Alexandria Adorable just sums it up. What a cute little smushy baby with a TON of personality at such a young age! We don’t usually expect to get smiles like we did at 2 months but Alexandria is already ahead of her time, and her parents La Shawn and Aaron are just delightful. We had a great time with them and Alexandria couldn’t have been easier to work with. No crying, no meltdowns – a total pro at 2 months!
Alexandria Adorable
So let’s get to some highlights shall we? We’ll start on the orange chair:
She’s SO CUTE!!!
We also have some fun behind the scenes from the session – first with the replay of the Facebook Live livestream:
At one point Alexandria decided to take a little snooze – like an angel….
La Shawn and Aaron got into the act a little as well for a few family portraits and we have some more behind the scenes of that with the raw video replay from the Instagram Live:
And here is a really nice one of the three of them…
Lots of love in that photo!
We’ll leave you with one more of Miss Alexandria being all pretty in pink:
And there you have it! Alexandria Adorable indeed. We hope you enjoyed the highlights of our time with them!
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The Stones are legends here – a classic Frameable family! For starters Cheyenne and Sierra were both seniors here, with a stunning plexiglass of Cheyenne still hanging in the studio and Sierra having represented us as a spokesmodel for the class of 2013 (she’s the first one in this post from back then). Through working with them we’ve become friends and while Cheyenne and Sierra have graduated college and moved to different states we’ve remained close with their parents Beth and Sheldon back here in Michigan. So this year we conspired with the girls along with Sheldon to have them both fly home and surprise Beth for a family session for Mother’s Day here at the studio! It was kind of funny because we had been out with Beth and Sheldon the week before and Sierra called while we were with them and everyone was saying “one of these days” they’ll have to get in to do a family session. Beth had no clue – it was awesome….
A Mother’s Day Surprise
We were so excited – plus we miss the girls – we love them! They came to the studio with Wrigley the pup they rescued here at the mall from one of the Detroit Dog Rescue events we have from time to time. What a blast we had! Let’s take a look at a few highlights:
They’re awesome.
We also have plenty of fun behind the scenes action – first with the livestream replay from Facebook Live:
A Classic Frameable Family
Once we got a few of those photos finished we started to switch it up a little – all the different combos – and we love the ones with Beth and the girls and Sheldon with the girls:
BEAUTIES!!! #Swoon
And how fun is this one of Sheldon with the daddy’s girls…
We’ll leave you with this a-MAIZE-ing family portrait….
GO BLUE!!!
And there you have it – a classic Frameable family indeed and such a fun time for us to be with them again! We hope you enjoyed the highlights of their session!
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Krista and Joe have been to the studio a couple times before for various family photos – some with the kids, but never with just them and Krista’s parents Jim and Jean. We are so happy they did this because it was much fun and just really so special! You could just tell this meant a lot to all of them and the behind the scenes from Facebook and Snapchat will give you a sense of that. Besides Jim and Jean were both a delight to have a little fun banter with – they were great on camera! We nominate them in the category of Cutest Parents Ever.
Cutest Parents Ever!
These photos were all done in the studio with a couple of outfit changes for Krista and Joe so they could get a few photos together just the two of them. But first we’re going to focus on the photos that include Jim and Jean, starting with a group photo:
Next we have this wonderful photo of Jim and Jean together…
So much love in that photo! And here you can see just how much fun we were having in the behind the scenes livestream from Facebook Live! Just click on the arrow in the middle of the image below.
We’ll share one of Krista and her mommy before we conclude with one of Krista and Joe…
LOVE.
Now we have one of Krista and Joe a bit more dressed up and looking GREAT!
Last but not least we decided to upload the Snapchat story to our YouTube channel so we could include it here just because there were a few more great moments there….
So there you have it! Krista, Joe, and Krista’s cutest parents!!! We hope you enjoyed the highlights of our time with them!
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Chace is our latest senior from the class of 2018 as we get into our last batch of Spring seniors for this class, and he’s a North Farmington Raider so he’s alright by us by default!!! The strong silent type, we had a lot of fun working to pry some smiles and laughs from him along with his parents Erica & Chet and it turned into a memorable day for sure. You could say we were Chace-ing smiles from this guy and we got ’em!
Chace In The Studio
We actually had an on-location plan for Chace but due to some scheduling and weather issues we changed gears and focused on indoor photos – which we are fine with – you’ll see that the results inside or out can be fantastic! We started out with a formal look on the grey paper background:
Sharp looking dude!!!
Here’s another one up close and personal…
We also had a little fun with some livestreaming on Facebook Live – and while you’ll see Chace isn’t the type that looks for the spotlight, the results from his session as you see already are great!
At this point we changed it up a little with a couple casual looks:
Loving that one in black and white!
Next we changed to the white background to end the session and here’s a fun chilled out portrait that we’ll leave you with:
Nice!
So there you have it – we were Chace-ing great photos and we got ’em! We hope you enjoyed the highlights of our day with Chace!
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It’s a blessing to have both of your grandmas and Noah brought them both to the studio for his 3 year old portraits! Noah is a ball of energy and we had a lot of fun! Noah’s mom Jen was here and she’s been here a bunch since one of her older daughters Emily has represented our studio this year for the high school senior class of 2018 – so we love these peeps!
Noah and the grandmas
So let’s get to a few of the highlights! First with the grandmas!!!
So CUTE!
Awesome.
We also have some super fun behind the scenes action from Facebook Live – we got cut off in the middle but it’s still pretty great.
Now how about a couple of the big man himself…
Love this in black and white.
Oh – and almost forgot – like the title says, Noah decided that this photo session needed MORE COWBELL!!! Don’t all sessions need a little cowbell? Hehe…
Yes!!! A fun and special session indeed! We hope you enjoyed our time with Noah and his grandmas!
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Man do we love one year olds. They are so fun at that stage as their little personalities are developing and this dude – Enzo – has personality to burn! Plus he’s a hunka chunka and we had a blast with him and his mommy Ashley for his one year photos! He was here last with his sibs when he was 6 months old and this time around he had an awesome multi layered birthday cake with him. So the stage was set….
Enzo is back
First Ashley had Enzo stylin’ before we got to the cake and we broke out the blue/grey backdrop for a few portraits – we’ll start with those!
Okay how yummy is he?
We also have some fun behind the scenes with the fun Facebook Live we did – here’s the replay:
And one more on the blue in the basket…
Haha! So cute!!! How great is that bowtie?
Let him eat cake!
Now it was time to get to the cake! And what a cake – check it out… you can feel the anticipation! Lol…
We’ll leave you with one more as Enzo was getting his feast on!
Now that’s a happy kid.
And there you have it! To be one and awesome – that’s Enzo! We hope you enjoyed the highlights of our time with him!
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What can we say about Tori and the hands of fate that were all over this story from how and when we found her all the way to the epic spokesmodel session with her and her mom Lora in the YAK! The “yak” would be Pontiac which is where Tori was born hehe… Let’s just say we already have multiple inside jokes and stories from our short time knowing each other – we just seemed to fit from the first minute.
It all started with Tori’s mom Lora walking into the studio and asking about senior pictures really early in the game for the class of 2019 at the urging of another senior mom we love while we were (and kinda still are) in recruiting mode for our new crew. When she told us her daughter went to West Bloomfield Ally and I looked at each other right away and both our wheels were turning… Next thing you know we had Lora and Tori come for a little pow wow and we knew immediately we wanted her on our team! The rest is his-TORI!!! See what I did there? Let’s see how many ways I can work Tori’s name into this blog post lol…
A Vic-TORI-ous Session
We decided on Pontiac as I mentioned earlier on a fairly chilly day and even with some technical difficulties with Ally’s new off camera flash we still pulled off a handful of outstanding photos! Let’s get to a few…
How adorable is she? Let’s also give a shout out here to Yasmeen at The Beauty Lounge for Tori’s makeup and Natalie at Mandy Rose Studio for Tori’s hair!
Let’s also take a look at the hilarious behind the scenes Facebook Live – we LOVE this girl…. haha!
One more photo outdoors before we move to the next phase…
Love. Great style on Tori here and we are pretty pleased with the lighting (when it worked)! That’s the nice thing about spokesmodel sessions – they are a great opportunity to try out new spots, new equipment and new techniques, and while Ally was a little frustrated fighting with the equipment we do love the results!
At this point we headed over to the Flagstar Strand Theatre which you should check out for a show if you get a chance – what a gem of a venue in downtown Pontiac and special thanks goes to them for the access. They set us up in the dressing room where we decided on a whim to get a few really fun shots of the star backstage like this one!
We played around in the theatre and got some cool stuff but the lighting and the angles we tried were a bit challenging. We’ll go back and try again at some point – you can get a sense of what we were doing in this fun Instagram Live we did from inside…
A couple of behind the scenes shots like the pano I grabbed and the shot Lora took below are pretty cool too – they give you an idea of what we were trying to do even if the finished images weren’t quite ready for prime time…
Now we’ll head outside for one more photo which could be our fave of the day with Tori in a cute winter hat…
Just love that one!!! Gorgeous girl.
And that’s a great way to end it for now – we are thrilled to have Tori representing our studio and we cannot wait to get her in front of Ally’s camera again! We hope you enjoyed the highlights of our day!
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What a way to kickoff the class of 2019 – with a little “Ally on Alli crime”! And if producing stunning images of this girl is a crime then lock us up and throw away the key!!! Alli was here in front of Ally’s camera years ago when she was a pre-teen but now she’s going to be a senior and this is the class that our own Tony is in too so there will be many surreal moments like this one over the coming months. Alli’s delightful mom Risa joined us in the studio (and even a grandma and a grandpa and an aunt popped in for visits) and it was a bit surreal for her too!
Ally Photographs Alli
Each year we go into the new spokesmodel sessions with some new ideas and techniques for the upcoming season and this year we are focusing on playing around with our lighting. It may not be something you’ll notice per se but we shifted around our soft boxes a little and got a lot accomplished, and Alli looked fantastic. She’s a pro – so great to work with, and so these images are quite awesome and we’re excited to get them out there. We have our typical 4 sneak peeks for you here!
We’ll start with the damask background and we love the way this one turned out!
Just stunning…
We also have our behind the scenes fun as usual – this year we have been playing around with some Facebook options as well as going live on Instagram. First let’s have a look at our Facebook Live broadcast of the making of the photo above:
Next we have this tight crop on the red fabric – Ally is a fan of the hands-framing-the-face. Not all of our seniors choose to do this type of pose but we love it here for Alli!
We moved next to the white vinyl background – loving this next look with the ripped jeans! We also need to give a shout out to Mandy Rose Studio for Ally’s hair and makeup – they did a fantastic job!
Adorable!
We also recorded our Instagram Livestream and uploaded it to our YouTube channel – take a look and please subscribe to the channel so you don’t miss future vids!
At this point we moved to the black backdrop and we’ll show off one of those images before we wrap this one up…
Love the smile! Love this girl!
And there you have it!!! We are off and running with the new crew for the class of 2019 and Alli led the way in style!!! Be sure to follow along for more upcoming sessions – all the links are below and don’t forget to sign up for the weekly newsletter!
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Aparna just turned 16 and her mom Manila wanted to celebrate with some portraits and with a half saree no less! We love the Indian half saree traditional dress – they are so pretty with such radiant colors – a photographer’s dream! Aparna is a sweetheart too and we had fun with the two of them and Aparna’s little brother came along for support as well!
Aparna is a Sweet Sixteen!
So let’s get to some of these portraits. We actually did some in the half saree and some in more casual attire. We’ll start with the half saree:
Beautiful!
This is another beautiful view from above as well…
Now for this session we didn’t livestream, but we do have some behind the scenes in this brief video – take a look!
Now let’s change over to the casual fun:
Love the the “Sweet 16” – and the world – at Aparna’s feet!
And one more on the red backdrop:
So fun!
As you can see we loved celebrating this occasion with Aparna and we hope you enjoyed the highlights of our day with her!
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I got a phone call from Carlos looking to set up a photo session on pretty short notice…..for his twin one month old boys! I knew Ally would be pretty excited since we’ve had plenty of babies in the studio and plenty of twins, but no twin babies! We had time available the following day which was exactly 30 days from Harrison and Henry’s birth so it seemed like the planets were aligning! And what a session! Are twin boys double trouble to photograph? HECK NO – they’re double FUN!!!
Double Fun with Harrison and Henry!
Carlos and Gina came to the studio well prepared with some monogrammed burp cloths for the boys which we’ll get to. In the meantime for one month old babies it’s hit or miss on how easy it will be to get them to sleep which always makes for easier posing and photographing. So with twins this was somewhat unchartered territory! Indeed, they were not ready to nap when they got here so we had to wait it out a bit…. a little classical music, some low light, some high heat and an hour or two of patience and we were in business!!! We always block off two hours but allow for cushion on the back end with little babies just in case we need the extra time. So without further adieu, let’s meet the boys!
We’ll start with the individual shots – first of Henry:
How great is he?
And here’s Harrison…
Okay how awesome is the tongue…!
We also have some fun behind the scenes action for you – first with the replay of the Periscope broadcast – you can join in the fun and follow us on Periscope at @frameablefaces at this link, or you can just check out the broadcasts from twitter here.
And here is an amazing shot from that part of the session that will definitely make you smile….
Caption that one however you like. 🙂
We have one more broadcast replay this time from Facebook Live and this one was shared and liked quite a bit…
We’ll leave you with one more photo from the session with the monogrammed burp cloths from the Facebook broadcast:
Double fun indeed!!!! Double adorable, double delicious – the list goes on and we hope you enjoyed the highlights of our day with Harrison and Henry!
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