Elizabeth Clark {2012 Senior}

Elizabeth Clark's Senior Portrait Session was beautiful in so many ways!  The grounds of the Matthaei Botanical Gardens were beautiful in their springtime splendor, the weather was chilly but still beautifully mild, our model was beautiful inside and out, and we had the amazing opportunity to spend a beautiful evening with new friends.  Elizabeth and her mom made our job so easy - they were relaxed, fun and all-around great people to spend time with.  We had a great time and can't wait to share these teasers with you!  Enjoy and leave Elizabeth plenty of loving feedback.  :)

~ Kevin & Heather

Kenneth Holt {2012 Senior}

Kevin and I have decided that along the Riverwalk in Downtown Detroit might be one of our favorite places to shoot.  There is so much variety between the abandoned decay of old warehouses, the shiny gleam of the Renn Cenn and the earthy beauty of the riverside parks.  You also never know what you will run into in the D, so our portrait sessions there always have the potential to be quite interesting.  However, the only thing surprising or unexpected about our senior portrait session on Wednesday was the phenomenal weather!

Our session with Kenny was a lot of fun and it was easy to capture a bunch of great images of him since it was just a lot of fun to be outside.  His entire family (plus his cousin, David) joined us for the shoot and it was a great time for the younger kids to run around and enjoy the amazing spring weather while we worked with Kenny.

Enjoy these teaser images from our session with Kenny and let him know what you think!

~ Kevin & Heather

David Holt {2012 Senior}

Typically, March senior portraits sessions are taken in thick sweaters, scarves, mittens and boots.  Layers, layers and more layers.  Not this spring, though.  Our senior portrait session with David Holt was gorgeous - 76 degrees, sunny and just a tiny bit breezy!  Did I mention it was gorgeous?!?  It's as if we've been picked up and transported to Florida!  Although it may not last, you will not find us complaining about the early spring.  We are enjoying comfortable, temperate outdoor portrait sessions again.  Yay!!!

We met David and his family in downtown Dearborn for his senior portrait session on Monday.  We feel like we're keeping it all in the family because we photographed David's cousin, Donovin, last summer and we have a session this evening with David's cousin, Kenneth.  We really love this family and are so grateful that we've gotten a chance to get to know them all.  Thanks Wayne for the initial referral, and thanks Aziza for continuing to refer us!  :)

Enjoy these teasers from our session with David, and keep a look out for Kenneth's portraits within the next few days.

~ Kevin & Heather

S Strickland {Senior Mini-Session}

The wind was blowing, the cold air was biting, the snowflakes were tumbling down; and while our mini-session with Scarlett may have been chilly, the afternoon was still a ton of fun!  Both Kevin and I felt it was worth braving the cold to capture winter beauty at it's best, but the real person to ask would be Scarlett.  We were both moving around working up some heat in our thick winter jackets, gloves and layers while Scarlett stood shivering in the wind.  You'd never guess she was even the slightest bit cold though, with her amazing smile and boss modeling skills.  :)

Scarlett is near and dear to our hearts because she has been our photography intern for the past 2 years.  Now she is a talented photographer of her own, with a successful company and multiple photography scholarships to colleges all over the country.  Just recently she was also nominated for the Award of Excellence Full Scholarship at The College of Creative Studies here in the Detroit area!  She is full of remarkable potential and we are excited to see where Scarlett's future leads.

These images below are just a small sample of Scarlett's complete Senior Portraits.  She wanted a few images to capture the beauty of snow and winter, but the rest of her session will be captured in the spring when the weather is a bit more friendly.  Enjoy her teasers and check back in a few months for the rest!

~Kevin & Heather

David Storck {Senior 2012}

We just love it when we have the opportunity to photograph high school seniors and truly enjoy getting to know them on a deeper level.  We have met so many amazing and incredible 17/18-year-olds this way!  David was no exception to that rule and we had a great time chasing down some amazing fall color with him last week.  We met up with him and his mom in Plymouth, but traveled up to Northville during the course of the evening.

David discovered us because a friend of his family (the Rich's) referred us to him after their portrait session with us last fall.  We hadn't met David before, but we were really excited for his shoot after discussing his ideas via phone and email.  He is an extremely talented drummer and plays in the marching band, as well as on his own kit.  We loved it when he asked if he could bring his drum set out for the session.  Our answer was an enthusiastic yes!  In the end, David decided it was easiest to just bring the drums themselves, but we were so thrilled to set them up in the middle of the woods surrounded by fall leaves.  We wish all of our clients were this inventive and enthusiastic!

Check out David - a.k.a. James Bond - in the images below.  David makes a mean secret agent or perhaps a member of the mafia.  Just a bit of advice - don't mess with the family ... 

But seriously, David is a great guy and we really appreciated how happy, carefree and laid back he was during his session.  We personally want to wish him the best as he sets off on his medical internship soon.  We hope it's an amazing and invaluable experience.

~ Kevin & Heather