper impression, really making my logo pop.

3.5″ x 2″       Standard business cards size.

What’s a post about my cards without pics?!?

In case you’re not too familiar with letterpress, you really do need to SEE and FEEL them to appreciate their beauty 😉

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  • Gail - These look fantastic!

  • Kricia Morris - Hot stuff man! I love letterpress. They look fabulous!

  • kristen ~ k.holly - They’re beautiful! Mmm mmm, letterpress loveliness!

  • Wayne Toshikazu - I LOVE Crane Lettra, especially duplex. They look awesome!

  • Andy Owen - Worth the wait! Those are outstanding!

  • Gavin Wade - OOH! Way sexy! I’m liking ALOT! I’d book you just from your card…mega hotness 🙂

  • rachael s - they are beautiful! i love letterpress!

  • Michelle Baker - I’m so glad you love the cards, and are getting such a great response on them! Great pics!

  • HARRISON STUDIO - nice!!! love letterpress!

  • Amy - I LOVE Crane Lettra, especially duplex. They look awesome!

I receive about 5-10 emails a week from photographers asking all sorts of questions.  I love to teach and share, but a lot of the emails I receive (about 90%) are from photographers out of state.  It is really hard and time consuming to get back to everyone and I feel bad that I can’t, as I LOVE to share, teach, and help people so that they can get to where they want 🙂  I will still be putting on my Shareshop, later this year, but one thing I’ve been doing for a couple years now, is helping people out through the internet…thanks to apps like iChat and Skype.  I’m thinking about starting to offer 90 minute sessions using iChat, so that those people that are not close to me, but really still want to learn, can.

I need some guinea pigs, that would be willing to receive a free 60 minute one-on-one session in return for feedback on ways I can offer more value to those who seek out my help.  Here are the details:

•5 people…the first 5 people to respond to this post using my contact link at the top

•60 minutes one-one-one with me

•I will cover whatever you like with no hidden secrets 😉

•Takes place over iChat (iChat is the most powerful app for teaching/helping online…sorry if you don’t have a Mac)  *internet speed can be a factor*

•No charge in exchange for good feedback

I will update this post when I have received the first 5 contacts, but please feel free to leave a comment with any words you may have and/or if this is something you are interested in 🙂  Chat with you soon!

5 GUINEA PIGS FOUND!!!!!

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  • Anita - i’d love to!!!!
    anita 🙂

  • Anita - i’d love to. I was a school teacher in a previous life so would be very happy to offer some constructive feedback in return 🙂
    anita

  • Brian - Dustin, this is something I would be interested in. Not a mac user though.

  • Feuza - need anymore guinea pigs?

  • Darrell Brock - Have you considered recording one or two of these sessions and have a few more of us give you our feedback? I’ll help out even if I am not getting anything for free! : )

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