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JUST US. Derrick and Erica booked me to shoot their wedding on June 1st this coming summer. Looks like June wasn't soon enough... they took a little bit of a short cut ;) Here's the scoop. Mid October of last year I sat down in Starbucks with Derrick and Erica to book their summer wedding date. This incredibly gorgeous chick in a leather jacket with some of the most gorgeous hair I'd ever seen and her awesome fiance who was funny and adored the hell out of her. We hit it off INSTANTLY. Our personalities meshed so well and I knew that not only was I going to have a blast photographing their wedding,...


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I am so excited to share Laura and Brandon's engagement shoot! Brandon is a firefighter for Troy and when Laura told me they wanted to do their shoot at the station I was pumped! They aren't the first couple I have shot at a fire hall but each time I am super excited to try new things and push my limits as to how far I can go with their equipment ;) Brandon was super cool about letting me climb where ever and ON whatever I needed to get the shots we wanted and it was like a playground for me as a photographer. This couple is so in love I barely had to do anything! They couldn't keep their hands...


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It's been a while since I have done a Small Talk post and lately life has been a little disorganized for me and it's quite unacceptable. As I have spent the last couple of weeks getting my schedule, home, office, and HEAD back in order, I decided that I would do a Small Talk Music Notes edition. Music is huge to me. Sometimes it's everything. Music is an enormous part of who I am as a person and one of the things that makes me tick. Not only have I been a drummer since the age of 13 but my parents had amazing taste in music. Their appreciation for good sound rubbed off on me the day I was born,...


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Spotlight Senior : Maygan Fall session! When Maygan chose me to photograph her senior portraits she knew she would want two sessions. A lot of my senior girls decide to add on a second shoot so that they can have two different hair styles, more locations, and sometimes they just want different seasons for a totally different feel. Miss Maygan wanted to have both a bright summer shoot as well as a colorful fall feel for her photos. Here is Maygan's second half and I had a blast during our shoot! Maygan you are stunning, adorable, funny, and a complete crazy nutcase and I love...


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Spotlight Senior: Maygan Northville Michigan Senior Portrait Photographer I had a blast with Miss Maygan shooting her senior portraits! This little lady is a senior at Lakeland High school this year and she is nothing short of a total knock out! Enjoy!  


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Alright SO, I decided to shake things up a little bit. As much as I liked putting together my "RAVE LIST" in August... I knew when I did it that it was kind of a test run and I would surely be changing up the concept and making it a little different. It was very similar to MANY other photographers' personal posts I had seen and so I really wanted to make it more ME. So even though I will continue to post personal blogs about what I'm loving as far as travel, food, products, fashion, music etc. , I am going to split it up and post smaller tid bits at a time and more frequently throughout the months. INTRODUCING...


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SPOTLIGHT SENIOR: DARIAN (Cont.) Commerce Michigan Senior Portrait Photographer I am excited to finally post the gorgeous Darian and the second half of her senior session. Darian is pretty awesome, not only was she outgoing and super fun to hang out with and not to mention magically beautiful, but she rides and has a crazy love affair with horses. Darian and her mom, Michelle, who I may add is just as cool and funny, brought me to her stables where I met her horse Tali and spent the rest of the evening photographing her in her favorite place. It brought the most amazing, pure, and sincere emotion...


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They're here! I finally made the decision to switch from giving my clients their files on DVDs to USB flash drives! I originally decided to do it over a year ago but for some reason was convinced I should wait... who knows why! I am actually a little bummed I waited as long as I did. As of a couple months ago I made the switch and I am so glad I did. Not only do DVDs have a shelf life and may eventually fail to be read by your computer, but  APPLE, as fabulous and lovely as they are, have decided to release their new Mac Book Pros without a disc drive in the machine at all. So again, Apple...


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  RED LIGHT   I was driving home from shooting a wedding the other night, it was close to 11pm and I was sitting at a red light thinking about how tired and burnt out I was. I remember thinking about how my back and shoulders were sore and waiting for the light to turn green. I looked over and through my driver’s side window, I saw a young girl sitting in the left turn lane at the red light next to me. She was by herself in an older car, maybe a family handmedown.  I watched her as she looked down at her phone, her face being illuminated with the blue glow from the screen...


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RAVE LIST :  AUGUST Okay I figured it was time for a personal post this time. It's been a little while and frankly I'm just in that kind of mood. So I have seen several professional photographers post monthly favorite blogs and I have gotten inspiration from close friends and fellow photographers of mine. As much as there has been going on lately, I know that most of my many clients have come to really enjoy getting to know me personally and follow my blog. There have been clients that said they hired me not only because of my work but because they loved how they felt a personal connection with...


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