How She Go? | Kylee & Chris’ Michigan Encore

Iron River, Upper Peninsula, Michigan

How she go? It’s what the men in Kylee’s family ask when they walk by you. It’s what they say when they pick up the phone. They’re asking how we’re doing, how everything’s going. And it was going great! I decided to forgo the wedding sneak peek first because we already showed everyone at the reception a same day edit slideshow so they had their own private sneak peek. But these photos, these they haven’t seen.

This is part one of Kylee and Chris’ Day After session. Can I even begin to express how much we loved the UP? I’m not sure I can. It’s gorgeous, and sprawling, and temperate, and colorful. The people have more charm and southern hospitality than we’ve got here in the south. Everyone is family, or acts like it, and it’s incredibly welcoming. I can see why Kylee loves her hometown so much.

Kylee and Chris took us on a roadtrip from Iron River, where Kylee grew up, to the top of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan (which is actually attached to Wisconsin, not Michigan… tricky) to explore some amazing industrial sites in the old, abandoned mining areas. The UP still has the fingerprints of the old iron mining industry all over it and there’s nothing stopping anyone from just parking on the side of the road and walking into these amazing sites of worn out structures. Nate and I joked that we were going to raise our portrait prices so we could afford to fly all our couples up there for a session. ;) My words fail me in describing how much of a wonderland it was. I’ll just show you…

Concept: Juxtaposition

Hair and Makeup: by the bride

Photography: Becka & Nate, Studio222 Photography

Gear Used (Nate): Canon 7D, Canon 35mm 1.4L, Tokina 11-16 2.8, Canon 100mm 2.8 macro, Kata Focus Q Bag

Gear Used (Becka): Canon 5D mkII, Canon 50mm 1.2L, Canon 24mm 1.4L, Kelly Moore Hobo Bag