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Hey there! Welcome to the Mandie Forbes Blog! I'm Mandie, a Traverse City Photographer and Videographer. Grab a cup of coffee or maybe a glass of wine and enjoy the blog! I try to provide as much valuable information as I can for my brides and I'm here to answer any questions you might have!  I can't wait to talk to you! Use the "Contact Mandie" page to email me today! 

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I'm mandie, photographer & Videographer

Hey there! Welcome to the Mandie Forbes Blog! I'm Mandie, a Traverse City Photographer and Videographer. Grab a cup of coffee or maybe a glass of wine and enjoy the blog! I try to provide as much valuable information as I can for my brides and I'm here to answer any questions you might have!  I can't wait to talk to you! Use the "Contact Mandie" page to email me today! 

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Alex & Joey: The Pidge Inn Wedding Video | Muskegon, Michigan

Wedding Videography

Alex and Joey were originally supposed to get married in May of this year, but, because we were in the thick of Covid, they had to reschedule their wedding to this fall. Instead, they chose to have an intimate wedding on Lake Michigan with their closest friends and family. It ended up being the most […]

Amanda & Jasper: Intimate Northern Michigan Wedding | Harbor Springs, Michigan

Wedding Photography, Wedding Videography

Amanda & Jasper got married in the sweetest, intimate Northern Michigan wedding with their closest friends and family members. Going into their wedding weekend, the forecast pretty much showed a 100% chance of rain all day, and it definitely looked like Michigan was going to actually follow through this time. Jasper and Mandy were such […]

Brooke & Austin: A Knight’s Castle Summer Wedding | Castle Farms | Charlevoix, MI

Wedding Videography

Brooke and Austin got married in late August at a gorgeous Knight’s Castle summer wedding at Castle Farms in Charlevoix. We had a few little sprinkles throughout the day (it really looked like their ceremony would be a rainy one – the skies cleared up though right before Brooke walked down the aisle. Perfect timing!). […]

Mackenzie & Grant: A Michigan Summer Backyard Wedding | Saginaw, Michigan

Wedding Photography, Wedding Videography

Mackenzie and Grant got married in August in the most gorgeous Michigan summer backyard wedding. Their entire day was a complete 180 from what they had originally planned, but through all the craziness and re-planning, these two took everything in stride and their day was absolutely breathtaking! I mean really…how stunning of a bride was Mackenzie? […]

Jackie & Matt: A Stafford’s Perry Hotel Intimate Wedding | Petoskey, Michigan

Wedding Videography

Jackie & Matt got married in a gorgeous Stafford’s Perry Hotel intimate wedding celebration with their closest friends and family members here in beautiful Petoskey, Michigan. With everything going on, they ended up rescheduling their reception to next summer, but that didn’t stop them from enjoying every moment of their gorgeous, August, summer day! These […]

Emily & Collin: A Summer Backyard Wedding | Middlebury, IN

Wedding Photography, Wedding Videography

Emily and Collin were married on the first weekend of August in a gorgeous summer backyard wedding, and I’m still a little teary-eyed over how gorgeous and emotional their wedding day was. I don’t think anything about their wedding day was what they had originally imagined. They were originally supposed to get married here in […]

Jess & Adam: An Intimate Lake Michigan Wedding | Leland, MI

Wedding Photography, Wedding Videography

Jess and Adam were originally supposed to get married at the gorgeous Black Star Farms here in Northern Michigan but ended up having to come up with a Plan B for their wedding after all of the craziness of 2020 hit. They ended up deciding the have an intimate Lake Michigan wedding celebration at her parent’s […]

Courtney & Greg: A Castle Farms Winter Wedding | Charlevoix, Michigan

Wedding Videography

I got to kick off my 2020 wedding season with Courtney and Greg’s Castle Farms winter wedding. Their whole day was an absolute fairy tale in spite of the crazy weather we had the night before. Both Courtney and Greg are so sweet and my favorite part of their wedding was seeing how much these […]

Mercedes & Michael: A Snowy Michigan Winter Wedding | Holland, Michigan

Bride and groom smile at each other during their snowy Michigan winter wedding.

Wedding Videography

It’s official, I think snowy winter weddings are now my favorite ❤️ Mercedes & Michael’s Michigan winter wedding day was absolutely stunning! Magical doesn’t even come close to describing how perfect their whole day was! I absolutely loved the letters that Mercedes and Michael wrote to each other on their wedding day. They also wrote […]

Claire & Ryan: Mountain Flowers Lodge Wedding | The Homestead | Glen Arbor, MI

Wedding Videography

Claire & Ryan’s Mountain Flowers Lodge wedding was held at The Homestead Resort up in Glen Arbor on the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, and it was an absolutely stunning Northern Michigan fall wedding! You really can’t ask for a more beautiful place to have a wedding then at The Homestead Resort, the whole resort is breathtaking. […]

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