Jordan Uzoni {Senior 2012}

Our portrait session with Jordan last week was fun, inspirational and very interesting.  We had a great time getting to know Jordan and his mom, Carrie, and we were blessed with an absolutely beautiful evening touring the area in and around Plymouth, Michigan.

The time we spend with seniors during their sessions tend to really give us a glimpse into the type of young person they are.  We were certainly impressed with what we saw during the time we were with Jordan.  Over the course of the evening several adjectives came to mind to describe Jordan's character.  Some of these adjectives include: talented, dedicated, passionate, respectful, distinguished, fun-loving, and chivalrous.

During our portrait session we got to see a bit of Jordan's chivalrous nature first hand.  While we were right in the heart of downtown Plymouth, an older, gray-haired gentleman stumbled over to where we were photographing Jordan.  For sake of our story, we will call this fellow "Fred".  Carrie was standing to the side holding Jordan's props and clothing when Fred came up to ask us what we were doing.  At first we assumed he was just curious about our large strobe and bags of gear, but we were all surprised with how close he got to Mrs. Uzoni while he spoke.  Kevin and I politly answered a few of his questions, but tried to discourage him from sticking around by turning our attention back to Jordan.  Quickly however, Fred focused all of his attention on Carrie, as if the rest of us no longer existed.  Jordan was obviously uncomfortable with Fred's attention to his mom and was immediately spurred to intervene and rescue her from the uncomfortable situation.   There was no doubt that Jordan was either going to need to step in and address Fred, or we needed to abruptly move on to another portrait location.  After we walked away Carrie laughingly said to us that she thought she might be feeling a little tipsy because of the amount of alcohol she inhaled during Fred's conversation with her!

The experience was a funny one, to be sure, but during the course of it, it was refreshing and encouraging to see Jordan's immediate desire to stand up for and protect his mother.  We consider that to be a chivalrous act and I am sure Carrie has much to be proud of in Jordan.

Fortunately, the rest of our session together was much more relaxed, comfortable and definitely less awkward, and we certainly hope that Jordan and Carrie enjoyed their time with us.  We had fun playing with a few different lighting ideas and were glad the sunset cooperated for some dramatic evening sky shots.

Check out these teasers from Jordan's shoot and leave him some feedback about his images.

~Kevin & Heather

Lauren Kos {Senior 2012}

Have we shared with you yet how much we love to photograph high school seniors?  Well, let us remind you again about how passionate we are about capturing the individuality and uniqueness of each senior we have the honor of photographing!  We. Love. It.

Last weekend we had the opportunity to spend the evening with an incredibly talented, naturally beautiful, perpetually joyful young woman.  Lauren is so sweet and radiates God's love in her smile and her grace.  Lauren was referred to us by her good friend and fellow homeschooler (and one of our Senior Model's), Elizabeth Hunt.

Although the weather once again looked dreary earlier in the day, we were surprised and thrilled when the sun broke through the clouds just before sunset right in the middle of our session together.  The colors of the sunset with the cloud formations made an amazing backdrop for a few of Lauren's last images of the evening.  Simply gorgeous.

~ Kevin & Heather

Hendrix Family Mini-Session {Family/Senior 2011}

Last week we got to spend another fun night with the Hendrix family. This time we were photographing more senior portraits for Donovin, as well as grabbing a few family portraits.  One of the things that Donovin really wanted for his senior session was portraits with a Mustang.  We were in luck when we went to photograph the Mustang of a family friend - there was another one parked right nearby!  We strategically parked the red car next to the blue one and had fun with all of the great colors!

Our only disappointment with the evening was that it was overcast so we ran out of sunlight quicker then expected.  Regardless, we got a lot of great shots and a nice variety to add to Donovin's senior collection already.  To see teasers from Donovin's first session, click here.

Elizabeth Hunt {2012 Senior}

Elizabeth is our third and final 2012 Senior Model, and we were very excited to photograph her to round out our Senior Model Program.  Tuesday night was quite hot, but we were glad for sunshine and no storms, since it seems that has been the norm for our senior sessions recently.  The evening was gorgeous as the sun slipped behind the horizon and we were even able to capture a beautiful field full of mist as the evening cool rolled in.

Elizabeth was so much fun to work with and we loved traveling trough the back roads of Howell with her mom and sister to capture some amazing images.  Can you see how absolutely gorgeous the color of her hair is and that her eyes are an amazing color combination of green and amber?  So beautiful to capture in camera!  We are excited to share these few teasers with you and will be publishing the rest of the images to our storefront soon.

Enjoy!

~ Kevin & Heather

Matt Wood {Senior 2012}

Have we mentioned how much we love photographing seniors?  Capturing who they are and what makes them tick is a creative, sometimes challenging, but always fun opportunity that we enjoy completely!  It's a creative high we get, what can we say?  :)

Tuesday evening was another interesting evening weather-wise, with severe thunderstorms predicted complete with 40+ mph winds, frequent cloud-to-ground lightning and heavy downpours.  Instead of a storm however, we got mostly clear skies and a beautiful, breezy evening.  Go figure.  <shrug>  We almost rescheduled the session, but we're so glad that Matt was game to give it a try, despite the weather forecast.

Three years ago we photographed Matt's brother, Robert, and it was great to have another opportunity to work with the Wood family.  Check out Matt's teasers from our shoot together and be sure to let him know what you think!