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The sneak peak of Master S

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Master S won a gift certificate from Playhouse Theater a few months ago and when I saw that it was he who won it, I was more than excited! What a sweet little face! Today, he came in with his mom and grandma and we had a little bit of fun. I found out that he’s having a birthday next week, that his favorite color is purple and that he has two kitties! We got a whole bunch of really great images, and as promised, I’m showing two of them here as a sneak peak.

I can’t wait to finish some more of these. Anytime S and his sweet family wants to come back into the studio, you are MORE than welcome! And if you happen to come to the Orchard Mall for a Playhouse Theater, you may get to see this super cutie in person!!

Until next time,
Ally

She’s baaaack!

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Princess “A” was in the studio this morning. I still love that little girl! She’s such a sweetie – one of my all time favorite people to photograph! Such a little personality…and always so much fun to be with. And I get to work with her again soon, too! Yay!

So this time just a few little words about the princess this time. Thanks so much for having such a cute baby, M and E! She’s the best!!!

Until next time,
Ally

B and J’s Engagement session

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Today, I got to work with B and J. They’re getting married this coming up August and asked me to do their engagement images. To be very honest, I thought I had my work cut out for me with B. I heard that he wouldn’t smile. But, he definitely did! How could he not with his adorable fiancee right next to him!? We had a great time, and even though we had an audience for part of the session, we were all able to loosen up and get some amazing shots of them. These are just a few – enough to get just a glimpse into their relationship. What a couple of fun people!

Post a comment and let them know what you think! I think they’re great! I have my favorites…I’m sure you will too!

Until next time,
Ally

Pretty as a flower, “I” ‘s session

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Last week, I had the fabulous pleasure of photographing “I”. She was my second session on a very hectic day. And I was so worried that her session wouldn’t go well based on everything that happened during the morning! WOW, was I wrong! After the addition of some new lights, since the old ones exploded earlier that day, I captured Miss Personality. She even brought her friend along with her for some fun shots.

So, here’s Lady “I.” She was a blast and totally ended my day on a high note. I was SO very thankful!

Until next time,
Ally

My recent session

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So, not so much of a sneak peak here. But this is a recent session of a couple of cuties. One just happens to be my daughter and the other is the daughter of one of my best friends. We had to go out and shoot in these adorable new “petti’s” that I bought. I think they’re so cute and add so much of a “girly girl” feel. Plus I thought these two totally acted like sisters! They were holding hands, then arguing, then giggling the whole time! Back and forth, back and forth…just like sisters do!

So, just had to share these. I’ll be shooting some more adorable kids on Sunday (10/19) at Baby Loves Disco. This is such a fun event! This month, it’s at the Crofoot in Pontiac from 1-4 pm. Come and see me!

Until next time,
Ally

Princess A

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It’s taken me awhile to get her up here on the blog – about a day longer than I usually like, but I’ve been searching and working on being able to upload small web galleries to the blog. I wanted A’s to be the first one, but I got antsy. Either way, I’m going to do it, but for now this will have to do!

This is the third time that I’ve worked with A and her amazing parents! They’re like part of the family already! I LOVE going over there to work with them! They really are great. So for this session, Princess A was still sleeping when I got there, but when she woke up…Wow! Was she happy!!! Now these are just a few of the many amazingly adorable images that I have of her. You’ll have to wait until I get this web gallery thing figured out! More stories about my fun session with this little princess to come when I get the gallery up!

Until next time,

Ally

What a beautiful family!

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Meet the C’s – J, A and P. Their parent’s won a session with me at a school silent auction. It’s pretty funny, since my daughter and A are in the same class! Since I first met A, I’ve wanted to photograph her. She’s a beautiful girl! Her long flowing hair reminds me of Rapunzel, but this Princess is not stuck in a tower! She’s totally down to earth!

Big sister, J is drop dead gorgeous! Very sweet and brilliant, as well! She’s off to college in the fall to a pretty prestigious school. Lots to be proud of in her house!

And then there’s baby P. What a cutie pie! I was giving him little tickles and he was giving me the biggest belly laughs. You know the kind that make you laugh right along with him?!

This was one of my easiest photo sessions. They were so easy to work with and made my time shooting so much fun!

Thanks for a great couple hours, J, A and P! You guys were a blast!

Be on the look out for a very pretty new mommy-to-be! I’ll be posting some sneak peaks of T probably tomorrow!

Until next time,

Ally

S’s Bat Mitzvah sneak peak…As promised!

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This weekend, I had the pleasure of photographing S’s Bat Mitzvah. Isn’t she beautiful!?!

On Thursday, we had the rehearsal where I got to meet the family, S’s Dad and her adorable younger brother, E. We had the BEST time together! S and E are just downright hilarious and they are so super close! They genuinely love each other and it shows in every image that I have of the two of them together. It’s just so sweet!

S has an unbelievable singing voice – I heard her for just a bit before I had to run out of the synagogue for a lighting seminar later on that night. She sounded so beautiful chanting her Torah portion. Just beautiful!

Saturday, brought us to the celebration. S had a bunch of people waiting to celebrate with her – including family all the way from Israel! This is one loved little lady here! She rocked out her party and everyone had a great time.

D, S’s mom, was an absolute doll to work with. I know I’ve said it before, but it’s worth repeating here again. I’ll photograph Bat and Bar Mitzvah’s all the time if they continue to go like this one!

I had a great time celebrating with S’s family and I felt honored to have been selected to be the photographer for such a warm, loving and fabulous family!

Congratulations, S! I hope you enjoy the images!

Until next time,
Ally

We’re famous! (Sort of…) and Wow! Did you see that??

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It’s absolutely amazing to me how quickly time goes between blog postings! I feel like I just posted the other day and yet here it is almost THREE weeks later! I’m so sorry everyone! Well, to get you up to speed. I’ve been booking a lot of Bar/Bat Mitzvah’s over these past three weeks (FUN!!). And I’ve even booked a couple second weddings, too. I LOVE shooting those!

My newsletter went out in the mail. And they look great! I’ve been getting a very positive response from that. If you’re interested, let me know and I can add you to the mailing list. When you join, you’ll get the newsletter which has a ton of information from photo tips, to recipes and some savings on packages, too.

This past weekend, we took the kids up to Ann Arbor to meet the new football coach, Rich Rodriguez. If you don’t already know, my husband played football for UM in the late 80’s/early 90’s. He got to go up and meet Coach Rodriguez on Saturday night with all the former players and the wives and kids were all invited up on Sunday afternoon for a brunch and the UM/Ohio State basketball game.
Well, we met Coach and is he ever a nice guy! He’s so young, too! I think he’s maybe in his mid 40’s. Anyways, it was a great day. UM kicked OSU’s tushie, which I was very thankful for. We were sitting right in front of a real lot of the OSU fans and they were so…well, you get the picture. Typical college rivalry. Lots of bantering back and forth with some choice words (none from me!).

So on Monday morning, we find out that OUR IMAGE is the THE IMAGE on the new blog that introduces Coach Rodriguez! It’s hilarious!!! Go check out http://www.mgoblue.com/. Then go to varsity sports, then football. When you get to the blog section about Coach Rodriguez, you’ll see an image of a big guy with an “M” hat on, me in a gray sweater, my son wearing a black and gray striped button-down, and my daughter shaking hands with Coach! SEE!!! We’re famous!

Ok, so tonight, there was a total lunar eclipse. We waited just until American Idol was over before we braved the cold to go check it out. I’m so glad that we did! I’ve never seen an eclipse before (I know, I know…) and WOW! Was it unbelievable! So beautiful. I had to share it. I’ve never experimented with taking images at night, especially when it was SOOO cold (5 degrees!), but I’m so glad that I did. I can’t believe it’s taken me so long to see one of these. I can’t wait for the next one!

Enjoy!

Until later,

Ally

Sitting in the airport waiting to come home….

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To digest everything I’ve learned. As I’ve said in my past entries, I’ve learned so much and this was one of those things that was definitely a good thing for business. I’m bringing home so many amazing ideas, so many different products to offer to all of my clients and even some awesome gifts.

Last night was the ending party for the convention and they held it at the Tampa aquarium. What a beautiful place! Earlier in the day, I met a couple other photographers from Ohio and Kentucky and since my roommates weren’t into heading to the aquarium, I hung out with Wini and Emily. It turns out that the three of us had a lot in common, too. Emily loved the aquarium and was just as excited as I was to see the sharks. Wini was so excited to see all of the different cool fish and she just went nuts over a really big green moray eel. What a great trip! We took some amazing pictures at the aquarium.

So, this was an amazing trip and even though it took me away from my family for 5 days, it was very much worth it. I missed them all terribly, but the information that I got from these past days was unbelievable! So now, my next endeavor is in March, when I head to South Carolina for some more training.

I’ll keep you posted with everything that’s going on!