Erik Porchik {Senior 2012}

Monday night was pretty gloomy and rain threatened the entire evening, but our photshoot with Erik Porchik was anything but dreary!  Even with the challenge of gray skies we were still able to capture the individualaity of Erik with some pretty sa-weet cloud textures.

Workin with Erik was a blast and if it wasn't for the horrible onslaught of mosquitoes, the evening would have been perfect!  Erik was willing to try just about anything we threw at him, including climbing on top of a train just to capture a different perspective.  His sister, Kerianne, was a huge help throughout the photoshoot too, and provided the perfect comic relief when we needed a genuine smile or two.

Check out Erik's teasers and be sure to let him know your favorites.

Audreana Gallegos {2012 Senior}

Audrey Gallegos, without a doubt, has one of the most contagious smiles ever!  On Monday this week we had a great time traversing the Ann Arbor countryside and city limits with her for her senior portraits, hitting 5 different locations within 3 hours.  Whew - but her smile never faded!  She has such a fantastic serious look too though, so we had to coax a few no-smile poses from her, just to vary the look.  :)

Audrey is the first 2012 ignited Photography Senior Model we have photographed yet this year and we spent extra time getting just the right look for her.  Enjoy these teaser images from our session together and stay tuned for our other iP Senior Model's (Elizabeth Hunt and Erik Porchik) teasers to be posted soon!

~ Kevin & Heather

Donovin Hendrix {Senior 2011}

We recently had the amazing opportunity to work with "The Best Dressed Senior" of Bradford Academy in Southfield, MI!  It's not every photographer that gets to claim that sort of privileged status - just us cool cats!

Donovin Hendrix was referred to us by my cousin (thanks, Wayne!), who happens to be a teacher at Bradford Academy.  We were really excited about Donovin's multiple portrait ideas and couldn't wait to put our creative spin on them when we met in Downtown Detroit.  We had recently read an article about the revival of the waterfront warehouse district along the Detroit River, so we had Donovin and his family meet us near the Riverwalk, at the edge of the warehouses.  There were so many locations to choose from among the decaying buildings and graffiti, and the new construction and renovations.  New life and revival were mixed in with exhausted and aging architecture - the perfect backdrop for Donovin's portraits!

Enjoy this glimpse into Donovin's session and stay tuned for teasers from session number 2 in late July.  Don't forget to leave a comment or two!

~ Heather

Jenny McHenry {Senior 2011}

Jenny McHenry was so much fun and her photo shoot was simply amazing! We had a great time traveling all over and around Plymouth to get these shots, and Jenny was so relaxed and easy-going that we took WAY too many portraits (a common problem).

We loved Jenny's natural beauty and her gorgeous auburn hair - definitely easy to photograph.  Enjoy this sample of images from her senior portrait session.

~ Kevin & Heather