I first spoke with Andrea nearly a year ago and she told me all about her fabulous Michigan wedding—the fabulous Michigan wedding that she was planning on from Orange County, California. And while Andrea and I hit it off on the phone and via email we didn’t actually get to meet until this past week. So while it may be a bit unusual that I shot Andrea and Phil’s e-session only a few days before their cottage wedding, after communicating long distance for the last 12 months I was thrilled that Andrea and Phil opted to take time from their busy week for an engagement session. Andrea and Phil were a joy to photograph and they were so relaxed and joyful even while dealing with a hundred last minute wedding duties (they actually said it was nice to have some alone time with how crazy the week has been, well, alone time plus me, ha ha). So for these Californians we explored MSU’s horticulture gardens and some of OSU’s agricultural fields and I did my best to bring the beautiful California light to Michigan.