DreamCatcher Photography

03/12/2025

A lot of you have been asking since my mentioning about my booktok inspired engagement shoot the other day, haha I have a lot of booktok followers and I love that!

03/09/2025

Love this venue!! It’s a dream to shoot at and this is such a STEAL any of my 2025 brides or if you know someone getting married in 2025!! 😍😍

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03/04/2025

Give me all the maternity shoots during the winter, too cold to go outside; let's do it in the studio with a gorgeous momma and make it glamorous. Don't forget to add a maternity dress with a train to make it really pop!

This dress is now available to use in my client collection!!

02/26/2025

I’m sooo ready! It’s almost spring! I’ve been working on a few mini sessions in April/May as always I have wayy too many ideas 😅😅 I need help 😂🐰🌼🪴🌷🌸Are there any mini sessions you wanna see this year? If you have any ideas list them 👇🏻

02/26/2025

Trying to plan my Spring minis and I was wondering if my St. John’s/Lansing area clients would be interested in spring minis! Either a greenhouse maybe or the MSU Gardens? Thoughts? Please comment below ☺️

These will be end of April/Early May

02/19/2025

📣📣A few announcements! 📣📣

This has been my slower season and I’ve been spending much needed time with family and recovering from all these pesky colds and bugs ahhh. I’ve been busy booking up my spring and of course my 2025 wedding year! You guys are booking me up fast there will be an update on that soon! Maybe even a special to book my last dates! So keep an eye out for that! 👀

I’ve had a few people ask about mommy and me minis!! I’m sooo looking forward to spring anyone else?!? 🌺

I’ve been asked about Greenhouse minis and I think that would be sooo much fun! I’m thinking a weekend in the end of April right before Mother’s Day so that way you guys get these back before Mother’s Day!

I’m also thinking of hosting some at Al Sabo in the field because I’m just obsessed with the new area I found! So please let me know if you are interested In that!

Then of course I will be doing my favorite minis of the year my cherry blossom minis at Leila Arboretum. We don’t know when they will bloom so I’m going to just pick a date and we will go from there!

Again thank you for all your support! Please comment below on which shoot you are most excited for! ❤️❤️

By the way every maternity shoot should automatically come with a flower crown I’m obsessed!! 😍

Erin Donovan

02/12/2025

Thankful to all of you that keep inviting me back! 😍😍

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02/10/2025

Ahhh love me a good winter shoot!!! So happy we snuck this shoot in between freezing rain lol. There were 3 things I loved so much about this shoot!!

1. The fresh snow on the branches!!
2. This adorable family getting ready to welcome another adorable girl soon, Erin is absolutely glowing!!!
3. Violet's amazing curly hair! I'm obsessed!!

01/27/2025

I love trying new prompts with my large wedding parties, count down to a group hug was one I started doing last year and I think it's quickly becoming a favorite of mine! :) The faces and reactions of the wedding party are priceless and the bride and groom don't know when it's coming which makes it more fun!

Sarah Rocha please tag your peeps because these are sooo fun!!! 😍

01/26/2025

I can't get over how STUNNING Sarah was on her wedding day. Absolutely gorgeous!!! Looking like a black wedding dress goddess also killing the Morticia vibe!!! My new obsession is black dresses, they are edgy, unique and they bring all the DRAMA!!! I NEED more black dress brides!!! If you or someone you know is planning on getting married in a black dress pleaseee reach out I would love to capture it!!!

01/16/2025

Nolan and Brooke met in the ending of 2021 after matching on Tinder 🤣. They both weren’t really sure where things were going to go. With Brooke being a single mom and both of them working full time jobs. Brooke would visit Nolan every other weekend while Rae was at her dad’s. Their actual first date was a morning date at IHOP. After a few months Nolan asked her to be his girlfriend and valentine all in one and they offically started dating on 02/12/2022. Fast forward a few more months Nolan bought a new motorcycle which brought in another payment he had. Jokingly he said Brooke should move in and she said "say less" and moved in shortly after. Living together was everything and Brooke is glad the way things played out. On 11/12/2022 we went out for dinner at Olive Garden (my all time favorite restaurant) where Nolan proposed and asked to spend forever with her. The wedding planning began almost instantly. Then they got pregnant with their son Bennett and put a pause on the planning of the wedding. After Bennett was born we were back into full swing planning this wonderful fall wedding. After so many stressful situations they finally tied the knot on 10/12/2024. Their number has been deemed as 12. They got together 02/12, engaged 11/12, married 10/12, and that’s not all Brooke's birthday is 5/12 and Nolan and their dog Harley’s birthday is 9/12. To make things ever better their kids share the number 9, RaeLynn is 6/9 and Bennett is 3/9. And that is how her last name grew and their families expanded.

The proposal happened at Olive Garden. Nolan was so nervous. One thing Brooke didn’t want to happen was to be proposed to in sweatpants. Nolan didn’t want to tip her off and say dress nice. so….. she was wearing sweatpants 🤣

Something else unique that Brooke and Nolan wanted to share is our wedding rings are Nolan’s grandparents. Nolan’s mom Renee gave me Nolan’s grandpa Greenlee’s ring one night when we were camping. I was such a nervous wreck trying to hide it from him. But that got me thinking he had a ring for me. I tried not to think about it but he played it off well. He hid the ring in the truck so I wouldn’t go looking for it.

Their wedding was the perfect definition of a fall wedding. They got married at a family's hunting grounds and the colors were just stunning. The weather couldn't have been better. Not too warm and not too cold. The wedding colors and flowers were the perfect combo to bring out the fall vibe. I loved all of the touches of black and orange as well as the sunflowers! These two have created the most adorable family together and I love how they included their children in the wedding, especially little man.

Brooke and Nolan had smiles on their faces all day long and you can just tell they adore each other! I loved all the first looks and Brooke even planned a surprise for Nolan which included her bridesmaids secretly passing poloroid images to him as they came down the aisle. His face was priceless and I think it made him anticipate her coming down the aisle even more.

The fact that they know how to keep surprising each other and are each others best friend lets me know their marriage is going to last.

01/15/2025

That excitement you feel with the first official kiss as husband and wife!! I love when my couples make a big deal of the moment, with a dramatic dip or jumping in the arms, you show off that love! You can tell Nolan and Brooke just did what they felt was right in the moment, he got a little too excited and dipped her too low and they both ended up balancing on one foot, and neither of them fell, it made for great photos!

01/12/2025

Future Brides and Grooms!! My prices will be raising at the end of the month so lock in these prices NOW!!

If we have already been chatting make sure to lock in before the end of the month unless we’ve discussed the wedding prices prior!! ❤️😍🙌🏻

Now Booking 2023 & 2024 Weddings!
West MI Area but I travel all over.
Weddings/Engagement/Boudoir/Fa

01/10/2025

I know I say this ALL the time, but do the first look. DO the first look. DO the first look. lol I promise you its worth it and just look how emotional and special the moment can be!

01/10/2025

There is nothing more precious than a bride's first look with dad!!! 🥹🥹🥹

01/08/2025

This is why it isn't just a nice camera that is needed to be a photographer. 😉
You have to know how to create a little magic! ✨

The first photo is straight out of my camera, the second is after a bit of magic.

I love FALL weddings, the colors are just everything!!!

These are soooo fun to do! Let me know if I should do more. I'm thinking about making it a weekly thing, maybe Transformation Tuesday or something.

01/08/2025

Just about done with this gallery, but I'm going to be posting some sneak peeks because they are just too good!!

It's the emotions for me!!! Brooke was surprised by her sister, Savannah and other family members with super special and sentimental gifts, like a locket with her grandma's ashes that had passed recently, as well as other memorable trinkets and a family member sewed a piece of her grandfather's shirt into her dress as a surprise and as her "something blue." This was such a sweet ambush and there was not a dry eye in sight!