Category Archives: Bar / Bat Mitzvah

Abby’s World Cup was a night to remember alright – our event photographer Angela captured the festivities and we have a few highlights to share with you from the happy occasion! We have sent Angela to photograph this wonderful family before and Angela reported back some of the details for me to share…

Cookies – the magic word…

Sometimes it’s good to have a word that works when you are photographing different groupings of folks at an event to get everyone’s attention and according to Angela the word that gets these guys to giggle is “cookies”. Haha! She also confirmed that Abby is sweet and kind and trusted Angela with every pose which makes us happy – that’s great for a day as important as this! We’ll start with one of our favorite types of photos – the bat mitzvah girl with her proud parents at the temple looking on from beyond…

Abby's World Cup

Next let’s take a look at a simple and sweet close up of Abby…

Abby's World Cup So cute! Angela mentioned that it was a pretty cold day of about 30 degrees and Abby was a total trooper and a perfect model. Angela is always good about getting this next shot which is a special one of Abby pointing to her portion in the Torah with a yad.

Abby's World Cup

Abby’s World Cup!

Abby’s party had a World Cup soccer theme and according to Angela it was a blast! She said the really fun parties make what she does not feel like a job at all and she also mentioned that Abby and her sister got along great – that Elizabeth and Abby have a lot of inside jokes that Elizabeth used to make Abby laugh! Here’s the family hug that we love so much as a pose!

Abby's World Cup

We love our Angela’s photographic eye and her creativity and she captured this fun photo of Abby framed by some colorful balloons!

Abby's World Cup

We’ll leave you with this parting shot of Abby with all of her peeps!

Abby's World Cup

So there you have it! We hope you enjoyed the highlights of Abby’s special day!

Photos From A Special Night At Club Sedona!

June 21, 2015

by Doug Cohen

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We are proud to present to you some awesome photos from a special night at Club Sedona! This was another unique opportunity to watch our amazing event photographer Angela in action at a special occasion that we attended as guests. This is a very rewarding experience because we get to celebrate such a special day with friends on a personal note and we know we can have a part in making their day even more special with amazing photos from a professional standpoint.

Sedona becomes a bat mitzvah

We have known Sedona since she was tiny – almost her whole life and she is growing up to be a beautiful, nice, smart, and funny girl. It was a delight to be at her bat mitzvah, and as with most bat mitzvahs we photograph we’ll start at the Temple on the bimah with Sedona and her family.

Angela also captured a couple of really nice moments between Sedona and her siblings at the Temple:

So sweet right? Here’s a nice one of the bat mitzvah girl by herself:

On To Club Sedona…

The party was held at Emagine in Royal Oak which is a great venue for a party! Music, great food, dancing, candle lighting, and even a little bowling! What a blast. Let’s start with a photo of Sedona in front of one of the banners featuring a photo that Ally did at the studio…

Club Sedona

So fun! Now let’s give you a feel for the party which Angela captured splendidly! Take a look:

Club Sedona

A great time was had by all and Sedona was the star on her special day! Great girl, great family! Club Sedona was a huge success! We hope you enjoyed the highlights, and once again big credit to our event photographer Angela who captured the day!

Jesse’s March Madness Was Truly A Blast!

April 16, 2015

by Doug Cohen

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March Madness usually means a basketball tournament, but in this case it meant Jesse’s Bar Mitzvah! Since we started photographing events with our fabulous event photographer Angela, Ally and I have attended a couple of them as guests which is a special treat for us on a couple levels. For starters it’s special to share in a celebration with our friends, but to watch Angela at her craft is very rewarding as well because it confirms for us why we are so proud to have her. We knew we had something special with her from the first day she walked into our studio when she was still a photography student several years ago. She’s grown into a true pro and we are excited to showcase some of her work here!

Let’s start on the bimah

We have known Jesse since he was born and I have known his parents Noah and Ellen for 23 years going back to our days at the University of Michigan. They are a great family and you can see the joy they had on the occasion of Jesse’s Bar Mitzvah! First Angela focused on the service part of the event at the Temple with photos of the family in the sanctuary:

March Madness

Now let the “March Madness” begin!

The theme of the party was #JessesMarchMadness and people were having fun Instagramming with the hashtag which was displayed on the big screen, but when Jesse led members of the U of M marching band into the room and a rousing chorus of “The Victors” was played, well – things got kicked up a notch for sure. Jesse wore a GoPro to record the party and it was definitely a day to remember!

March Madness

March Madness Hail to Jesse (and The Victors)!!!

March Madness

We hope you enjoyed these highlights of Jesse’s March Madness – his Bar Mitzvah was truly a special day!

2014 Was A Wonderful and Frameable Year!

December 31, 2014

by Doug Cohen

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2014 was a wonderful and “Frameable” year that we won’t soon forget and in many ways it was the best year yet for Frameable Faces! As we charge into what should only be the best, happiest and healthiest 2015 possible for ALL of our peeps – we take a happy look back at the past year!

The Class of 2015 Spokesmodels

Okay so the fact that we assembled a new crew of spokesmodels wasn’t something unique to 2014 since we do that every year, but every class is indeed unique and this one was no exception! A bigger class than usual, we really fell in love with this group and ended up with some great new friends out of it – not just friends of the studio but of our family. We spent a good part of our winter and spring photographing these awesome seniors and I was playing with the panorama function on my iPhone camera the whole time. Let’s reveal all of the behind-the-scenes panoramas from those sessions together here – these aren’t professional shots and they aren’t filtered or retouched but together they are kind of neat!

2014 2014 2014 2014 2014 2014 2014 2014 2014 2014 2014 2014 2014 That’s how we spent a good part of the first 4 months of the year, culminating with our spokesmodel party with our usual dinner (catered by Pine Lake Market) and Just Baked cupcakes and that’s where we create our composite which stays in the window of our studio until the next class!

2014

Summer – Relay For Life, more seniors, road trips…

Team Frameable Faces participated in the Relay For Life once again to try to help beat cancer and we had a fun and rewarding day raising a nice chunk of money this year. We also continued photographing a whole bunch of seniors and we even took a couple of road trips including one where Ally took some breathtaking photos up at Sleeping Bear Dunes. We worked hard this summer and at the same time had to plan and gear up for our son Tony’s Bar Mitzvah! Our heads were spinning most of the time… but it was all good stuff.

Tony’s Bar Mitzvah!

What an awesome weekend this was! Tony did a great job, the party was a blast, and our photographer – well she’s the best. We hired our own event photographer Angela and it was really cool to be on the other side of the lens and in her capable and talented hands. You can see a handful of highlights from our day here!

2014 New Website, other highlights and cruising towards 2015!

Meanwhile plenty of other topics were on our minds and on our plates – the launch of our fantastic new website designed by our friends at EPK Design, continued Instagramming, Vining, Tweeting, Facebooking, YouTubing, Pinning, Google Plus-ing and blogging! We photographed plenty of families including this recent one which we’ll give you just a peek of before their upcoming blog post…

2014

Reflecto had a bit of a rebirth as well after recovering from an injury and continued to focus on his favorite topic……himself.

So that’s our recap – we are thankful for all of you and for a great year and we are looking forward to what will be an amazing 2015! We wish for all of you peace, health and happiness, and we will see you all soon!

All our best,

Doug and Ally

Sharing A Few Photos From A Special Day – Our Son’s Bar Mitzvah!

October 11, 2014

by Doug Cohen

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Many of you asked to see the pictures from our son’s Bar Mitzvah when they are available, so we are sharing a few photos from our special day! When photographers need pictures the question inevitably comes up “So who is photographing YOUR event? You aren’t doing it right?” Haha – that would be interesting – setting up each shot and then….setting the timer and getting back in the picture right? Of course not.

Well as you may know for some time we were not really in the event photography business. It’s not Ally’s specialty personally and we couldn’t work on weekend nights or we would never see our kids. Enter our wonderful event photographer Angela. She has done a fantastic job for Frameable Faces on events and at this point we couldn’t think of anyone better to trust with the task of photographing Tony’s Bar Mitzvah. She did an amazing job as we knew she would. We are so proud to showcase not only our son and our happiness on the occasion of his Bar Mitzvah, but also Angela’s work as we have watched her grow over the years since the very first day she simply walked into our studio, still a student, and asked if we might be looking for another photographer.

First we started at Adat Shalom Synagogue during the week for pictures of the service on the day of our rehearsal:

Our Son's Bar Mitzvah

“Tailgating With Tony”

Our party was at Oakland Yard Athletics in Waterford which is an amazing place to have a party and we also want to give shout outs in particular to Just Baked for their amazing cupcakes, Nick at Pine Lake Market for the amazing job catering, Co. 512 for the Adidas wear, Top That Table for the awesome decorations, and Josh and Cassie from Tronix Entertainment for getting the party started and keeping it going! Meanwhile back to the pictures and the awesome job Angela did capturing the scene and the mood! She was everywhere…

Our Son's Bar Mitzvah That mechanical bulldog is hilarious… Tony and his friends were able to play various sports throughout pretty much the whole party.

Our Son's Bar Mitzvah Next it was time for Tony to make his official entrance for the montage and candle lighting.

Our Son's Bar Mitzvah Time To Hora!

The hora is a traditional dance at Jewish occasions and it’s always a blast! Angela captured a bunch of great photos of the hora!

Our Son's Bar Mitzvah

We love this view of the entire party where you can see a full dance floor doing the “wobble” while others were hitting golf balls, playing other sports, or just hanging out.

Our Son's Bar Mitzvah

Lastly we love this photo of our happy family – especially the kids dancing together (and not fighting)!

Our Son's Bar Mitzvah

So there you have it! Highlights from one of the best nights of our lives. We are happy to share them with you and we hope you enjoyed them!

Maddy The Bat Mitzvah Model!

May 9, 2014

by Doug Cohen

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We had so much fun with Maddy the Bat Mitzvah model recently! This photo session was a collaboration with Guys N Gals here in the mall since Ms. Maddy’s dress was designed and special ordered from them. We had to keep these photos under wraps until after the big event since these images were on display for all to see at her party, “Club Maddy”!

Bat Mitzvah Model

First Maddy went to Guys N Gals where she was able to try on various dresses for style and size…

Dress selection

Then she picked out the type and color of fabric she liked…

Color fabric swatches

And here is the fabulous result!!! Beautiful!!!

Bat Mitzvah Model

A Bar or Bat Mitzvah is really such a special time for a young person and their family, and a professional photo shoot is a fun and unique way to mark the occasion! The images are great for decorations at the party and they can be based on the theme for the party as well. The photo session itself can also be a great gift! Here are a couple more photos from Maddy’s awesome session!

Bat Mitzvah Model

While we are at it… I would be remiss if I didn’t also mention that we are now available to photograph your upcoming event! In the past if we were asked if we photographed mitzvahs our answer was “not really…”. For starters it was too difficult to work on weekend nights since we have kids of our own. So now our event photographer Angela is available and has photographed several bar and bat mitzvahs for us and she has done a fantastic job just as we knew she would! There will be more details and photos on this to come and in the meantime Angela is available so call us and you can come to the studio to meet her!