KARA HANES

I live and work in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and I love photographing weddings across West Michigan, Detroit, and Chicago. My couples value genuine connection, joyful moments, and timeless storytelling through photography.

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Gideon von Doschutz

Holland Christian senior, Gideon and I visited downtown Zeeland this past Saturday morning. I have found Zeeland to be kind of a photographer’s hidden treasure. I’ve never really spent a whole lot of time there but there are some neat historical places to visit. I’ve known Gideon for several years through church. From elementary until his last year in high school. Something that Gideon and I have in common is the love of camera work. He has served at church doing video and just purchased his first camera. I’ll never forget the day that I got my first professional camera. There’s something about putting one in your hand and spending endless amounts of time creatively capturing things that we see from our perspective. I love seeing when others get to experience that very same thing.

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Two of the places that Gideon and I visited were Second Reformed church and Bennett Wood Specialties Inc building.

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I'm Kara, West Michigan Photographer, Wife, Mom of two kids and our sweet Maltipoo. I hope you stay a while or reach out to chat!

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