As having a strong social media presence becomes more and more prevalent, having a presence that’s both professional and casual, depending on which particular platforms you’re active on, becomes even more important!
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… Putting myself in an urban environment forces me to do a little more with poses—but I will say that the Mitchell family, which includes my coworker Brandy, helped in the best of ways to make giving pose suggestions so easy! This isn’t the first time they’ve modeled for me, but I still can’t make up my mind between what was more fun with them—doing their first session back in the fall or now in the summer!
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What’s Summer time without taking a trip to a local beach? Or more so a lake, if you grew up or live in the Midwest! Finding out that Malayna wanted me to do an elegant sunset session for her couldn’t have been more timely with Summer arriving at long last. Being out there near the calm waters of the lake we chose to shoot at helped to make it seem like more of a “normal” Summer, compared to last year’s.
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… When I saw these gorgeously crafted tattoos of hers and also learned the meaning behind them, I near immediately realized how much these tattoos identify with the kind of person she is, what she values and what and who she’d like to remember for years to come. She’s never one to back down from pursuing her dreams, especially when it comes to her present career path, and never forgets where she comes from and to honor it gracefully and confidently.
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You can seriously do so much with a birthday session to make it truly unique to who you are and your values, nothing even having to do with throwing confetti, holding onto balloons shaped into numbers, etc.! My close friend Marlaine decided that she’d like to honor her mother and grandmothers by acknowledging how much of a difference they’ve made in her life! She used her favorite photographs of her mother and grandmothers as inspiration.
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... But it’s been a hot second since I’ve taken advantage of the architecture of the place via a session. For her senior session, Sonya knew she wanted to make the best use we could of the dozens of marble steps leading right up to the museum’s entrance—and the sunshine coming through that late afternoon we were there added the most beautiful golden glow to her shots!
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... During our time together, Sarah confessed that she’s never had professional photographs done since she was younger! And especially when I look back on how things went, I couldn’t have been more shocked to learn this—had she not confided in me like that, I would’ve never thought that this was the first time in a long time that she had been in front of a lens. She was near immediately a complete natural! We couldn’t have had more fun exploring the historic grounds we were shooting in, especially since Sarah also had asked if I knew of any locations that brought to mind the architecture of a greenhouse.
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... As unfortunate as it was to learn a day earlier that Abby’s health has been on the decline, which has lead Chloe to make the hard decision of euthanizing her sometime soon, I felt so grateful to take on the request of Chloe’s sister Angel to help capture one of the last beloved moments she’s to spend with Abby in the form of a surprise photo session.
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… Especially if you currently have a logo as your profile picture like I have had for the longest time, it’s so refreshing to go on other photographer’s social media feeds and occasionally see who’s behind the camera of all the beautiful work I’ve been coming across. Take fellow creative Mikayla, for instance—she does an excellent job especially with reaching and getting in touch with people through her slice of life IG stories! But if you’re a little more shy about your video presence like I am, photos with informative captions about your brand and your everyday life as a creative can work just as well!
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… With this shoot featuring Monique, the time we chose to meet up, along with it being the winter season, played a big role to easily get these styled shots during an early Sunday morning in Detroit! Monique and I practically had Parker’s alley, a tucked away aisle way separating The Shinola Hotel and the San Morello (restaurant) that had small-scale shops lining one side, all to ourselves the whole time we were there!
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… There’s always going to be some form of uniqueness concerning details with every new shoot I do. This time around, most of the focus went to Ekta’s beautifully crafted accessories and lehenga saree with gorgeously embroidered florals that made me want Spring to come along a little sooner this year.
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One big thing about me is I absolutely love working with modeling others and using antique props for the styled shoots I think up. And you can get some pretty snazzy shots using things that you wouldn’t immediately think of—take a golden rococo style mirror frame, for instance.
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I met Jessie during our time studying in college and being involved in an on campus ministry together! She also lead one of the ministry prayer groups I went to throughout all the semesters I was in school. When her now fiancé Matthew recently popped the question by proposing to her I was so happy to know that she had me in mind to do their engagement session!
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Jim and Marguerite are expecting their very first child, baby Glantz, next Summer and they also happen to be my very first baby announcement session—I couldn’t be happier to be the one behind the lens to capture one of the most exciting parts of their lives as parents-to-be!
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It’s been a minute since I set up a styled shoot for myself! And fellow creative Candace C. volunteering to model for me outdid my expectations once again using nothing but a vintage mirror!
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I’m excited to announce that Kat was my very first 2020 senior session! She played tennis while in high school and is planning to study veterinary science in college.
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I may be into health as far as trying to eat the right things and drink plenty of water on the regular, but upholding a solid workout routine is where I do fall pretty short—unlike my cousin Ross!
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I absolutely couldn’t get over all huge hydrangeas that we’re blooming along the sidewalks the day of Dana’s session in downtown Birmingham! And those beautiful hydrangeas were put to perfect use, especially because of how well they happened to go with Dana’s outfit.
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Capturing Brandy’s headshots beside Detroit’s riverfront made me have a deeper appreciation for the beauty of the Detroit River! The rusty orange of her dress popped so well against the pale blue of the sky and the water nearby.
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Xavier and Isabella are the son and daughter of one of my favorite grade school teachers! Photographing the two of them made me want to get more into capturing teenagers. And the cool thing about capturing people of a variety of ages is that everyone brings such a unique energy to their session—photographing adults isn’t the same exact experience as photographing kids or teens.
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