Sarah Rypma Photography LLC

A 90th birthday filled with family, laughter... and a few dog kisses.

Happy Birthday, Phyllis! ❤️

It was such an honor to photograph four generations of your family as they gathered to celebrate you and your beautiful legacy.

Read more from this special session: https://www.sarahrypmaphotography.com/post/kalamazoo-family-photographer-phyllis-turns-90

Some mornings are about so much more than the harvest.

A recent sunrise at Three Lakes Gardens reminded me that the best photographs are rarely about perfect conditions. They're about the people behind the work - something Taste The Local Difference celebrates so well.

Link in comments.

A few favorite moments from Puglia, Italy. 🇮🇹 Link in comments.

In Michigan's Thumb, the rural communities that grow sugarbeets and work the fields are protected by the volunteer firefighters who live right among them.

Yesterday I had the honor of documenting that intersection at Sherman Township Fire Department, thanks to Betaseed North America through their Operation HEAT program.

I shared the full story and image set on the blog — link in the comments.

At the end of each year, I close out my Lightroom catalogs and start new ones.

It’s part housekeeping, part reflection.

These are just a handful of frames from 2025 that reminded me why I do this — people living their lives, loving one another, and finding beauty and meaning in the everyday moments in between.

Grateful for every story I was trusted with this year. Onward. 🤍

Grandpas really are the MVPs of extended family sessions. Posing sweetly one second - getting nailed with a snowball the next. ❄️🤣

Link to full session in the comments.

Shout out to all the lap dogs this weekend… keeping hearts (and laps) warm while the snow keeps falling ❄️