Dustin Francis Photography

I met up with one of my 2011 couples, before they moved out of town, for an engagement session.  We had a very relaxed/chill time and the weather even cooperated for the most part 🙂  We ended the evening at Cafe Habana for some good Cuban grub.  I loved hanging out with Kristen and Bryan…and even though you two are no longer in town, I don’t love you any less 😉  Enjoy!

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!

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!

Nitin and Aditi ended their ’09 with a BANG!!!  Nitin proposed to Aditi around 3:30 yesterday afternoon in Nichols Arb by the river and boy was it awesome!  I LOVED everything about it. 🙂  Nitin contacted me last week and we worked out the details on how to execute this great plan he had.  One of my favorite parts was all the thought that he put into the planning and he really thought about what would mean a lot to his fiance.  It was clearly evident he has a warm heart and that he adores Aditi in every way.  Thank you, thank you, thank you, for allowing me to be a part of this 🙂  Congrats to Aditi, Nitin, and their families!  What a great way to end the year!

Nitin brought along hot cocoa to keep them warm…LOVE IT!

After a little hot cocoa, it was time to pop the question 😉

I LOVE all the emotion in these images…so real…

What a gorgeous ring…

I think this image sums up the way Nitin felt…pure joy!

The newly engaged!

Here’s where it all went down…Nichols Arboretum…the red circle is where Nitin proposed.

Oh yeah, I GOT IT ON VIDEO!!!!! I’m no videographer, but I did manage to bring along my point and shoot and set it up, to capture the whole proposal as it happened.  There’s very little audio content other than the water and ducks, but here it is in motion and from a different angle 🙂