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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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Phi & Trent: An Elegant Grand Rapids Wedding | City Flats Hotel

Wedding Photography, Wedding Videography

  I got to kick off my wedding season for 2021 with Phi & Trent’s elegant Grand Rapids wedding. Phi & Trent were supposed to get married last May at CityFlats Hotel, but they had to cancel their plans when Covid hit. Instead, they had a small ceremony just the two of them and decided […]

Katie & John: Crooked Creek Ranch Wedding | Cedar, Michigan

Wedding Photography

Katie & John got married this fall here in Northern Michigan, and we got a gorgeous, sunny (albeit slightly chilly), very perfect day for their Crooked Creek Ranch wedding. These two are the absolute sweetest, and to make everything better they brought along their two adorable pups to share their wedding day with them 😍. […]

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 […]

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? […]

Jolie & Griffin: A Grand Traverse Bay Wedding

Wedding Photography

Jolie & Griffin got married in August in the most adorable and intimate, backyard, Grand Traverse Bay wedding. I’m still so obsessed with all of the gorgeous details that they put together for this stunning day. So many amazing vendors came together to make this day absolutely amazing for this sweet couple. Of course, typical […]

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 […]

Isabelle & Nicholas: A Northern Michigan Elopement | Frankfort, Michigan

Wedding Photography

Isabelle & Nick got married in the most gorgeous, intimate Northern Michigan elopement on Lake Michigan. The entire week leading up to their elopement day showed storms on the forecast. Instead, Michigan came through and we got the most amazing, sunny day for these two cuties to tie the knot! Also, Isabelle’s grandma made (yes, […]

Chelsea & Kevin: A Michigan July Wedding | Plymouth, Michigan

Wedding Photography

Chelsea & Kevin got married at St. Kenneth’s Church this month! These two are seriously the sweetest couple you’ll ever meet and they’ve been so amazing during everything that’s been going on in this crazy 2020. When all of the shutdowns started to happen, we had a video call about possible back up plans. They […]

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 […]

Amy & Tyden: Post Family Farm Wedding | Grand Rapids, Michigan

Wedding Photography

Amy and Tyden’s Post Family Farm wedding was such a perfect Michigan June wedding. The Saturday that they got married was one of the hottest days of the year so far, but it ended up being an absolutely gorgeous day for Amy & Tyden to get married! From start to finish, their day was full […]

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