Derek Cookson Photography – Royal Oak, MI Wedding and Portrait Photographer

The Shyduke family is like every other family – Unique and all their own! We had some fun along the riverfront in Windsor Ontario (At the Coventry Gardens and Peace Fountain!) doing their family session, and here you can sneak a peek! Can you guess who the REAL star of the show is? I’ll give you a hint, he’s the only one under 2 feet tall!

CONTEST ANNOUNCEMENT! This one will be fun! The first-ever couples “Perfect Kiss” contest! Submit a photo of you kissing someone, send it to contests@dcooksonphoto.com by 8pm Aug 22, 2010 and have your friends “like” your photo onhttp://www.facebook.com/derekcooksonphotography when it’s posted! The photo with the most “likes” after 5 days wins a $250 photo session! PUCKER UP and get your cameras snapping!

Cynthia and Gary are a little unique…and they wouldn’t have it any other way!

They have a unique story of “Right People, Wrong Time” that, on July 24th 2010, became “Right People, Right Time”, and I was lucky enough to share the night with them. Married for the second time to each other, there was such a nice feeling of “FINALLY!” from all their loved ones. Gorgeous weather, great friends, and a golden sunset combined to make it an evening at the races that will not soon be forgotten. Pinnacle Race Course, in New Boston, Michigan, right behind the metro airport, is such a beautiful place to get married…I love a location that is personal to the couple, and since they race horses there, it couldn’t get more personal!

See the photos and tag your friends over on the facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/derekcooksonphotography !

Reverend Earl, one of the coolest officiants I’ve had the pleasure of working with! If you need someone to perform your wedding ceremony, check him out at http://weddingministers.synthasite.com/

Sweet. Tender. Exhilarating. Happiness.

These words only touch the ground of the emotions running the night Brandon married Robin, the bride with the million-dollar smile. It was a GORGEOUS night on the waterfront at the Grosse Pointe War Memorial, and it was a night that I will always cherish being a part of, with barely a dry eye in the house. It really was a night of emotions, pride, and sweet, sweet love.

Congratulations to both of you, I am proud to call you my friends, and wish you the best of luck on your new chapter of your lives!

When looking at these photos, find the song “Falling Slowly” by The Swell Season, from the soundtrack to the movie ‘Once’. You’ll get it, you’ll get it.