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Believe me when I say, I am not one to brag or boast. It has taken me along time to say this, and even now I have trouble with the words, but here it goes… I am a GREAT photographer. Also, and this part is easy for me to say, Johnny is a GREAT photographer. It has been 13 years since we decided to combine our forces, and create borterwagner photography. I feel as if together we have created a team that goes above and beyond what I ever could have imagined.

My photographic style is simple, I am a true photojournalistic photographer at heart. I wish to be a fly on the wall, observing the spirit, the subtle movements, and the energy, engaging my subjects. I am constantly in search of true expressions, milestone moments in time, and sympathetic emotions being expressed freely.

Johnny, with his mastery of lighting and experimental techniques, has created some of the most incredible, jaw dropping images I have ever seen. Once an image is created, he will spend literally hours, days, weeks, mastering and remastering an image until he feels that he has created something truly special and unique.

Engagement portraits are the inconsequential and opportunistic time for growth in our photography. The primary focus of the engagement portrait is communication between photographer and subject. The images are the gravy.

Congratulations Nick and Carla. We are so happy that you chose us to photograph your wedding this year at Willow Harbor Vineyards. And, thank you so much for traipsing through the city with us on a cold spring night!

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Photography is an amazing way to chronicle your journey through life. We love to document people’s lives by photographing everything from maternity portraits, to newborns, children, families, weddings, and all of life’s celebrations.

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Billie and Mike will be married this spring at Willow Harbor Vineyards, in Three Oaks, Michigan, then celebrating their reception at Dewey Cannon Winery, just three doors down from our new studio location at 13 N. Elm Street.

Billie and Mike took the opportunity to spend a couple of hours in Three Oaks with me, creating images for their engagement portrait. It was great creating images with brilliant sun in March! Absolutely, a beautiful day in Harbor Country. The light on the side of The Dewey Cannon Winery made an amazing background to give images worthy to go further and become abstract painted art, to hang in their home.

Thank you Billie and Mike for investing the time to enable the best images possible for your wedding day. Tina & I can’t wait for May!]]> http://www.borterwagner.com/index.php?entry=entry120323-113045 borterwagner photography Fri, 23 Mar 2012 18:30:45 GMT http://www.borterwagner.com/comments.php?y=12&m=03&entry=entry120323-113045 Four Years Winner of Bride’s Choice Award! http://www.borterwagner.com/index.php?entry=entry120314-175746

Johnny and I are so grateful! We love being photographers here in southwest Michigan. Not only are we able to photograph beach weddings in our bare feet, vineyard weddings with amazing vistas, and weddings set in charming, historic barns, but also have the privilege to photograph luxury weddings at some of Chicago’s more upscale, and chic venues.

We are truly thankful to all of our previous couples who have allowed us to share their most important day with them. I don't think we can even put into words what it has meant for us to be a part of so many incredible wedding celebrations.

]]> http://www.borterwagner.com/index.php?entry=entry120314-175746 borterwagner photography Thu, 15 Mar 2012 00:57:46 GMT http://www.borterwagner.com/comments.php?y=12&m=03&entry=entry120314-175746 More than just a "baby portrait" http://www.borterwagner.com/index.php?entry=entry120310-084504 next chapter in the majority of our client’s chosen path.

It has been super fun meeting new clients and seeing old ones. Roy and Sarah were wedding clients of ours two years ago, and now they are a family of three. Their daughter Eleanor is so cute!!! It was so fun to see them again. We love Babies!!! Ellie is just as sweet as can be, a perfect doll, and was sooo well behaved during her photo session.

Roy and Sarah, it has been a pleasure sharing these wonderful life moments with you! Thank you for helping to give our lives purpose.]]> http://www.borterwagner.com/index.php?entry=entry120310-084504 borterwagner photography Sat, 10 Mar 2012 16:45:04 GMT http://www.borterwagner.com/comments.php?y=12&m=03&entry=entry120310-084504 Erin Martin chooses Cee Lo on “The Voice” http://www.borterwagner.com/index.php?entry=entry120227-083358 Erin Martin! WOW! Two chairs turned around!

We first met Erin Martin in 2008 when we photographed her at a fashion show at The Acorn Theater. After photographing Erin Martin in The Fabulous fashion show at The Acorn Theater, which by the way was a fund raiser for WRHC, Harbor Country’s own radio station here in Three Oaks. Erin Martin was wearing clothing provided by Johanna Lowe, an amazing food stylist who had a part in a vintage clothing outlet for a time. We are all part of a community working together, and in that spirit created a remarkable show. Erin Martin so impressed us in her role, and once we learned of her background in modeling, we insisted on having the opportunity to capture her one on one in the studio.

If you’re not familiar with “The Voice”, you must check out the NBC reality singing competition series. "The Voice" is about finding people who can sing, regardless of what they look like. Described as an “Egyptian Warrior Princess,” Erin Martin sang "Hey There Delilah" by Plain White T's for her audition. Both Blake Shelton and Cee Lo Green turned their chairs around. In the end, Erin Martin chose Cee Lo to be her mentor.

You might have spotted Erin Martin as she was vying for the affection of Bret Michaels on the second season of VH1's reality series, The Rock of Love. Thankfully, she was eliminated in the first episode. Much to sweet for the likes of Bret Michaels! You might have also seen Erin Martin under the “Beauty” category of our website, for the past few years.

We wish you the best as you pursue your singing career Erin! It’s so much fun seeing Erin perform. She exhumes such a magnetic personality, we absolutely felt this about her, and we know she has it in her to touch millions of people with her amazing joy and beautiful spirit. Cee Lo, you made a great choice! We hope this beautiful spirit touches you the way she touched us, knowing that with you behind her she is sure to be a star. You go Erin Martin, we are 100% behind you, and please, please, please, may we photograph you with your first grammy!?!

If you would like information about more exclusive and unpublished images of Erin Martin, click here.
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