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East Lansing Photographer-Todd L Church-Wedding and Portrait Specialist bio picture

Todd L Church Photography

Specializing in weddings, corporate headshots, model Portfolios.

We bring a sense of professionalism mixed with fun to every shoot.

What do you get when you hire me?

You get a commitment to excellence.

I bring my knowlege of photography and years of experience photographing people and working in various lighting situations.

I often work with another photographer who is also a great friend.

You will get the utmost satisfaction of knowing you made a good choice when you see the photos we create.

Where do I draw my inspiration?

I am a lifelong learner and lover of art.

I've taken weeklong workshops in woodcarving with Pietro Vinotti and portrait painting with renouned artist, Paul Leveille.

I have met photographers, Bruce Dale, Joe Bussink, and Yervant, as well as, numerous locals who work day-to-day in the field.

I took
a course in photojournalism at Michigan State University. I have a BA
in Public Policy and have studied every subject from Astronomy to
Political Science.

I attended High School with Magic
Johnson, Photographed Michael Moore, Madonna, and Barak Obama and shook
hands with Jack Kevorkian. (yikes on that last one LOL)

I have my photos on book covers by Tanya Anne Crosby, Shauna Granger and, Amanda Leigh Cowley.

My
brother, Steve, won the 2010 National Assocaition of Broadcasters radio
engineering award for his pioneering work in digital broadcast and Mp3
technology.

I've traveled as far away as Rio de Janeiro in Brazil and had close encounters with polar bears in Churchill Manitoba.

I have traveled to Maine, New York, Miami, Chicago, San Francisco and everywhere in between.

Where do I draw my inspiration?

Mostly from YOU!!

I get inspired by watching you laugh at your engagement shoot and cry at your wedding.

I get inspired by helping you learn to pose as a model or by teaching you how to use a camera as a photographer.

I get inspired by the light as it glides over your face how it looks when it makes the twinkle in your eyes.

I love to capture your moments and I am mindful of the need to deliver a quality product that you will cherish for generations.

Unique Wedding in Traverse City (Wedding in the woods).

Monday, August 8, 2011 Posted in Weddings

I was hired by my good friends, Tim and Bevin, to shoot their nuptials in Traverse City, Michigan. Tim is an insurance agent for Hagerty Insurance and Bevin is the photographer/owner of SweetPea Photography. She has a love of cowgirl items and 50’s styling. Her wedding was “Bevinized” with old woodsy charm and a country flair. We met at her parents home where the girls got ready and then we walked down the street to a location in the cedar swamps behind a neighbor’s house. Bevin and Tim’s wedding was very unique. It was also a joy to photograph.

Knowing Bevin, I knew this wedding was going to be different.

Bevin’s dress was simple. She made her belt as well as her bouquet.

After she got ready, Bevin and her dad walked down the street where she was raised to a neighbor’s house for the ceremony in the woods.

Tim and the wedding party were waiting in the woods for Bevin to arrive.

Bevin’s father walked her down the “isle” while the wedding party waited anxiously.

The ceremony was small. The wedding party had to cross over a creek on a makeshift plywood bridge. There wasn’t much room left. The onlookers had to watch from the other side of the creek.

Bevin and Tim passed their ring among family to have it blessed by each.

The kiss!!!

Over the creek and through the woods.

Tim and Bevin hopped into their friend’s GTO. Finally the wedding was done and the tension was off. Now it was time for the reception and fun.

We stopped for a few family photos in the field across from her parent’s home then it was off with the wedding party for some shots at the Village of Grand Traverse Commons (formerly known as the Traverse City State Hospital).

The wedding party getting air.

The next few shots are just us playing around and having fun.

First the girls.

Then the guys.

Tim’s mustache isn’t normally curled into a handlebar but I think it looks good. He looks like a gangsta.

I made one of their photos look like an old-time shot to keep with the theme.

Tim and Bevin’s reception was held on the Old Mission Peninsula in Traverse City. We shot some photographs near one of the many wineries on the peninsula while we were waiting for the reception to start. A couple chipmunks were chasing each other in the grass just beyond where the couple was sitting.

The reception was simple and unique. The wedding cake wasn’t adorned with anything other than the flags and it was placed on a table that resembled an old-time candy store. Perfectly “Bevinized”.