As you can tell we are busy with seniors which makes us so happy! Danielle is no exception when it comes to the happiness level… Danielle is a spokesmodel for us this year and so this was the second time we had the privilege of photographing her. The first time we got some great studio work done and so we focused heavily on location shooting. It was pretty hot but the lighting was perfect, and we got the standing-in-the-water shot […]
This was such a cool senior photo shoot! We planned this one for a rare evening session and we got some amazing shots as the sun went down and then when it was totally dark with a few different lighting techniques. We had so much fun with Courtney – tons of laughs and we all were feeling really inspired as we let the creativity fly… First we actually started with a little studio work: Then we headed out into the […]
It’s all about the shoes…. We had a great time on this fantastic senior session with Blake! We had the honor of photographing his sister two years ago and we were looking forward to this. The weather was fine and the session went off without a hitch or any crazy stories unless you count the highly aggressive salesperson who came in and tried to sell me advertising despite the fact that we were obviously with a client, and then arguing […]
Our latest senior session was perfect. The light was perfect, the weather was perfect, the setting was perfect, and our senior looked stunning! We started with a little studio work… We then went on location where as I mentioned everything was perfect….except for the bugs… and the “threat” of bullfrogs. This girl does not enjoy bugs or bullfrogs. The bullfrogs in the area only made themselves known once or twice with a random loud croak or two, but the bees, […]
Every senior session has a story… For this session we tested out a new light for an idea we had for a night time shoot. We ended up getting the shot but we almost didn’t. We needed bleachers at the end of the session and we struck out on the first two high school stadiums we went to. At the first one the lot was being resurfaced and it would have been next to impossible to get our equipment to […]
I have written plenty about buying local before but something happened today that made me want to revisit it… This is a single-topic rant. A silly story We source most of our products and services from local businesses, and we always look local first, but once in a while there is a product we need that we get from a bigger company out of state. I’m not going to name names but this particular vendor based 4 states away just […]
This is a post about life, work, kids, balance… Our kids are at camp for a total of 3 1/2 weeks and they have two more weeks there before they come home. When we tell people this they say “Wow!”, “Party Time for you two!”, “It’s like a vacation!”, “Are you going anywhere?”, and “What are you going to do?” Yes it’s like a vacation in a sense even though we are not taking any trips. When the kids are […]
Vine and Instagram continue to fascinate me and this is the third rant in a row that I’ve focused on it. In the last couple of weeks I’ve actually become a pretty big fan of Vine and I’ve enjoyed discovering some really creative and funny Vines as well as making a few of our own. Here are a few ways we’ve used Vine so far – a little humor, focusing on our community, and a fun hello to our second […]
This was the first year we entered the Relay For Life West Bloomfield with our own team and we found it to be a very fun and rewarding experience! For those who don’t know, Relay For Life is a community fundraising event put on through the American Cancer Society to raise money for research to find a cure for cancer. We had donated in the past and Ally had attended several of the past Relays. I have to admit that this […]
The last time we photographed this family they were a family of 4. Now they’re a family of 5 and what a journey they took to get here. After a very sad and extremely dangerous episode a few years ago that resulted in the loss of the baby that would have completed their family along with the ability to have any more children, some time passed and they never quite felt like they were complete. They were happy but something […]