Lexi adds the the Frameable Faces lexicon with these highlights from a session we did to celebrate her 20th birthday! We photographed Lexi for her senior pictures a few years ago and she came back with her mom Marissa for another portrait session to celebrate where she is now, and we were glad to have her in front of Ally’s camera once again! Plenty of fun, a few laughs and Lexi looks fabulous! Anytime is a great time for portraits, […]
How’s that for a title! Okay so we didn’t literally take over Louisville at Imaging USA 2024 but it’s about going in with that mindset and we crushed it. We brought the whole team – Doug, Ally, Angela and Michelle and we learned a ton, mingled with photographer friends old and new and we are pretty fired up to bring back that knowledge along with new equipment, techniques and materials for some new styles for our portraits! *Side note: The […]
Hey everybody! Okay – so there has been so much going on here at the studio and in our lives, and while it may seem like there’s been a lull in the action it’s really been more like a duck who seems calm on the surface but is paddling like mad underneath. We’ve got BIG plans for 2024! Plans For 2024 We thought it would be fun to let you in on some of the things we have on tap […]
Building Entrepreneurship is a BBYO program that we have been involved with over the years – it returned last year in Detroit after a little hiatus and we were honored to participate! 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 […]
Okay so we love Elona – we’ve been photographing her over the years starting when she was just a wee little ballerina and a canvas of her hung on our wall for years! She was adorable then and she’s adorable now! We had a great time with her and her friends here at the studio, mom Harolyn and dad Ulrich were on hand as well and we’re excited to present these highlights of the session! So let’s get to it! […]
We have always tried to give back to the community wherever possible and this past weekend was one to remember with TWO different nonprofits we are involved with that mean a lot to us. Words Of Hope 4 Life – ZOOFEST Let’s start with mental health in general and the amazing organization Words Of Hope 4 Life! We have lost too many people we know – young people in particular who have taken their own lives over the last few […]
We have had some wonderful opportunities lately to appear on a few different shows on the Internet as well as local TV and we thought we should gather a few of them in one place here on the blog! Doug & Ally’s Recent Appearances! Let’s start with the one Ally and I appeared together on which was on Fox 2 Detroit in a segment about how to take a great selfie for dating sites! This one was pretty fun… […]
HELLO HAPPS!!!!! It feels good to be recharged again with this incredible new app called Happs, but first a little context to explain why… Periscope Changed our lives and then……nothing. We’ve written and talked at length about Periscope – the livestreaming app that launched on March 26th, 2015 and we started broadcasting on on March 31st, 2015 at my buddy Alex Steinbock’s suggestion. Right away we saw incredible potential to reach people around the world and share our studio in […]
We have a PODCAST!!! I guess you could say this story began almost 5 years ago really… We have been livestreaming on Periscope since March 31st, 2015 – 5 days after the app launched in the app store. Since then we’ve met people virtually through Periscope all over the world, spoken at the Periscope Community Summit (Summit Live) in San Francisco, visited and/or photographed people we’ve met in Biloxi, Pensacola, Orlando, Mobile, New York, and Harbor Springs, restored photos […]
We were sitting and talking with one of our high school seniors and her mom yesterday and it was a conversation I really enjoyed – one that got me thinking about our seniors and why their sessions are so special. We have had parents thank us before for “making it such a great experience” for their senior and “really capturing them” or “making them feel so special”. Yes – we are really good at what we do. Ally is an […]