{"id":477,"date":"2014-07-27T03:05:49","date_gmt":"2014-07-27T03:05:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/followingsplendorimages.com\/?p=477"},"modified":"2017-03-22T19:33:07","modified_gmt":"2017-03-22T19:33:07","slug":"chad-jackie-engagement-kalamazoo-area-photographer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.followingsplendorimages.com\/blog\/chad-jackie-engagement-kalamazoo-area-photographer\/","title":{"rendered":"Chad &#038; Jackie Engagement :: Kalamazoo Area Photographer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chad and Jackie live quite a ways away from my home in Kalamazoo. We decided to meet half way to make sure we got these Engagement pictures while the flowers were still vibrant.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/followingsplendorimages.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/07\/engagement2014-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-478\" src=\"http:\/\/www.followingsplendorimages.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/engagement2014-1.jpg\" alt=\"Engagement2014-1\" width=\"560\" height=\"373\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Not being too familiar with the area for an Engagement Session, I went to my friend Google. I found the gardens at the MSU Horticultural Center and hoped for the best.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/followingsplendorimages.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/07\/engagement2014-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-479\" src=\"http:\/\/www.followingsplendorimages.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/engagement2014-2.jpg\" alt=\"Engagement2014-2\" width=\"560\" height=\"467\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We met as soon as the sun was dipping just below the treeline. It was perfect.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/followingsplendorimages.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/07\/engagement2014-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.followingsplendorimages.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/engagement2014-3.jpg\" alt=\"Engagement2014-3\" width=\"560\" height=\"317\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Beauty everywhere. Including on the faces of Chad and Jackie. I fell in love with these two that day.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/followingsplendorimages.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/07\/engagement2014-4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-481\" src=\"http:\/\/www.followingsplendorimages.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/engagement2014-4.jpg\" alt=\"Engagement2014-4\" width=\"560\" height=\"452\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The way they talked to each other and protected each other. You could see love between them. And it was real. I see a lot of young love, this was real committed love.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/followingsplendorimages.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/07\/engagement2014-5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-482\" src=\"http:\/\/www.followingsplendorimages.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/engagement2014-5.jpg\" alt=\"Engagement2014-5\" width=\"560\" height=\"311\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Jackie has this hair that every girl envies. Yep, that kind of hair. We were there for a long time and her hair stayed perfect. Perfect.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/followingsplendorimages.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/07\/engagement2014-6.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-483\" src=\"http:\/\/www.followingsplendorimages.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/engagement2014-6.jpg\" alt=\"Engagement2014-6\" width=\"560\" height=\"373\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I loved how easy going they were and how they loved the simple things in life. \u00a0My kind of people.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/followingsplendorimages.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/07\/engagement2014-7.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-484\" src=\"http:\/\/www.followingsplendorimages.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/engagement2014-7.jpg\" alt=\"Engagement2014-7\" width=\"560\" height=\"373\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I think I have said this before, but I love the light. \u00a0Anyone who knows me, knows at least that much. \u00a0I look for the light. \u00a0We found it and I was in my glory.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/followingsplendorimages.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/07\/engagement2014-8.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-485\" src=\"http:\/\/www.followingsplendorimages.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/engagement2014-8.jpg\" alt=\"Engagement2014-8\" width=\"560\" height=\"839\" \/><\/a> Jackie made this adorable sign. \u00a0She made it. I think it was that morning. \u00a0I loved it. \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/followingsplendorimages.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/07\/engagement2014-9.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-486\" src=\"http:\/\/www.followingsplendorimages.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/engagement2014-9.jpg\" alt=\"Engagement2014-9\" width=\"560\" height=\"584\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/followingsplendorimages.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/07\/engagement2014-10.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-487\" src=\"http:\/\/www.followingsplendorimages.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/engagement2014-10.jpg\" alt=\"Engagement2014-10\" width=\"560\" height=\"368\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Chad and Jackie, keep the wonder in your love. \u00a0Keep that secure unending love for one another. \u00a0It shows in you. \u00a0Thank you for letting me see.<a href=\"https:\/\/followingsplendorimages.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/07\/engagement2014-11.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-488\" src=\"http:\/\/www.followingsplendorimages.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/engagement2014-11.jpg\" alt=\"Engagement2014-11\" width=\"560\" height=\"373\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chad and Jackie live quite a ways away from my home in Kalamazoo. We decided to meet half way to make sure we got these Engagement pictures while the flowers were still vibrant. Not being too familiar with the area for an Engagement Session, I went to my friend Google. 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