This morning we did some senior pics for Gabrielle. A few months ago we photographed her family and she was definitely not thrilled to have her picture taken as it’s one of her least favorite things to do. We were quite surprised and honored that she wanted to have us shoot her senior pics. When we started the photo shoot this morning, you could see the fear and discomfort she was feeling but she ended up doing an amazing job and really rocked it out!
Here’s a few pics from today:

This afternoon Cheridy’s cousin Montana came out for his senior pics. We’re used to only seeing Monty at family parties when there are a million people around so it was nice to see him in a different setting. Here’s a few of our favorite pics from his photo shoot:

Our second shoot of the day, also at Cranbrook, was with Mary Allison. Nice weather, great light, and a beautiful subject made for a wonderful photo shoot.
Here’s a few highlights:

Our first shoot of the day was with John. We photographed John’s older sister Sarah three years ago and were really excited to get to shoot pics of John as well. Their Dad is on staff at Cranbrook which made it the perfect venue to shoot the photos there. In fact, they now live on campus so we were even able to do some of the photos at their place which was really cool.
Here’s a couple pics of John:

This is a photo that John’s mom really wanted. It was kind of a difficult photo to get but it’s pretty cool because John is actually up in his bedroom.

Yesterday was a day of photo shoots for students of Cranbrook academy. The grounds at Cranbrook are usually amazing, but yesterday they were even more spectacular with the fall color. Here’s a shot overlooking Cranbrook Lake. We feel very fortunate to be on their exclusive photographers list!

Today we did senior photos for Autumn. A few years ago we photographer Autumn’s older sister Allyssa and then just recently we did a head shot for her other older sister Erin. We also did photos of all three of the girls as a surprise gift for their parents. So it was really cool to get to see Autumn again who is the youngest of the three.
Here’s a few of my favorite pics from the shoot:

With our senior photo shoots, whenever we can, we like to integrate things from the students lifestyle (hobbies, sports, etc.) into their photos to make them more unique and personal. No long ago we photographed some senior pics for Bridget. She’s a musical genius and plays a lot of different instruments so we incorporated that into her shoot and I made a pretty cool montage from those images which I thought I would share:

This afternoon we photographed Michael’s senior pics. He’s heavily involved in theatre and drama over at Walled Lake Central High which helped a lot because he was super relaxed in front of the camera and took direction really well which made for a great photo shoot.
Here are a few photos from this afternoon’s shoot:

This afternoon we did photos with Jordan. Jordan is the son of Sharon is a former student of mine. He has a really rugged look and my favorites were the serious face photos as they showed off his eyes the best. Here’s a few of my favorites:

This morning we spent some time getting to know Angie during her senior photo shoot. We photographed her sister Melanie a few years ago so it was nice to get to know Angie a bit too. Angie has a very similar sense of humor as Cheridy so they got to crack a lot of sarcastic jokes.

Here’s Angie’s sister Melanie who we photographed a couple years ago:

This afternoon we took high school senior photos for Bobby who goes to Linden High School which is out near Fenton, MI.
Bobby is a pretty serious guy but Cheridy got him to crack a few real smiles here and there.
Here’s a few photos from today’s shoot:

Bridget is an all-star musician. She plays…everything I think!! Or at least it seems that way.
Today we did her high school senior pics and wanted to incorporate her musical gift into her photos so the first half hour of her shoot we did some really cool photos with her playing the cello, clarinet, and piano. We always love when we can incorporate some type of lifestyle elements into the imagery.
Here’s a few favorites from today.