Last weekend I had the pleasure of hopping on the train and going to Chicago to photograph the wedding of Rachel and Terry with my buddy Kenny Kim. It was definitely a change from the weddings I have been photographing in the Ann Arbor/Detroit area. I started out the day with Terry and his ‘big’ brother Frank before heading downtown Chicago to meet up with Kenny, David, and the ladies at the Renaissance Hotel. Rachel looked stunning, reminding me of a ‘classic beauty’. The two opted for a first sight and did so on the terrace of the hotel with the city in the background. We drove around town for a little while stopping and grabbing some shots before heading to the Metropolitan Club on the 66th floor of the Sears Tower. The ceremony and reception took place above the city and the city lights only added to the beautiful ambiance that was already present. All in all a very relaxed, enjoyable weekend and I love to be able to be there to share such and amazing day with such genuine, fun people. Thank you to Kenny for having me come out and shoot with you and thank you to Terry and Rachel for letting me be a part of your day.

 

Who taught who?

Frank and Terry ready to go!

Tears of joy…

Waiting for his bride…

A smiling bride is a happy bride!

How perfect…

Awww…

They’ll be doing this for years to come…

Here we are; David, me, and Kenny.  Pic from Kenny’s blog…check it out!

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  • Rachel - Dustin!
    The photos are beautiful! We LOVED hanging out with you on our special day!

  • Rachel - Dustin,
    Someone pointed out that my tear is an upside down heart! I didn’t even catch that, did you? Tears of joy and love. 🙂

Well, it’s that time of the year…meaning I’m busy designing and ordering albums.  It is one of my favorite things to do, because as a wedding photographer, I am there to tell the story of my couples day and nothing does that better than a gorgeous leather flushmount album full of awesome images!  Below is a slideshow of a design I finished up last week of my first beach wedding from this September.  Raechel and Josh’s wedding was a blast and I love they way their album turned out…I can’t wait to get it. Their album is 12″x12″ covered in smouldering brown leather.  I will be sure to post some pics of the album itself when it comes in, but for now, enjoy their design.  CLICK THE PLAY BUTTON TO START THE SHOW.

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  • nicole - perfect! i just love a good album design! are the backgrounds an off-white?

  • kat foley - nice.. i love the last shot especially!

  • Wendy M - Absolutely breathtaking! Thank you for sharing. I love your work and aspire to create such beauty myself someday.

  • Cheryl - Dustin, this is so beautiful. Your best so far!! I don’t know Raechel and Josh and it brought tears to my eyes. You captured their love, their happiness, the beauty of their day, and their everything. You are amazing!!!!!

  • Wendy - That was wonderful! I love the song and the pages were put together perfectly… awesome!

  • Melissa Mooradian - Wow! What a beautiful album. The layout is so clean and crisp. They are going to love it!

  • Lesley - wow. That was awesome!!!

  • Bob W - DUSTIN – YOU ARE TRULY A PHOTOGRAPHIC ARTIST EXTRAORDINAIRE. YOUR IMAGES ARE TECHNICALLY FLAWLESS. BUT IT’S YOUR CREATIVE EYE FOR THE EMOTION, THE FEELING, THE HUMOR, AND THE BEAUTY OF THE IMAGES THAT YOU CAPTURE THAT SETS YOU APART. ABSOLUTELY AWE INSPIRING!

  • Album: Raechel + Josh » Dustin Francis Photography Blog - […] see their full design and possibly tear up a little, CLICK HERE!!! Products, […]

Last month I had the privilege of photographing three weddings with two of my friends, which is always lots of fun and uber inspiring due to how awesome both ladies are!  Jackie and Nicole, if you’re reading this, that previous statement was totally sincere and I thank you for thinking of me to come along and rock out with the two of you…you are awesome!  On the 10th of October, I was with Jackie of Jackie Blair Photography to photograph Michelle and Brandon’s wedding at the Glen Oaks Country Club in Farmington Hills.  It was truly some of the best light I have ever seen and it was so nice to be shooting.  Michelle and Brandon were so laid back and genuine and it made the day all that much better.  I changed my second shooter approach starting with this wedding.

I used to photograph a wedding like I was the primary even if I was second shooting and I would always feel like I was missing something, because I wasn’t able to get all the shots I would normally like to.  DUH!  I don’t know why I was doing that.  Second shooting is to support and more importantly, compliment the other photographer.  So with Michelle and Brandon’s awesome wedding, I did just that and I’m now happy to say, there were tons of shots I didn’t get…Jackie got them!  I love seconding even more now and I love even more to be able to truly help out and compliment the other photographer and their style and vision.  With Jackie, I mostly kept a long lens on, as she was shooting with and wider lens…it was so much fun!  She did her thing and I captured different angles and slightly different moments of roughly the same thing.  I really dig this, because they are still her shots, I just took them for her.  Anyway, I had to mention my little epiphany, because it really gave me a little kick in the pants inspiration-wise and since I love to help people out, it filled that void as well.

Before we get on with the pics, I want to thank Michelle and Brandon for letting me be there to held document their day and I wish the two of you all the best…you are SO cute together!  I hope you enjoy my contribution to telling the story of your day!

The fellas and I took a little stroll down the street to relax a bit…

The beautiful Michelle…

Not sure about this one, but it’s definitely cute!

Love these moments…

A little inside moodiness…

This light was so creamy and delicious…

Love em all!

Some real moments…

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  • Kelly Braman - Love it~ Love it ~Love it!!!
    The Light was truly a.m.a.z.i.n.g. and you rocked it out with capturing the intimate and candid moments-I can FEEL the emotion-that is what we strive for and you nailed it!

  • Wendy - Love the light!!! Wow- that 3rd image of the bride is wonderful— I’m so glad that you are going to 2nd for me in December!! Great images, D!

  • Michelle Moore - Dustin ~ I have been checking your blog approximately everyother day since October 10, 2008 in anticipation of a little sneak peak of our wedding and I have to say these photos are so amazing and better than I could have imagined. I was especially excited to see the ones of Brandon and the guys before the wedding (since I wasn’t there) and the one posted of Brandon (and his dimples) is adorable. I also LOVE the one where Brandon is holding me with the leaves at the top corner, it is perfect. Thank you so much for being a part of our special day, we will never forget it!!! ~Mich

  • mikejonze - wow. nice job, dustin! these photos are all really great. thanks for risking your life so you could get those shots of us at the bar with brandon. and i love the one of my kid; it perfectly captures his character!

  • Geoff Baszczuk - Dustin,

    You’ve done a wonderful job! The tone of the photographs is phenomenal, and you really captured the essence of how beautiful B&M’s wedding day was. I would definitely recommend your work to anyone, and will happily do so in the future.

    Geoff

  • Rachael - I really love these because of the light you captured so perfectly. I aspire to capture moments filled with such tasty light….as you might say!

  • Le'Trice @ Le'Penn Designs - Your work is just beautiful! And the new website looks great so far. It was nice meeting you at the meet-up tonight. Looking forward to following along with your photography!

  • Nicole Haley - Dustin, I just found your blog today and am already dropping my jaw at the stunning images. These are gorgeous!

This image makes me laugh!  I was editing Melina and Jonathan’s wedding pics and I came across this one and I just started laughing!  They made their exit and had some coins tossed at them.  Jonathan bent down and picked up a penny and made one of his ‘Jonathan faces’ and Melina started cracking up…I love it!  Thanks for the amusement your two.

 

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