Beginner Photography Workshop Presented by Jamie May Photography – West Michigan Learn the basics of photography in a small group setting designed specifically for beginners. If you’re new to using a DSLR or mirrorless camera and want to get off auto mode, this hands-on session will give you the confidence and skills to start taking …
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April 15, 2025
Engagement Session at The Beach
By Jamie May Photography: Engagement Session at the beach with Jamie May Photography There’s something magical about beach engagement sessions—especially when they take place at the beautiful Grand Haven State Park. I recently had the pleasure of photographing a sweet couple during a gorgeous evening session, and it couldn’t have been more fun. As someone …
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January 21, 2025
The Process of Planning a Michigan Wedding Part 3: The Flowers
By Jamie May Photography: Building Beautiful Relationships Through Flowers and Photography When I reflect on one of my favorite weddings to photograph, the role flowers played stands out—not just in their beauty, but in the connections they helped create. As both the mother of the bride and the photographer, capturing the day’s essence felt deeply …
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February 26, 2024
Wedding Advice from 2023 West Michigan Brides
By Jamie May Photography: I asked my clients this year to fill out a form to help advise future married couples: Wedding Advice from 2023 West Michigan Brides. I have done this in the past, and people have said they actually read it and it was helpful! So I thought it would be great to …
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January 29, 2024
Trillium Catering And Event Center Wedding Venue Review
By Jamie May Photography: Hello, my name is Jamie May and I have been a wedding photographer for 13 years in West Michigan. I have recently been selected as Best of the Knot 2024 and even made the Hall of Fame on the Knot for so many years of positive reviews. I have photographed …
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May 10, 2022
Wedding Advice and Tips. Planning a wedding in West Michigan
By Jamie May Photography: Since people are often planning weddings, I thought it would be beneficial to ask for wedding advice and tips to planning a wedding in West Michigan. I gathered information from random people by posting on Facebook. I collected nine responses. Each number represents that person throughout the questions. I …
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July 30, 2020
Michigan Couples Planning a Wedding in the Midst of a Pandemic
By Jamie May Photography: Planning a wedding in the midst of a pandemic is not easy. It has been stressful, annoying, unknown among other adjectives! I am a photographer in West Michigan, and I am going to share my personal experience with Michigan couples during the 2020 wedding season. We are a few months into …
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March 20, 2020
Coronavirus and Your Wedding
By Jamie May Photography: Let’s talk about the coronavirus and your wedding I cannot even imagine what brides and families are facing. Their perfect day, that has had so much planning, time ,and thought, has been thrown a major curveball. What are brides doing? Do we reschedule? Change the guest list to accommodate? All the …
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January 31, 2020
Helpful Tips When Having Children in Your Bridal Party
By Jamie May Photography: Helpful Tips When Having Children in Your Bridal Party Sometimes we attend weddings that have children in the bridal party. It can be challenging because we all know sometimes these little people will not cooperate! What I can guarantee is that these kids will have ups and downs that day. …
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January 28, 2020
County Park Weddings
By Jamie May Photography: County Park Weddings I always feel like I am in on a little secret when it comes to County Park weddings. I have been to a small share of them over the years. Here are some tips and tricks to County Park Weddings There is a huge savings that happens going …