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We had the chance to photograph Miss L’s baby sister a few months back when she turned one. Big sis just turned 7 and mom wanted some outdoor pics to celebrate. I was a little concerned as it was on the chilly side and we had a little bit of wind to contend with; and as our luck always has it it warmed up when we called it quits! Fortunately, I think these turned out quite nice. Here’s your sneak peek, hope you enjoy…
These beautiful young ladies are the daughters of a co-worker of mine. Needless to say, these girls got it. Seriously, one of these days I’m going to steal them for the day (or two, or three) so I can practice, practice, practice. They are such naturals in front of the camera. While my wheels are turning as to how I want to pose them, they just start posing. My FAVORITE kind of clients!! Thank you girls – you are soo sweet and I really enjoy being around you;)
A good friend of mine is breaking into the business and as her own blog is not up and running, I offered to post her images on our blog. Meet little Miss C., Kim’s first newborn shoot. Great job girlfriend!! Baby C’s parents have been waiting oh so patiently for these to be posted. So I’m going to make this a quick little post and just put em out there. Here ya go mom and dad. Hope you enjoy:)
Meet beautiful and photogenic Miss M, she came to us for the first time for some one year old birthday pictures. For being a little weary of us, she did quite well. I wish we could have snatched her up during her best part of the day (morning). Mom says she rocks at that time. I look at these pictures and think what fun I could have had with her!!! Hopefully we can accomplish that next time. Here’s your sneak peek mom and dad – thanks for being patient with me.
Gotta make this short and sweet, Momma L just called me wanting to see her sneak peek. I guess when I told her they’d be up tonight I neglected to tell her that meant sometime around 11:00 pm, but I know morning comes really, really early for her:) This was one rough shoot alot of wind and gray skies. I went into this being optimistic, sometimes gray skies are pretty nice to work with. Not so much on this day. Besides gray skies and leaf-less (is that even a word??) trees, we had pretty strong winds which kept us literally shooting in a corner. Realistically, who wants a picture where your hair is sticking straight up or across your face??? We did the best we could and fortunately still ended up with some good shots. This family is such an attractive one, I can’t wait to get them back to this location in the Spring and really get creative so we can get that great canvas she wants!! But, for now, here’s a few for you…
And, yet another dancer. I just love em!! Seriously, all of the girls at my daughter’s dance studio are the sweetest, smartest and kindest girls there are. I remember when my 9 yr old started dancing at Sherry’s Academy at age 5, I looked and listened to the girls and thought to myself that I wanted my girl to be exactly like the teenagers I was just then meeting. Maria is one of those girls!! Not only is she beautiful, kind and sweet, but she also happens to be U-M bound!! She was so fun to shoot. I love the range of styles that you get from her. One minute it’s the girl next door and then with a simple flip of the bangs I can’t decide whether it’s a picture for a hair or a skin ad!! We have 2 more smaller shoots coming up. A sunset and, of course, a dance studio shoot. I absolutely cannot wait to see the look we evoke from those. Until then….
That’s what my daughter calls her – Miss Courtney. I met this beautiful, sweet woman at my daughter’s dance studio. I remember the first time I saw her; she was about 15, had a very short haircut and her dancing blew me away. She ultimately became one of my daughter’s teachers just recently coming back to Michigan to teach Annabelle and her dance friends a lyrical number which she choreographed. Courtney is currently living in LA working as a model, dancer and actress and has appeared in a music video as well as a commercial. For those of you who are SYTYCD fans, she has been a finalist making it all the way to Las Vegas – not just once but twice!! Extremely impressive for someone so young. I have a feeling we’re going to be seeing a lot of her in the future and I’ll be able to say “I remember her when” (I’ll have the pics to prove it). Court contacted me and asked if I would be willing to do a few updated headshots while she was in Michigan. I immediately said yes as long as she was willing to let me experiment. Unfortunately, the equipment I had intended on playing with malfunctioned and we had to go back to shooting the old-fashioned way. Her sneak peek is what we got! Hope you like these Courtney and once I figure out my extra lights, I hope we get a chance to play some more!!
Jon & Ashley, oh what can say about these two. Ashley’s daughter, Leila, and my daughter were competitive dancers and classmates together. During the past few years we’ve gotten to know each other quite well. Ashley is one of those people you can trust no matter what and is just down to the bone good! As everyone knows, people like that are far and few between. I remember when she met Jon and started talking about him. I even remember us going for a walk around the dance studio and her pulling out her phone to show me Jon’s picture for the first time. Over the span of their relationship it became very evident that these two were destined to be together. Not only is Jon wonderful for Ashley, Leila has gotten herself the perfect new dad! The wedding venue was absolutely, positively gorgeous! Unfortunately, it was probably one of the hottest days of the year and venturing outdoors for any length of time was pretty difficult. I do have to say I was really impressed that the wedding party put up with our request, put on a smile and headed out. I can’t imagine having to do that in a suit or a full length dress. I am so excited for all of them and wish them much, much happiness in the years to come. Jon & Ashley, because you’ve been so patient waiting for me to post these, I decided you deserved a large preview. So here you go…..
Loved these!!
Simple awsome
best wishes to my friend Jon for new beginning 
warm regards
Ashish
Beautiful photos, beautiful day for two beautiful people! lol! You two are such wonderful people and have a very blessed union! It is not too often that people are paired up and you can look and say “soulmates anyone?”, but this is one of those times! Love you guys (leila too! lol ) and hopefully will be hanging out married couple style soon enough!
You all look beautiful. Congrats Ashley & Jon.
We realize we’ve been neglecting our blog and we’re sorry. We recently had a wonderful photoshoot with Lili and her little brother, Lucas. At mom’s request, the little one’s are our first blog entry since January of this year. I can hardly believe that it’s been that long since we posted new images here and it’s feeling really good to be back. The little one’s grandma attended the shoot and with her she brought a family heirloom children’s dress that is 100+ years old for Lili to wear. How awesome is that!?!! What to do, what to do, we thought. What else could we do other then pull over the family antique steamer trunk that sits in my living room and the antique rocking chair that sits in my little one’s bedroom. If I do say so myself, they worked great. We lucked out with Lucas, it’s not that often that we are able to capture such wonderful smiles. He pulled through for us and I am so pleased with the images we got of him as well. Mom, dad, and grandma, I hope you enjoy your sneak peek!!
Last December Mr. J, who we have been photographing since he was a newborn, went and turned 1 on us!! His wonderful parents asked if we could photograph his first birthday. Without hesitation we welcomed the chance to do so. On the date of this milestone event, it snowed and snowed and snowed. Given the amount of snow we were pleasantly surprised at the large number of family and friends that risked their lives to be with him on his special day. He obviously is well-loved and treasured. We decided since this was a non-traditional shoot, we would post some non-traditional pictures. What we are presenting to you are “storyboards”. A storyboard basically tells the story of an event. I think these speak for themselves! Mom and Dad, as always thank you for sharing your little man with us this last year. 
Jackie posted the following on April 30, 2012 at 1:57 pm.
Barb…..another great session with you (and Kim) ! I cannot express enough how much your work stands out and I love all the expressions you are able to catch! Thank you again for another great shoot!