Tuesday Group

I am so blessed to have a great network of Moms to get together with every Tuesday morning! This morning we had a little photo shoot in our studio and it was so much fun. The excitement comes in getting 7 chidren, age 2 and under to stay in one spot for more than a few seconds, to not touch the lighting and to look at the camera. I have to say, that I heard the best performance of the ABC's by at least 4 moms in unison! You will be seeing a lot more of these cuties I am sure.

Brittani & Nathan

This weekend we travelled to Troy, Ohio for Brent's cousin Brittani's wedding. The ceremony location was amazing (I wish we had something like it around here!). The ride was about 4 hours and the day was beautiful. It was nice to be a guest at a wedding instead of the 'official' photographers, but we still managed to take a few cool shots. The bridesmaid in the top pictures is Brent's cousin Katie. She is a beauty inside and out. Until next time...

Sarah & Micky

These photos make it look warm and sunny! (it was sunny, but it was NOT warm.) We walked around the MSU Gardens with poor Sarah freezing in her cute green and black dress. Teh previous day I was sweating at a photoshoot, and this day I was freezing. You gotta love Michigan weather! Sarah and Micky are planning an August wedding and Sarah has woven little statements of symbolism throughout their day. The pair is giving out pretzel favors representing their intertwined journey and love for each other and they are also using butterflies to represent metamorphasis and change.

Haslett Seniors

Memorial Day at Lake Lansing Park, I was honored to photograph a group of 11 graduating seniors from Haslett High School. This was so much fun and they were awesome to shoot. We were quite the spectacle walking around the park, but it didn't bother the girls and we did quite a few different poses. Congratulations ladies and thanks for a fun afternoon!

Drew

Our neighbor Drew had his first portrait session this morning. He and our son Austin are only 5 weeks apart. Drew started out shy, but ended with all smiles and ready for lunch. Brent and I think he looks like his mom Emily, and we can't wait to teach the boys Go Green, Go White!

Our Garage

This weekend we bought a cool orange chair at a garage sale for $17! So, we decided to test out a garage studio and the lighting was amazing! Sometimes it hurt to look at the camera because the light outside was so bright, so we are working out the logistics, but it will be great to have a taller place to take pictures and it won't matter if it is raining. Oh, and last week Brent also made a sweet beauty dish (a circular lighting unit for the flash) out of items he purchased at Lowe's. A $125-300 item turned into a $15 project. Yay for handy husbands!

United Way

Monday I had another photo shoot for the United Way book project. Barb lost her apartment and her cat to a fire last month. She took me to the site and it was amazing to see how it brought so much emotion back to her, even though she now lives in the apartment across the parking lot. The apartment had 12 families, and everyone escaped unharmed. They lost everything. The crew is slowly finding different items belonging to resident's and they have located her lock box and strangely an indian blanket that was untouched, although the container it was in was destroyed. I was very thankful to her for sharing this experience with me, and I know her story will help the United Way, and hopefully many other families.