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We love Instagram! For those of you still not familiar with this (it’s okay we won’t tell anyone) Instagram is a social media platform that enables its users to take pictures (generally with their smartphone), apply digital filters to them, and share them. As with all of the different social media platforms we use such as facebook, Pinterest, twitter, YouTube (just to name a few), Instagram has its own unique purpose for us. We generally do not use it to post examples of our work, but rather to post what happens behind the scenes at Frameable Faces. If you don’t use Instagram you can still see ours by going here.

Meanwhile we thought it would be fun to post 7 of our favorite Instagrams here representing 5 typical categories. We hope you enjoy them whether you are a Frameable yourself or another photographer/small business owner looking for ways to connect with your peeps.

1. Behind the scenes on a photoshoot

We love these – showcasing the process of creating the images is a lot of fun. It’s instant gratification since I can snap a quick shot of Ally photographing a high school senior for example with my smartphone and upload it right away while we’re still on location. Instagram also has a location map feature which uses the GPS stamp from the photo to create a map of locations where the images were produced. This way people following us can get ideas for where they want to take their photos by seeing where they were taken.

2. Happenings in the Orchard Mall

The Orchard Mall is our home and it is a very cool place with many other independent businesses and good eats. It’s a central meeting place in West Bloomfield and any time there is an event or even just beautiful new decorations we Instagram it.

Events:

Decorations:

3. Fun Shout Outs Just Because

We like to celebrate our community – our brand, and life in general…

4. Visits From the #Frameables

Nothing brightens our day like visits from our #frameables and yes these visits make us want to share! #Frameables is our hashtag on Instagram which works much in the same way hashtags work on twitter. Our peeps ARE our studio and we mean it.

Seniors:

Babies: 5. Stuff That Has To Be Shared Because…Well…It’s Just Too Good Not To

This speaks for itself – you just know when you have to snap a shot and post it.

There are plenty of others – a banana tree at a greenhouse, a practical joke, our snarky reflector Reflecto, road trips, selfies (of course)….. What are some of the things you like to Instagram?

Oso Sweet Onions Prove To Be Delicious AND Frameable!

February 16, 2013

by Doug Cohen

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If you follow us at all you probably know by now that we are huge foodies – we love to eat and we love to photograph food, so when the chance came to photograph some sweet and yummy onions we thought it would be very a-peel-ing….. 🙂

Oso Sweet Onions are incredible! We were familiar with them already since they are sold down the hall at Hiller’s Markets, our neighbor. They have about a third higher sugar content than other sweet onion varieties and they don’t release fumes when you cut them so they are virtually tearless! So yummy… They were great models too – very photogenic and easy to work with (haha). Take a look!

Oso Sweet Onions are ready for their close up!

We learn a lot when we photograph products and we enjoy that part of the business. You may recognize these bins or the Oso Sweet Onion logo at the grocery store… grab them and then go back to the Oso Sweet Onions website for recipes and more information, and then the world can be your onion!

Oso Sweet Onions

Meanwhile, the Food Channel we’re not but we took some onions home from the shoot and cooked them up…. What’s your favorite way to enjoy onions?

Frameable Flower Pot Babies For Valentine’s Day!

February 14, 2013

by Doug Cohen

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This is actually our second Valentine’s Day post – here’s the first. Meanwhile who doesn’t love flowers on Valentine’s Day right? Well here are some Frameable Flower Pot Babies today from us to you! These fun little ones are all right around 6 months old and as you can see they all really enjoyed themselves! These photos should put a smile on your face for sure… Enjoy!

Flower Pot Babies

The Whole Family Was Here and it Was A Blast!

February 7, 2013

by Doug Cohen

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When the impetus for a session is to have both children with their spouses and all five grandchildren together it’s as good a reason as any, and when one of the children has a connection to Ally going back to college days that makes it even more fun for us! What a joy for the grandparents to have their whole family together and captured to decorate their walls!

Multi-generational Family Portrait

We had some laughs on this one to be sure – if you follow us on facebook we shared a “photography tip” that arose from this session. Ally needed to make the youngest kids laugh so she told them that she pooped in her diaper. They were CRACKING UP at this announcement! It was hilarious. There was lots of talk about photography and music and all the adults were jumping around and acting silly to get the kids to smile at one point which was pretty funny…. We hope you enjoy these images as much as we enjoyed producing them!

Family Portrait Siblings and Cousins

These Adorable Sisters Are Growing Up!

January 30, 2013

by Doug Cohen

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When we met these beautiful young sisters three years ago we were taken with them immediately! They were comfortable in front of the camera from the very beginning and that hasn’t changed at all. Younger sis was one of our very first “flower pot” babies when she was 6 months old! She’s 3 1/2 now with personality to burn and her older sister who was 6 then is quite the 9 year old young lady now!

Adorable Sisters

They were very well prepared and coordinated for this shoot and we had a great time with them. It makes for a very special photo shoot when you can reconnect with the kids you knew from so little and watch them grow up right in front of your camera! Enjoy!

Pretty In Purple Pretty As A Rainbow Cute Sisters

The Frameable Faces 2013 Campus Tour Continues at U of M!!!

January 25, 2013

by Doug Cohen

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And so the campus tour rolled along… this time into Ann Arbor to see a couple of our favorite Frameable Wolverines! The cold front was just moving in and the weather was bitter cold but we didn’t let that stop the fun……or the FOOD! Shocking we know…. 🙂

The Frameable Faces Campus Tour checks in at Pizza House!

Nicole and Cheyenne met us at Pizza House – one of the most popular spots on campus and home of the best chipatis you’ll find anywhere. A chipati is a yummy salad wrapped in yummy and warm chipati bread served with chipati sauce. The pizza and garlic bread rocks as well – actually pretty much everything is good at Pizza House… It was a historic MLK day with this year marking the 50th anniversary of the “I Have A Dream” speech and it was also inauguration day. The girls didn’t have classes and we were able to relax and catch up for a couple hours in the late afternoon for an early dinner.

Chicago style deep dish pizza and a chipati! Mmmmm....

Ally and a couple of her favorite Frameable Wolverines!

Doug with Nicole and Cheyenne

In keeping with the theme established in East Lansing, we took a stroll over to Insomnia Cookies for dessert… and we can only say that it’s a good thing there isn’t one of these in West Bloomfield. It’s dangerous enough with a Just Baked right across the street from the studio (YUM), but late night cookie delivery could be a big problem. 🙂

Yet again at Insomnia Cookies.... So goood...

Another fun trip with two of our Frameables who are also responsible for two of our greatest images ever – Nicole standing in the water with the beautiful orange sunset many of you have seen and the stunning image of Cheyenne printed on the big beautiful plexiglass which still hangs in the studio. We love our Frameable Seniors and we love to share in their successes as they enjoy their college experience!

The Frameable Faces 2013 Campus Tour! First stop… MSU!

January 22, 2013

by Doug Cohen

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We have been saying for a long time that it would be fun to visit our seniors when they go away to college, so this year we launched the first annual Frameable Faces Campus Tour! We started out with a trip to East Lansing to visit our Frameable Spartans, and we had a great time!

Frameables at "El Az"!

As usual this get together centered around food. We arrived on campus and picked up Lainie, Jessica, and Chelsea at their apartments/dorms and headed over to El Azteco which is a Mexican dining favorite at Michigan State for the famous Topopo Salad. We had lots of laughs and it was great to catch up! If you enjoy a good salad and you haven’t had one of these you are missing out….

Two Topopos! Yum!

Ally with some of her favorite Frameable Spartans!

Doug with Jessica, Chelsea and Lainie

We then walked a few blocks over to Insomnia Cookies – one of the best concepts ever. Cookies served warm and even delivered until 2:45 AM – wish we would have had this when we were in college….

The Insomnia Cookies didn't last long...

Each one of these girls were responsible for some our best “iconic” shots of all time – Lainie actually IN the water with a dress on, Jessica in the snow in a white dress, and Chelsea on the pink background on a huge canvas that hung in our studio for a long time. Three of our all time favorites! All in all it was a great night and we hope to do this every year! Next stop, Ann Arbor….!

When You Fell Did You Get Back Up? Our Top 8 Wipeouts

September 28, 2012

by Doug Cohen

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This post really has nothing to do with photography, but there might be a life lesson in here somewhere by the time you are done laughing at us. I poke fun at Ally for being a clutz but I’ve had a few good spills myself over the years. So here we go with our top 8 wipeouts in no particular order (even though I saved the best for last – don’t cheat)….

Our Top 8 Wipeouts…

Doug vs. his shoelaces. This goes back to the summer of 1987 while playing high school football for North Farmington against Detroit Denby in a summer 7-on-7 tournament at Wayne State University. Summer 7-on-7 tournaments are non-contact – no pads and no tackling. I went across the middle for a pass and got hit hard by one of their linebackers. I got up and squared off with him and all eyes were on us. “What the H was that?” I yelled. “So maybe I tripped” he said. We stared each other down for a second – suburban kid vs. city kid, and then I turned to walk away…. and tripped on my shoelace and fell flat on my face.
Ally shows her graceful side on the honeymoon. Ally and I got married in 1996 and went first to Disney for 4 days and then on a week long cruise. We were dressed to the nines for the formal dinner when Ally pulled a spectacular faceplant just outside of the dining room in front of about 100 people. She survived and we laughed our butts off.
Doug decides not to be outdone on the honeymoon. I believe the story went something like this… We were on our way to the tender to take us to the island from the ship when I realized I forgot something at the room. I went back to get it while Ally waited only to find out I went the wrong way and ended up at the wrong end of the ship. Not wanting to miss the boat (literally) I sprinted down the hallway of the ship in flip flops which I can now tell you is dumb. My flip flop got caught and I went flying – I saved my fall by instinctively grabbing on to the rail and I sliced my right hand in the process. When I finally got back to Ally my hand was covered in blood. I still have a pretty nice scar from that one….
Ally vs. a Bosu ball. This happened in the summer of 2012. Three weeks before our daughter’s bat mitzvah Ally was working out and fell off of a bosu ball chipping a bone in her foot. Luckily she was able to get away with wearing a boot
Bosu ball

Bosu ballfor a couple weeks and she was good to go for the bat mitzvah. It wasn’t easy though – especially when we found ourselves deeper into a forest than we planned for a senior photo shoot and that hike was pretty tough on Ally in her boot with a still freshly broken ankle…. what a trooper!
Doug “leads” the team through the hoop. As I am fond of pointing out (with love of course) Ally has never “saved” a potential fall in her life. If she trips at all she’s on the ground. As with my own honeymoon wipeout this was another one I “saved” but it was no less embarrassing. For this one we go back to high school for our opening football game on September 5th (my 17th birthday)… It was at Southfield Lathrup and I was a captain of the team so I led the team out onto the field and through the big paper hoop the cheerleaders had made for us to bust through. However the girls didn’t notice that they were holding the hoop right over the edge of the paved high jump pit and I stepped right on the edge which sent me stumbling for about 7 steps through the hoop.
Doug gets a sack

I’m sure our opponents were very intimidated…. We still won though 17-7 and I even though I had an unfortunate fumble I did still have two sacks. Here’s a picture of one of the sacks (I’m #31 in white).
Ally on the sidewalk. Ally was strolling along one winter day in front of the student union while she was in college at Michigan State when she went down hard on her butt on a patch of ice as she was saying hello to someone on the sidewalk. Ally tried to play it off with her “cute little outfit on and cute little boots” as she tells it, but she was definitely a little embarrassed.
Doug on the driveway. Ice strikes again… I slipped on a patch of ice on the driveway maybe about 6 years ago or so. Legs went straight out and I landed hard on my butt – to the point where I was pretty sure I broke my tailbone. It was bad enough that I went to the doctor for x-rays but there was no break. I was sore for a couple days but no major injury.
“Mmmmmm Strawberries”. This is really the most epic of all of them. We were up North spending a weekend with friends at their house in Boyne City. We were hanging out on their dock on Lake Charlevoix when my buddy’s mom brought some fresh strawberries down. It was a beautiful day and Ally was enjoying a perfect moment with her strawberries when the back leg of her chair slipped off the edge of the dock sending her head over heels and crashing upside down into the water about 5 feet below. She survived that one without a scratch, but that was definitely one of the most intense moments of pure chaos I’ve witnessed. Absolutely gut-busting hilarious.

There you have it. The top 8 wipeouts. I kept it to 8 in order to keep it even – I could have mentioned Ally’s dive on her first senior session or her tumble into a couple bikes at spinning class, but that wouldn’t be fair. Hehe…

The point of course is that this post is a metaphor for life. We all fall from time to time. Life is not about whether you fall. You will. It’s about whether you get up, and hopefully you can laugh at yourself a little and enjoy the whole experience along the way. What was your best wipeout? Share it in the comments!

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Our Cover Baby is Growing Up!

August 9, 2012

by Doug Cohen

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Remember this little angel face???

Well, she’s back from gracing our brochures and is now a big girl!!! She just turned two and was STILL such a blast to work with!

Since little Miss H was born, she’s been a fun one to photograph. This time, she was all on her own schedule. She was absolutely adorable and kept Ally moving (because Ally LOVES H, she totally didn’t mind chasing after her!). We were able to get a bunch of really great images from the session…It’s always so much fun to watch our past “baby planners” grow up into little people. It’s such a blessing to have amazing clients like L and M that trust you to capture their sweet little ones. Yet another reason we love our job…We meet the most amazing people, get to hang out and have fun talking with them, and photograph some awesome kiddos. Personality and all…H is one of our favorite Frameables!!!

The B Boys Being Boys!

July 13, 2012

by Doug Cohen

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You’ve heard the saying “Boys will be boys”? These guys were no exception! But they were completely and totally adorable! Lots of laughs and LOTS of personality!

Mom was a bit worried that we wouldn’t “get anything good” from this session and she warned us before the session that the boys might give us a hard time. But since we’re complete “professionals,” we were able to get some awesome expressions! You know how we do it… silly words and of course screaming really loudly…You know…Totally professional! Ahhhh….the things we do for our clients! Ha!!!