Here we go with the Class of 2019 Spokesmodel Panorama…..RAMA!!! We did this last year and this is just our fun way of stacking these behind the scenes iPhone panoramic photos that Doug took during our spokesmodel sessions. There’s something cool about the way the scope of a panoramic photo can capture and distort a scene in a weird and wonderful way! These are not “professional” photos by any stretch and are not meant to be taken too seriously, but they are a fun way to recap our last few months with our Class of 2019 crew as we head into senior season!
This year’s sessions took us to the usual haunts as well as a new one or two… burned out buildings, majestic theaters, trails and parks, and of course the Frameable Faces studio! We have such an outstanding team representing us this year for the class of 2019 and so in no particular order, here is your panorama…..RAMA!
the class of 2019 spokesmodel panorama rama!
Audrey
Chloe
Tony
Morgan
Kaitlyn
Tori
Josh
Alli
Claudia
Paige
Whooo hooo!!! Another fun Panorama…..RAMA! We hope you enjoyed these!
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I’ve always said when a senior calls the studio themselves and sets up the appointment for their own senior pictures that it’s impressive. Not a HUGE thing per se, but it’s usually an indication that they can take some initiative and get things done and we were impressed with Zaire from the start. What a great kid – even called ahead on the day of the session to let us know he might be a few minutes late, and when I said don’t sweat it he said it was important to him to apologize. That says a lot! As for his mom April she’s great too – she has just a little going on with Zaire’s graduation coming up AND Zaire’s sister graduating from college out of state – she’s stressed! But there’s NO stress here at Frameable Faces! Especially when we’ve got such a great senior to photograph and a great day in Pontiac to do it!
In The Zone With Zaire…
Now we will say that we started briefly in the studio to get a few photos on the grey in Zaire’s suit, and while these turned out just fine we’re only going to show you the fun behind the scenes replay of the Instagram live from our YouTube channel because we just love the location photos so much!
Good times and the dude was looking dapper!
To Pontiac
To Pontiac we went and Zaire kept the nice clothes on for the first set of photos where we got this result:
One of our faves from the session for sure…
At this point we went more casual:
We like the reflection in the glass on that one…
Same outfit, different sidewalk!
We also have more behind the scenes fun with the replay of our Facebook Live video at another cool spot… take a look!
And here is the cool result!
Love that one!
So as you can see we were indeed in the zone with Zaire and had a fantastic time with him – we hope you enjoyed the highlights of our day!
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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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Photographing Jordyn was a pure delight – you might even say being with Jordyn had us jumping for joy! Well maybe not literally jumping but certainly figuratively because she is just such a sweetie and a pleasure to be around! Her mom Rebecca joined us on a fine fall Michigan day and she’s a lot of fun too! The results speak for themselves so let’s take a look:
Photographing Jordyn…
We started out in the studio on the white backdrop and we love Jordyn in the powder blue with the white chair! Great one to start with…
Next we moved to the black backdrop and we fired up the Facebook Live for some behind the scenes fun! Take a look:
And here’s a shot on the black in a new outfit!
Love that!!!
At this point it was time to get outside on location and we made a stop over behind the West Bloomfield Library for a little pop of fall! She looks so pretty!
At this point we headed over to our last stop over at Orchard Lake where we fired up the YouTube Live this time for a little more behind the scenes fun! Take a look!
And we’ll leave you with one more photo of Jordyn chillin’ out on the dock:
And there you have it! Photographing Jordyn had us jumping for joy and now you know why! We hope you enjoyed the highlights of our day with her!
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We love getting to know our seniors and on a nice fall day with those Pure Michigan colors outside we got to know Nadia a little better on her senior session! She’s a total sweetheart – and what better day to photograph her than on her birthday!!! Nadia’s mom Cherish joined us as well and we had a lot of fun with her too as you’ll see in a sec. Meanwhile it was a little chilly that day (although that’s all mental as we like to remind our seniors – ha) but the conditions were still just fine for photos and we focused on location shots so let’s get to ’em:
Getting To Know Nadia
Love that shot with the steps as the backdrop!
We also have some fun behind the scenes for you starting with the replay of our Facebook Live broadcast:
And let’s take a look at a couple more…
Looking super cute in the hooded vest and you can see some hints of fall in the background as well as in this close up below…
A nice pop of color with the scarf too! We also have a little more behind the scenes this time from the Snapchat story from the day:
Fun with those snap filters! Now we’ll leave you with one more:
She looks amazing and nicely framed with some Pure Michigan fall leaves!
And there you have it – getting to know Nadia was wonderful and we hope you enjoyed the highlights of our day with her!
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Senior sessions in and around Detroit always get us excited – there’s just such a buzz around the city and so much to photograph! It’s even better when we have a senior who is down for some fun with personality, style, and the whole fam! Yep Sarah’s parents and older sister came along and we all had a great time! Sarah is a sweetheart and we are pleased to present the highlights of our day with her!
Sarah Around Detroit!
We started on Belle Isle which is how we typically roll – it’s a great location with all kinds of spots to discover – we’ll pick up the action there:
Love that, and love the aesthetically pleasing match of Sarah’s top to the brick around her!
We also have some fun behind the scenes for you as we usually do – first with the replay of the YouTube Live broadcast at Belle Isle:
Here’s a photo now of Sarah over by the conservatory where we found plenty of flowers to play with – and why not with Sarah’s flowery dress!
At this point we left the island to head over to The Belt where there are fun murals to play with, and we captured this fun photo:
So cool with all the colors, and here is the behind the scenes this time from the Facebook Live broadcast replay!
Back to the studio…
At this point it was time to get back to the studio for our signature “black and blowy” setup and we’ll leave you with one of those:
Um……stunning!!!
And there you have it! A stunning session with Sarah in and around Detroit and we hope you enjoyed the highlights of our day!
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In the category for Nabbing A Perfect Senior Session we are nominating Nora!!! Holy moly – everything about this one is fabulous. We’ve known Nora going back to elementary school days in the Magnet program at Roosevelt Elementary with our daughter Lacey, and she was always a sweetheart of a little girl then. Now that’s she’s a senior she’s still the same sweetheart, just all grown up and more beautiful than ever! We were so happy to have her here and we had so much fun with her and her mom Rajaa! We’re pretty excited to present these sneak peeks…
Nominating Nora…
We started out in the studio and we’ll highlight one of those photos first with the white outfit on the white backdrop. White on white or black on black both look really nice if you light them properly!
Great right?
We have some behind the scenes fun for you as usual – first from the setup above in the studio on Facebook Live:
For the location part of the session with Nora we started with a return to Orchard Lake at a spot we hadn’t photographed in years to get a photo with the lake in the background and here’s the result:
Spectacular!
Here’s some more behind the scenes – this time at the lake on YouTube Live:
At this point we had another stop to make – this time over behind the West Bloomfield Library and the light was perfect! These next two photos Nora was really in the zone. This first one in the meadow with the slight haze and the backlight on her hair…
…breathtakingly beautiful!!! Wow.
And this one with Nora just relaxing up close and personal….
Awesome. You can see why we are nominating Nora for nabbing a perfect senior session! We hope you enjoyed the highlights of our day with her!
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The allure of Liz’s lovely senior session is strong indeed because it’s um…..awesome! We are big fans of this girl – she has an artist’s point of view as an aspiring photographer herself and we really enjoyed photographing her! The only problem is that we’re a Canon shop and she shoots with a Nikon – ha – but that just proves how much we like her that we still let her into the studio and even took a photo of her with her camera which you’ll see below! Liz’s mom Marion came along for the fun, Liz looked amazing and we are excited to show you these highlights so let’s get to it…
Allure Of Liz’s Lovely Senior Session
We started out in the studio and here is a good time to give a shout out to Mandy Rose studio for the makeup – a fantastic job as usual.
Love that setup with the damask backdrop and the wooden floor! And love Liz’s style!
We also have some fun behind the scenes here first with the replay of our YouTube Live broadcast getting the photo above!
While we were in the studio we let Liz break out her Nikon and we took this fun photo:
So fun – a girl and her camera and a girl after our own hearts!!!
At this point it was time to head out on location in Birmingham where we had a great day and where we captured this next photo – stunning really…
Wow. Absolutely gorgeous.
Here’s another behind the scenes replay from the day this time from Facebook Live:
And here is a final shot which comes from the replay above:
Adorable!!!
And there you have it – we’re pretty confident you get the allure of Liz’s lovely session after seeing these sneak peeks!!! We hope you enjoyed the highlights of our day with her!
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When we say we were up and at ’em for some Laker Pride with Jared we aren’t kidding! The first photo you’ll see in these sneak peeks is one you would assume was a night time shot, but it was actually a morning shot before sunrise! The schedule just worked out that way so we said let’s go for it, and you know what? There’s something to be said for that “early to bed early to rise” thing… ha! Meanwhile Jared is a cool dude and his dad Phil joined us who was very helpful having dabbled in some photography himself. Needless to say, it was a memorable morning and the proof is in the portraits.
Laker Pride with Jared…
So for the first shot we headed back to the West Bloomfield High School SWAMP (that’s the nickname for their football stadium) where we’ve photographed a couple of Jared’s teammates this year to get what has become somewhat of a signature football shot of ours – another winner – Jared looks the part for sure!
Looking good – Laker Pride indeed…
Once we got the photos we needed at the Swamp we headed over to Birmingham to take a few city photos and we have a little behind the scenes fun for you starting with the replay of our Facebook Live broadcast:
Here are two of the resulting photos from this segment of the morning:
Big fans of that one… and one more:
Nice!
At this point we brought it back home to the studio to finish up and here is the behind the scenes as Jared donned his letter jacket and showed off a little versatility with a multi-sport approach, and maybe our first shot put photo (?)….
And here is the result!
Awesome stuff. We had one heck of a morning with this guy and we hope you enjoyed the highlights of our time with him!
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Capturing Cara has become plenty fun for us here – she is a current spokesmodel for the class of 2018 so you may have seen her here before on her spokesmodel session, and she rocked her return! Cara’s brother Ben was a Frameable senior as well and parents Gina and Kenny round out a great family! Gina came on the session with us and we knew we’d be in for a fun time as long as the weather held up – for a while there the forecast wasn’t looking good but we lucked out! We headed down to the D and started out on Belle Isle…
Capturing Cara!
Here’s a spectacular shot of Cara with the Detroit River and the Renaissance Center in the background!
There are so many amazing spots on Belle Isle – here’s a little behind the scenes fun from our YouTube Live broadcast there!
…and one more shot before we focus on the Eastern Market area….
LOVE this with the yellow and black with Cara being framed by some yellow too!
At this point we headed over to the Eastern Market and Dequindre Cut to take advantage of the many murals and locations to work with there. Let’s start with Cara with a mural backdrop:
Loving it…
Let’s also see some more behind the scenes fun from our Facebook Live broadcast while we were down there!
And one more from this doorway we found – Cara was in the zone at this point – capturing Cara was a breeze!
A great day to be sure and we hope you enjoyed the highlights of our day capturing Cara!
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Next we moved to the black backdrop and we fired up the Facebook Live for some behind the scenes fun! Take a look:
She looks so pretty!
