Twin Senior Spokesmodels – Sasha Shines!
We’ll start in the studio on the purple background…
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We’ll start in the studio on the purple background…
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Twin senior spokesmodels are either double trouble or twice as nice depending on how you look at it right? Hehe… Well in this case these two girls couldn’t be sweeter so we’ll go with twice as nice! Sydney and Sasha are rising seniors in the class of 2023 at Novi High School and first up is Sydney! We’ve known their parents for quite some time and it is indeed hard to believe they are going to be seniors! The girls’ mom Danielle joined us for the proceedings and we’ll consider this Part 1 as Sydney takes center stage and slays the game as we like to say!
So let’s get to some highlights! We’ve got some in the studio and some on location – our seniors often do a combination of both!
Okay she’s adorable – love the Converse shoes with that outfit!
Here’s one more from the studio:
Love the match of the green shades there!
We also have some fun behind the scenes with the girls together from Facebook here (and from Instagram on the upcoming part 2)!
Sara is a star indeed – very comfortable in front of the camera and we’re big fans! She just oozes charisma, and she’s nice, smart – all the things! Okay we’re gushing but it is what it is, and she’s a North Farmington Raider to boot just like us! We went to Detroit with Sara for some spokesmodel pics as she is representing our studio for the class of 2023 and the results are epic. Let’s get to the highlights!
Our first stop….well, we may keep where the first stop was to ourselves hehe….
WOW right? A beautiful flower among the beautiful flowers!
Next we have a couple from Belle Isle – love this one…
…and this one
A unique photo and one we will be replicating – we just love the way this one turned out…
We have some fun behind the scenes from around Detroit as well like this stream from Facebook:
And another from Instagram which yielded a real winner…
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The second time around with Sasha was as memorable as we knew it would be. This future Arizona Wildcat has style to burn and she represented our studio for the class of 2022 as a spokesmodel for Frankel Jewish Academy in grand fashion! We love this girl and her mom Kristine and we were looking forward to getting her in front of Ally’s camera again! We spent the whole session in Detroit and Sasha slayed – of course…! Let’s get to some highlights.
We spent a lot of time in and around Eastern Market and here’s a fantastic highlight to kick it off…
LOVE IT. That gate is cool.
And there are endless murals… and Sasha knew how to pick ’em.
We went a little “post-apocalyptic” on the next stop and here’s some behind the scenes from Facebook:
And the result:
We love that shot!
We have some more fun behind the scenes from Eastern Market before we headed over to the DIA this time from Instagram:
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And we’ll leave you with this pic from the DIA:
What a gorgeous photo to end with!
Yep – the second time around with Sasha was a winner – we hope you enjoyed the highlights of our day with her!
Merrick makes it happen – in general. He’s an accomplished kid – a solid student athlete at the Frankel Jewish Academy and this is not the first time he has been in front of Ally’s camera… he and lil’ sis Sydney were here for portraits when they were little – our families go back a very long way to when I was little myself! But we’re here to talk about the class of 2023 and senior pictures and Merrick is representing our studio, so let’s get to a few highlights!
We started on location on a beautiful sunny morning – our seniors have the option of photographing in the studio AND on location, and if we start in the morning it’s always on location first. If there is sun we want it lower in the sky.
Looking good Merrick!
Oh, and Jax the pup got into the act. Lots of seniors like to bring a pet!
Of course we have some fun behind the scenes first from Instagram:
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And one more outdoors…
At this point we headed back to the studio where the dude was on FIRE!!!! Here’s the behind the scenes from Facebook:
And the result!
AWESOME!!!
Yes senior season is just about here – we’re looking forward to getting Merrick in front of Ally’s camera again for his senior pics and we hope you enjoyed the highlights of our day with him!
Wow. So we love to be able to say we knew Max when…
Here’s Max when:
And here we present Max when he GROWS UP!!! Angela our awesome event photographer was on hand to capture Max’s bar mitzvah and we’ve got the highlights for you!
The man of the hour!
Okay how adorable are the siblings together…
All about tradition…
Reading from the Torah!
….and now the BASH.
Think Max was having fun….? Haha!
And the proud mama! Alicia looks so happy!
And there you have it! A special day to be sure and Angela captured it like the pro she is. We hope you enjoyed the highlights of Max’s big day!
We became instant fans of Rose – it didn’t take long. Actually we’re fans of Rose and her mom Sharyn whom we recently did a headshot for and we were with Rose at the BBYO Building Entrepreneurship event recently so we’ve become fast friends! Rose is a character in the best way – she’s funny – and she’s smart, adorable, dynamic – all the things! We’re thrilled to have her representing our studio for the rising high school class of 2023 at Walled Lake Northern!
We spent a gorgeous day in Birmingham for her spokesmodel session which has always been a popular spot for our seniors, so let’s get to a few highlights shall we?
Yes! This was a new spot and angle for Ally and Rose nailed it. We also need to give a shout out to our neighbors in the mall The Beauty Lounge for Rose’s hair and makeup!
Next we changed spots and outfits (our seniors typically change outfits several times for senior sessions) and we fired up the Facebook Live for a little behind the scenes fun!
And here’s the result!
Gorgeous girl!
Another outfit change and….wow.
This was the one that got Sharyn… a really sweet moment when mom got emotional over her baby looking so beautiful. I grabbed a pic with the iPhone…
Gets us in the feels…
Okay back to some more behind the scenes fun this time from Instagram:
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Building Entrepreneurship is a BBYO program that we were honored to participate in recently in Detroit! BBYO is the leading pluralistic Jewish teen movement aspiring to involve more Jewish teens in more meaningful Jewish experiences, and both of our kids were very active in it while they were in high school. We love to give back and anytime we can tell our story and mentor young people about business and careers we are game!
Ally did most of the presenting to this crew of young ladies at the Hilton Garden Inn in Detroit where I grabbed this pano of the room (with my iPhone)…
We always think it’s important to get young people to start thinking about viewing the world from a business standpoint – even if it’s just in terms of following your passion and looking at the social media platforms they are already on from a marketing and career standpoint. Follow the brands and professions you like on Instagram for example in addition to your friends! See how they operate, how they communicate to their communities. It’s easy to learn plenty even if you aren’t sure what you want to do with your life!
After we told the story of Frameable Faces with some tips about how we grew the business and some advice mixed in we took a couple of fun group photos…
First with smiles…
And then with some silliness… hehe…
All in all it was a great experience for us with this fantastic group! We hope you enjoyed the highlights of our day with them!
Princess Pinky Girl herself (aka Jenn Fishkind) came to the studio for some updated photos for her website and we had a blast! Jenn has really grown her brand with almost 5 million followers on her Pinterest page and a huge following of the fun, yummy and easy recipes at her blog. You should check out her website and subscribe to her email newsletter – like immediately. The girl knows a little something about branding so we were honored that she chose us to take hers to yet another level!
Meanwhile this was such a fun session with candy, cupcakes and even a candy crown courtesy of our friend on the East Coast Ms. Candy Blog, and Jenn crushed it – she looked fabulous and we laughed a whole lot…. let’s get to a few highlights!
Okay she’s adorable…
We have some fun behind the scenes from the session too – first from Facebook:
And we’re just bubbling over with joy over this next one…
See what we did there…?
At this point we headed over to LaFata Cabinets here at the Orchard Mall – they’re our neighbors and they have a beautiful showroom! A big thank you to them for letting us use their store!
Here’s a little more behind the scenes this time from Instagram over at Lafata Cabinets:
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Sophia starts things off for the class of 2023! We are so excited to say that! We love our high school seniors and we love when we get to start photographing our new crew of rising seniors for the upcoming season that typically gets underway in the summer.
We are particularly thrilled to have Sophia representing us because she is a legacy – her sister Ava crushed it as a senior for us also representing Bloomfield Hills High School just a couple years ago so we are happy to be hanging with these peeps again – especially Sophia’s mom Stacie whom we adore and go way back with.
Spring hasn’t totally sprung yet and it was a little chilly for this day but we still managed to get outside for a bit. But first let’s focus on the studio pics including this one with the red gel casting that color around the edges of Sophia’s hair!
Cool right? We’ll see if the gels make a comeback this year!
We also have some fun behind the scenes first from Facebook:
And here’s one more with an outfit change in the studio:
Gorgeous girl!
At this point we headed outside and that is pretty typical for our seniors – multiple outfits, multiple spots including studio and location, but we always meet ahead of time to plan it all out and strategize.
A little off camera flash and voila!
One more location switch and here’s some more behind the scenes this time from Instagram:
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And we’ll leave you with this last photo for now…
And there you have it – spokesmodel season is here and Sophia starts it in stunning style! Cant wait to photograph her again on her senior session and to photograph the rest of our crew! Stay tuned….