Category Archives: College Graduation Photos

The Oakland U Golden Grizzly Grads Enter The Blog!

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We had a fantastic college grad season this year and we added a couple of schools!  In addition to Michigan and Michigan State we went to Grand Valley, and now the TRIPLE Gs – the Golden Grizzly Grads of Oakland U enter the blog!  We’ve got the two varieties of on campus session with Johnathan along with a more traditional in studio headshot of former Frameable Faces senior Jenna!  Let’s start on campus:

Johnathan at Oakland U!

We’ve known Johnathan for quite some time and his mom Carla and I go back a few decades so this was a ton of fun for us to spend an afternoon on Oakland’s beautiful campus!

Here’s one of our guy at his home base up there – the school of engineering and computer science!

Oakland U

We even went live on Instagram for a little behind the scenes fun!

 

 
 
 
 
 
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Here’s one more close up of the grad:

Oakland U

Jenna Makes Her Return

As for Jenna, we LOVE when we get to photograph former Frameable Faces seniors for their college graduation.  Jenna’s senior session was memorable and it seemed like yesterday…  For her college grad pic she wanted a traditional cap and gown portrait in the studio!

Oakland U

We can’t wait to watch these two take on the world, and we hope you enjoyed the highlights!

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Costa Coasts Onward As He Celebrates Graduation With The Fam!

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College grad sessions come in three “flavors” you might say.  Sometimes it’s just the individual college grad, sometimes it’s a crew of college grad friends, and sometimes it’s one grad with their family.  We have to say each approach has their own merits and they are all a lot of fun for us.  These highlights are of the grad-with-family variety and what a great family!  The Sideratos family is a delight.  Maria and Nick, with daughters Melina and Katie, and the man of the hour and a future veterinarian – Costa!

Costa Coasts Onward

Now “Costa coasts” isn’t meant to say he didn’t work hard, but we thought it had a fun ring to it for a young man who knows his calling and as animal lovers we love that he’s going to be a vet!

Costa coasts

This family knows the score – Go Blue!

Costa coasts

Going out with your school winning three straight conference championships and a national title is a pretty good way to go out…

From Michigan Stadium it was time to head to a couple other spots on campus…

Costa coasts

This crew was having fun!

And one more close up of our guy:

Costa coasts

That’s a confident and proud Wolverine!

And there you have it!  Costa and his family are awesome and we’re honored to have them on our blog.  We hope you enjoyed the highlights!

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A Little Art, A Little Greek & A Lot Of Go Blue For These M Grads!

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We’ve been making the rounds to the college campuses around the state for grad pictures and this time we bring you highlights from a couple of Wolverines in Ann Arbor!  These two M grads were both delightful and we enjoyed our time with each!  Let’s start with Dave!

A Little Greek with Dave

Dave is a sweetheart of a dude.  We really enjoyed our time with him and he was a trooper because it was not warm…. but he’s going to be a teacher and he’s the perfect guy for it.  You would love to have this guy teaching your kid.  We hit the law quad first for this fantastic pic:

M Grads

Next stop we went by Dave’s fraternity house for this one in front before we parted ways!

M Grads

Love it!

Alexandra’s Art

Alexandra is an incredible artist.  Like really incredible – and her work was on display at the Stamps School of Art and Design – what a delight she is!  Take a look at this photo of her in front of this amazing piece!

M Grads

We were treated to Alexandra taking us through her art in a livestream and you HAVE to check out her website at www.alexandracollinsart.com! 

Here is the livestream:

 

 
 
 
 
 
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And here is one more in front of the Stamps building!
 
M Grads
 
 
Love that backlight!  She’s adorable.
 
And there you have it!  A couple of extremely accomplished Wolverines and we loved our time with both M Grads!
 
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Jen and Alaina Handle Their Business Graduating From MSU!

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We had such a blast with these two besties in East Lansing – both grads of the Eli Broad College of Business at Michigan State!  Jen and Alaina are both delights – smart, beautiful, nice, fun – a power duo for sure!  We bounced around campus on a PERFECT day to get some pics so let’s get to a couple highlights!

Jen and Alaina Handle Their Business!

Let’s start on the bridge by the stadium…

Jen and Alaina

And we have some fun behind the scenes first from Instagram:

 

 
 
 
 
 
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Now for a couple solo portraits!  First Jen:

Jen and Alaina

Alaina’s turn!

Jen and Alaina

And of course we had to get the bubbly for the grand finale – here’s the fun from Facebook:

And the result!

Jen and Alaina

LOVE IT!!!

We love these two and we can’t wait to see them go forth and accomplish big things!  We hope you enjoyed the highlights of our day with Jen and Alaina!

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Grand Valley Grads Go For It In Grand Rapids!

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We’re really making the rounds this year to college campuses around the state for graduation photos and having an absolute blast doing it!  We love this time of year and this was our first trip to Grand Valley specifically for grad pics!  We have highlights from a couple sessions – a pair of besties as well as another individual!

 

 

 

 

Grand Valley Grads – Kirah & Amalia!

As for the girls it was unseasonably cold for their session but you wouldn’t know it from their photos – they were total troopers.  Kirah we met last year when we photographed her sis Kailee at MSU and this time it was her turn with her pal Amalia!  Let’s take a look at a couple:

Grand Valley Grads

Ha – beneath the Blue Bridge these two are peas in a pod… 

We like this one at the main campus entrance:

Grand Valley Grads

 

Grand Valley Grad Matthew!

Matthew went solo (okay his mom and sis got in a few too but this post is about the grads lol) the next morning and it was slightly warmer….just slightly.  But once again we got great results!  We hit one of the spots he resided while in school up there in Allendale!
 
Grand Valley Grads
Here’s a little behind the scenes with Matthew…
 

And then from there it was back to the Blue Bridge and this is a great one to finish on for now!

Grand Valley Grads
Love that blue on blue!!!
 
And there you have it!  A great weekend on the west side of the state for us and we hope you enjoyed the highlights of these Grand Valley grads!!!
 
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Kicking Off The Class Of 2024 College Grad Pics With Spartans!

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Ah yes, Spring is in the air and so is college graduation!  This has become such a fun time of year for us and if this first crew of the 2024 college grad season in East Lansing is any indication it’s going to be a fantastic one!!!  We also lucked out with the weather – it was a beautiful sunny morning on campus!

2024 College Grad Pics with Spartans!

Let’s get to some highlights – how adorable is this group?

2024 college grad

There are plenty of spots around campus to use – some of them iconic and some of them spur of the moment!  The Sparty statue is obviously pretty iconic…

2024 college grad

Here’s a little behind the scenes from the bridge by the stadium…

Next is one of those spur of the moment pics – when you see a prime spot for this fantastic five to sit and the sun is hitting just right?  Spectacular!!!

2024 college grad

Now it was time to change into casual clothes and have some fun…

2024 college grad

This crew of besties loves each other!

And then….. there’s this.  LOL.

 

 

 
 
 
 
 
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And one of the results – we’ll leave you with this one – they really nailed it with the bubbly.  On this one you can barely see them!  Sometimes it’s about the moment….

Ha!  Congrats girls!!!
 
We had a blast with these Spartans and we hope you enjoyed the highlights of our morning with them!
 
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Go BLUE and Go GRADS! Class of 2023 Wolverines!

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As we mentioned in our last post we spent plenty of time on campus this spring – in East Lansing and Ann Arbor and now it’s time to highlight the Wolverines we photographed from the Class of 2023!!!  These sessions are a blast – whether it’s in the Big House or popping champagne at the law quad we are always happy to be a part of these great moments for these college grads.  GO BLUE and let’s get to it!
 

Go BLUE and Go Wolverine Grads!

We’ve got several groups to share some highlights of – we’ll start with this crew at the law quad!

Wolverines
 
And we have some fun behind the scenes too from Facebook!
 

Here’s one of Mikaela solo whom we’ve known forever….

Next up another solo session and with a former Frameable senior Lexi!

Next group of Wolverines – this fabulous crew of young ladies also containing a former Frameable senior Chloe, and we were so happy to meet these girls – they were a delight!

Wolverines

What a group!  And they came ready to celebrate too…. here’s some behind the scenes fun!

Time to break out the bubbly…
 
And the TikTok highlights…
 
@frameablefaces Such a great group of Wolverine grads! 〽️💙💛🎓🍾 #GoBlue #FrameableFaces #universityofmichigan #Photoshoot #Grads #CollegeGrads #ClassOf2023 #MGoBlue #Champagne #CapAndGown ♬ original sound – Frameable Faces

Last but not least come the dudes at the Big House!!!  This was a blast – even with a major rain delay which “forced” us into the locker room for a few pics, and a shout out to our uber talented photographer friend Susan Adams for the collab on this one – we’ve worked with her a bunch of times and she’s awesome.

Wolverines

Go Blue guys!

Here’s some behind the scenes from the Big House:

Here’s a group shot from the locker room:

When the weather cleared up we finished up on the field…
 
Wolverines
 
Here’s the TikTok highlights including this TEAM taking the field from the tunnel!
@frameablefaces #Hail to the #Umich grads!!! 〽️#GoBlue! 💙💛🎓 #College #CollegeGrad #FrameableFaces #AnnArbor #Michigan #Photoshoot #Photography #Photographer @Michigan Athletics @Michigan Football ♬ original sound – Frameable Faces

And we’ll leave you with this one!

Wolverines

Love it!!!
 
We hope you enjoyed the highlights of our sessions in A2 with these Wolverines!  Looking forward to doing it again next year!  GO BLUE!
 
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Spartans Will, and We Will (and did) Photograph Them!

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Spring time is fast becoming one of our favorite seasons for the studio because of all the college grads we have been photographing, and this post is one of those extra special ones for us – we’ll get to that at the end… 😉

Spartan Strong and Spartans Will, So Sparty On!

Listen, we are more than aware having been a part of it ourselves with our son Tony that the Spartan graduating class of 2023 arguably went through more adversity than most graduating classes in the history of our country.  They were the class who was sent home as freshman for the pandemic lockdown, and then as seniors they endured the trauma of the mass shooting tragedy that took the lives of three fellow Spartans on campus this year.  As a group and as a community they persevered and came out strong on the other side, bonded and united together and ready for the future.  We are just happy we got to celebrate some smiles with a handful of them to focus on the overall great experience that each one of them ultimately had in East Lansing.

So here are a few images of a couple of the groups we photographed on the banks of the Red Cedar!

First up: Rachel, Elyssa, and Maggie!

Spartans

Adorable!  And now it’s time to really celebrate!!!

Spartans

Haha…

Next group… Ellie, Leah and Kailee!

Spartans

Gotta get the pic with Sparty…

 

Professionally we don’t want to show favorites.  Personally this next senior is our all time favorite…. we saved him for last.

OUR TONY!!!

And with his adorable girlfriend, Willa!

Spartans

We’re soooooo proud of him.

And there you have it!  Spartans will indeed and we hope you enjoyed the highlights of a few of our sessions in East Lansing! 

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Spartan Grads of the Class of 2022 – Sparty On Girls!

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This crew of Spartan Grads were a total blast to photograph on a perfect day in East Lansing!!!  Two of them we had photographed before – Marlee for headshots and Lilly was a Frameable Faces senior!  The rest of their pals were delightful and it was a fantastic day, so let’s get to a few highlights!

Spartan Grads Sparty On!

We started by the stadium…

Spartan Grads

Beautiful Spartans!

Next we headed over to Sparty himself and we have some fun behind the scenes first from Facebook:

And the result!

Spartan Grads

We also made sure to get some individual photos of the girls and some smaller groupings of besties – here’s Marlee…

…and here’s Lilly!

Here’s some more behind the scenes from Instagram:

 

 
 
 
 
 
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And now it was time for some real celebration – this series is awesome…

Spartan Grads

Spartan Grads

Spartan Grads

And you can see a little of that from the TikTok too…. lol!

@frameablefaces Congrats to these Spartan Grads! #SpartyOn!💚🤍🎓🍾@marsack @Lilly @sara hak @Kellie kress #SpartansWill #FrameableFaces #CollegeGrad #MichiganState #champagne #capandgown #Photoshoot ♬ Michigan State Fight Song – Football Chants & Sports Chants

We’ll leave you with this one:

Friends forever!  We were really impressed with this crew getting to know them and their plans for the future – we wish them all the best – Spartans Will!  A huge accomplishment for each of them that was not without its share of adversity and we salute them.  We were honored to be a part of this day with them and we hope you enjoyed the highlights!

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Haven Returns As A College Grad & A CHEF With Friends & Fam!

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Okay we LOVE Haven.  Some of our seniors kinda become our “extra kids” over the years and Haven is one of them so whenever Haven returns it makes us happy.  We love her and her family!  Haven along with her sister Jubilee were both spokesmodels for us back in the day and it’s great when seniors come back for college grad portraits!  Haven is now a chef and she came in for some pics with a few of her peeps and members of the family!
 

Haven Returns

Let’s start by cookin’ up some magic with Haven in the studio:
 
Haven Returns
LOVE!
 
As a side note we went live on Facebook TWICE to stream some behind the scenes and both times the footage disappeared from Facebook when we finished.  GRRR….  Oh well, the photos tell the story!  We’ll include an extra one to make up for it!  Here’s another one of just Haven with cap and gown in the studio on the simple white backdrop…
Haven Returns
One more from the studio this time with Jubilee and a couple friends!
Haven Returns
At this point we headed to Haven’s home to get a few outdoors and this one is so cool – you see, Haven, Jubilee AND mom Beverly have all received degrees pretty recently, so we had them all together in caps and gowns and tossing the caps!
 
Pure joy – such a happy photo!
 
And we’ll leave you with one more of Haven by herself:
 
Haven Returns
GORGEOUS GRAD!!!!!!
 
Ah yes, what a day.  We hope you enjoyed the highlights of our day with them and we are so proud of Haven!
 
 
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Frameable Faces Photography is a small biz retail mom & pop shop of Doug&Ally Cohen located in the Orchard Mall in West Bloomfield, Michigan, United States Of America!
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Ally & Doug can be reached at the studio at tel:248-790-7317 or emailed at mailto:info@frameablefaces.com
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Social Media Services: http://M10Social.com
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Being “Frameable” is an attitude, a community, a way of life – a life you would want to celebrate and display on your walls for all to see!  Tell us… ARE YOU FRAMEABLE?
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