Liz & Eric { Engaged!} – Grand Rapids, Michigan
Portraits

As spring and wedding season are finally here, we here at Jill Kingsbury Photography are prepping for all our upcoming events! One fast approaching wedding is Liz and Eric, two awesomely fun people that I can not wait to shoot on their wedding day. If their wedding is anything like their engagement session, I know it will be full of laughs, love, and rock star moments....

Olivia V
The Blog

As I’m going through this past year’s photos, I realized how many of them I DIDN’T SHARE ON THE BLOG!!!  It’s almost criminal!  So to give you a little idea of all the wonderful people I had the pleasure of working with in 2013, here’s the lovely Olivia. I had the honor of photographing Olivia, a beautiful and sweet senior in Muskegon, on one of the warmest days on record!...

Cold Weather Photography
life, Portraits, products, The Blog

Here in Michigan, the weather has taken a slightly chilly turn.  Over a foot of beautiful snow has fallen in the past couple days and the temps have dropped wildly (currently 3 degrees!).  While that can make for some BEAUTIFUL snowy photographs, it can also be a little treacherous for your gear if you’re not careful.  I was asked the question today,”isn’t it a little dangerously cold for your camera...

Beautiful friends
The Blog

One of my New Years resolutions is to make SURE that the people in my life know just how amazing they are to me, so when I received my last Christmas present it was a wonderful reminder of that resolution. On New Years Eve, I received a text message from a good friend of mine, letting me know that “santa” left us a package at our front door. Once I...

Moving Forward
life

I’ve seen many posts on social media over the past two days that pointed out how amazing 2014 is going to be (YES!), but also how people couldn’t wait to get rid of 2013.  Closing the door on the past, good riddance, and “thank goodness it’s over!”.  What I wish everyone could hold sight of is that even though there were tough times in the past year, there were so...

Bridal Show Afterglow – Now What?
Events, fabulous finds, Portraits, products, Uncategorized, Weddings

So many things have happened to you this year. You are in love, you got engaged, and now, you’re planning a wedding! Congratulations!! It’s amazingly fun, isn’t it? I’m sure you were excited to hit up the local bridal shows and scooped up as much information and ideas as possible.  Believe me, walking through a bridal show is inspiring, to say the least.  But after you pushed through the crowds,...