Melanie and Ryan: Engaged! {Davison Portrait Photographer}

Melanie and Ryan are engaged! They are to be married July 2010. We went out to Goodrich and took some photos at an orchard and then back to Ryan's house. Melanie has a great eye for photography and had a lot of ideas and locations to try. My FAVE is this barn in their backyard. Wonderful texture. It was a really gloomy and dark day so I used lights outdoors which I don't do often for E-sessions...but I think it made the photos at the barn look that much more gorgeous. Not to mention the wonderful couple!

Real laughter is beautiful.



A couple that plays together, stays together. :)

Lauren: Senior 2010. {Royal Oak Portrait Photographer}

So funny--but I didn't do a whole lot of senior pictures this year due to weddings and being pregnant...but my 3 senior girls were all named Lauren! So meet Lauren C! She is from way up in Flushing but came down to Royal Oak for a session. She plays piano and softball...and loves to shop so I made sure to throw in a few fashion shots for her. Her and her mom were a pleasure to work with. The session albums are selling like MAD and I'm really excited for her to get hers. She went with a whitesnake leather cover and will have real contrasty fun colored pages to compliment her images. Here are a couple pictures of Lauren.

Dina + Robert. {Ann Arbor Wedding Photographer}

Dina and Robert were married on October 3, 2009. They were an amazing couple! Their wedding and reception was at the Michigan Legion in Ann Arbor-- just beautiful! They come from two different cultural backgrounds and blended them for the ceremony and reception for a very interesting multicultural experience. I love when couples see each other before the ceremony...it gives a lot of opportunity for photos that you wouldn't get otherwise. Their first look was awesome--you could definitely feel the love between them. Here are few from their day. More will be on the site as I am updating and put together some new sample albums for not only the site but for you to see and feel!









SO far this is my FAVE spread for their album!

Models.

RODP is a ton of fun! I had my first outing after having my daughter to a model session up on a rooftop in downtown Royal Oak. Being a part of a group like Royal Oak Digital Photography is wonderful. It pushes and inspires me. Here are a couple of pictures from the day. Models: Brianna and Brittany.

Jill Eileen Smith.

I apologize for the lack of posts lately. I've been working real hard to keep up on everyone's editing and orders but I'm really excited to get posts up from the last couple of months.

Back in September I had the opportunity to work with Jill. She is an author of a series of historical fiction books based on the life of King David. I met her through a past client and she hired me to photograph her new headshot for the cover of her upcoming book. You can read about Jill at her website and more about the book Abigail due out in February 2010 at The Wives of King David site. Visit there to pre-order the book and to get a sneak peek read of the first chapter! I really enjoyed working with Jill. She is an inspiration to wives and mothers.

Jessie + Tim! Sneak PEEK.

Jessie and Tim were married yesterday! Here is a sneak peek:

Ceremony: First Congregational Church, Royal Oak MI

Reception: The Vintage House, Fraser MI

Photos also at The White House Wedding Chapel, Warren MI

DJ: Gemini Entertainment, LLC

Jessie wanted some portraits with her Grandma's piano. I just love how they turned out!

LOVE the wallpaper! LOVE her dress! LOVE LOVE!

A little something to cool off on the hot day :)

These kids were making some BIG bubble fun at the reception... and they were all very willing to let me capture it. So FUN.

First Dance...looking so in LOVE.

Isadora Lee.

Our baby girl arrived! She was born on August 14, 2009 at 2:07pm. We have been busy with our new arrival (plus the two other kids!) so excuse the lack of posts lately. I've been devoting my spare time to finishing up weddings. Here is my newest baby girl!

Isadora Lee

7 lbs. 6 oz. 19 1/2 inches