• Petoskey State Park family photography Northern Michigan

    Petoskey State Park family photography Petoskey State Park family photography has a special spot in my heart.  How could this variety of shooting locations not set well with a photographer? Petoskey State Park is a wonderful state park on a sandy beach between Petoskey and Harbor Springs. There is so much room on the beach…

  • Lake Michigan family photography Traverse City Michigan

    Lake Michigan family photography Traverse City Michigan Believe it or not, every Summer day is not sunny in Northern Michigan.  Those off days that are overcast make for gorgeous images with milky white skin and a softbox in the sky.  That was the case on this Lake Michigan family photography Traverse City Michigan. This family…

  • Elk Rapids family photography Photographer Paul Retherford

    Elk Rapids family photography This family is friends with a family that I photographed last year in Bay Harbor, Michigan.  They commissioned me to come out to Elk Lake in Kewadin to photograph a family session.  Elk Rapids family photography on Elk Lake. The family saw this idea on Pinterest with the grandkids holding the…