Merry Christmas...a little late.

Wow, what a busy couple of days of Christmas activities.I hope you all had a wonderful time with your families celebrating Christmas. Norah was so fun to watch this year. She LOVED opening presents. The week before Christmas I was saved by my friend Cindy of www.theopenshutterphoto.com and she was able to get some photos of Norah for me. I gave up. =) Cindy did a great job, thanks girl!!!! =) Nice perk of this career choice...I know some awesome photographers who can help me out in a pinch! =) Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you all...I hope yours was as special as ours.

Sneak Peak...

Since I am still transferring alot of software to my MAC...I don't have access to my online slideshow I usually do...so when I get it, I will give Craig and Cassie the slideshow they deserve. =) Until then, here are a few of my favorites from their wedding. Cassie was looking amazing that day! And...she was so willing to hike out to the railroad tracks in 20 degree weather to get some great shots. I am almost done uploading all their photos on my online gallery...so if those of you who are interested go check them ALL out at www.gregersenphotography.smugmug.com
They should be all on their by Sunday morning. Until then...enjoy. =)


Love how this one turned out. Jayme was the light source behind her. =) He used a little video light, a technique I learned at my Philly workshop with Cliff Mautner.

This one is my favorite....love the light! Before that workshop in Philly...I would have never thought to do something like this.
I always make my couples cuddle. I use that word ALOT on a wedding day. =)


So pretty, and so COLD!


This is a close second in my favorites. LOVE window lighting. She was so beautiful! Still is. =) But something about a wedding dress and marrying the love of your life that makes you just...glow.

Another fustrating attempt....

WHY!! Why is it so hard for me to get a good photograph of my daughter. I had such high hopes today. Cute red dress, beautiful sunny day with snow covered EVERYTHING....however I have one problem...a unpredictable two year old. As soon as we set her down in the snow...she freaked out. And then there is no stopping her. I get so annoyed! All I want is a quick happy photo. HA! You would think I was asking her to recite the Christmas story...she just can't do it! OR...refuses to. So...here is what I ended up with...little does she know, I am going to try again one of these afternoons. I am bigger than her...I can make her behave....notice in the last photo, it shows my weakness/tactic. Bribing with M&Ms..it didn't work for those of you who really want to know. =)


First shot of the hopeful photo shoot.


There was no bribing at this point...she was beyond the point of return.


One hour later...after lunch and a couple of M&Ms...this is all she gave me( for approx. one second...good thing my camera is fast). Like I said we will be trying again.

Karen and Matt: Engaged!

When I used to work at Borgess, I worked with Karen. For the last few years, I have beenworking at Borgess as a PRN...which means, I work when I want to...or when they really need me and I am nice enough to cover for them. =) I happened to be working the day that Karen came back from lunch and said..."heh guys, I just got engaged!" Of course we were all way excited. =) I was more than honored when she asked me to photograph their engagement session. It was a cold but beautiful day, and they were so willing to freeze to get their photos done.
So Matt and Karen, I wish you both a beautiful wedding and marriage. I hope you love your photos, it was really fun working with you both!

recent work...

I am still getting back in the swing of things since getting home from Philly last week, gosh, I had a great time there...and love how I connected with so many wonderful photographers.
I have had two photoshoots this week...and here are a few of my favorites. =)

Fun family photos

Here are some fun family photos I had in my little point and shoot camera...and thought i would share them. =)
Norah has discovered the camera and how it works. Which is actually fun because we have a great time taking goofy pictures together.
The photo with the cat food...was norah's doing. She doesn't like the cat to not have any food, and will handful by little handful fill Lily's bowl quite full. =)

Workshop photos

I had a great time this past week in Philadelphia at Cliff Mautner's photography workshop. He is so good...at that is all I can really say...the man is GREAT. Great teacher, photographer, and person. Loved it all.I learned so much this week, and feel all the more inspired and encouraged as I continue to learn and grow in the business and skill of photography. I LOVE it!! Here are some photos I got while there.

Baby Dawson

Our good friends were blessed with a baby boy...meet Dawson. Adorable isn't he!? =)

Also...I will be out of town today through Thursday. I will be in Philadelphia, at a great photography workshop. I am going to be learning from "one of the top ten wedding photographers in the world". I would LOVE to have that title someday. =) So, if you need to get a hold of me, you can still email me as I will have email access there, though I am sure my time will be limited to responding to emails. I hope everyone has a wonderful week. I am sure looking forward to mine! =)







This is his older sister, Emma.

Haloween 2008

It is becoming a tradition to go to "trick or treating" with the Miller Family, and then to our church, Northbridge, for "trunk or treat". Here are some photos of Norah as "Roo" from "Winnie the Pooh" She loves Roo, and loves to bounce and jump just like him...she enjoyed trick or treating once she realized candy was involved. At first she was very shy, and would grab the candy and go, but after a while...she started to say thank you to everyone. =) It was a fun night, but we unfortunetly have eaten most of the candy. =( Every morning, Norah asks for candy. =)

Hope everyone else had a wonderful Haloween!!

Costa Rica Mission Trip

We had an amazing time down there. I highly recommend everyone to go to Costa Rica...beautiful country!
We met some wonderful people, and had lots of fun with the missionary families there. Some of the "tourist" things we did were: ziplining through the rainforest, white water rafting, and walking through the rainforest and seeing many stunning waterfalls.
This slideshow highlights some of the trip for us. I took way too many photos...and there is no way they would all fit on a slideshow. =)
A special thank you to the Woolfords (the missionaries down there) they set up the whole trip for us and were wonderful hosts...we love and miss you guys. See you this summer!

Anthony and Marie's Wedding

This is the best wedding of the year for me...ok...I am a bit bias, but this bride is the most beautiful bride I have ever photographed. She is my gorgeous little sister, Marie and her husband Anthony. Marie is the sister who was meant to be in front of the camera..and i am the sister who was meant to be behind the camera...and that is totally ok with me. =)
We flew to North Carolina for their wedding...they actually eloped in July, but had a "real wedding" for the family in October. It was a great time...and I really had fun photographing my sister. The girl can work a camera...so you will see a lot of photos of just her...because she is so cute. =)
So, Marie and Anthony, I wish you both the best, and I will be praying for your new little family. You are loved and missed here in Michigan.
love...your sister, melissa =)

Mission's Trip in Costa Rica

We are so fortunate to have internet access down here!! Here is a photo while we were at church today. These sweet sweet ladies have quickly become our friends. They have opened their homes, hearts and trust to us. We are so honored to have met them, and help them out down here. We had our women's conference yesterday, and it went so well. The ladies were very receptive and asked lots of questions, and seemed very excited to take our advice and use it! God really has blessed all the efforts that were taken to allow this trip to happen. My job now is to edit the photographs I took of the families at church. The families were so excited to have a "professional photographer" take their photo...I felt so honored. =) We have only two more days here, and...wow has time flown by. I will post more photos when I can...probably when I get back home. Love to all my family...see you soon!!

Out of town...

I will be out of town/country throught the end of this month. So...I wanted to quickly post a couple photos from my sister's wedding. We had fun taking photos that day together. I wish we lived closer to each other. I miss my little nephew so much, especially right after I see him. I will post more photos from their wedding when I get back from my trip.
If anyone needs to reach me, I will be checking my email as frequently as I can...maybe two or three times while I am gone. I hope you all have a wonderful rest of the month...I am off to Costa Rica!!

Bryan and Carrie's Wedding Slideshow

Here is a great slideshow! There are so many fun photos from this wedding, that I had a hard time choosing. =) Carrie...I hope you like your photos...because I think you looked amazing on your wedding day and you were so fun to work with. =) Thank you for all the fun that day!!!!

Sneak Peak...

The wedding I did this weekend was so beautiful. Carrie just rocked the camera!!! She was so photogenic, that I could have photographed her all day long, forget getting married...just give me Carrie!! =) Here are a couple of my favorites from the day...give me a couple days and I will have their slideshow up here. Hope you two have a wonderful honeymoon in Mexico!!