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Ellie

It was so much fun photographing beautiful Ellie for her senior portraits. Fun facts: Ellie is a student at the International Academy in Bloomfield Hills and her mom owns The Painted Pot in downtown Rochester. I really enjoyed how down-to-earthView full post »

The Peasleys

I love this family. We first photographed them nearly four years ago when they were a “small” family of five. A few years and a few kids later, here we are with a beautiful family of seven. Amanda and Steven have a little bit of aView full post »

Carson & Jake: Mini Session

You might want to get a hold of something that you can squeeze really hard before viewing these. Cutie-patooties Carson and Jake are at it again, being beyond adorable and working the camera like pros. You’ve seen them a few times before.View full post »

Blake & Sloan: Mini Session

Where do I even begin with these two cuties? If you’ve been following this blog, you’ve undoubtedly seen Blake and Sloan before. We started when Sloan was in utero for a big family portrait, followed by her newborn session, followed byView full post »

Simona & Belen: Mini Session

Little Miss Simona and Little Miss Belen are cuter than ever!! You may remember Simona from her 1 year session and Belen from her newborn session. They are growing so fast! We had so much fun on a warm, summer’s evening. I couldn’tView full post »

Natalie & Andrew

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West Family Mini-Session

You may remember the fabulous West family from a few other sessions on our blog (last fall, Simon’s newborn session, and their first session.) It’s really incredible to look back on these photographs to see how the kids have grown andView full post »

Introducing Adalynn

Little Miss Adalynn definitely has her own idea of how she wants do things. At just 2 weeks old for this session, Lil Miss was mostly wide-awake and working the camera with sweet facial expressions and lots of wiggly movements. When we finally gotView full post »

Katelyn & Steve

It was a lovely, warm, spring night on Michigan State’s campus for Katelyn & Steve’s engagement session. These two are awesome and hilarious. Both accountants, they met as undergrads at MSU’s business school. Katelyn is asView full post »

Logan’s First Year: 4 Months

Time is flying by and little Mr. Logan (who you may remember from his newborn session) is growing fast! Little Sir has quite the personality now is enjoying interacting with mom and dad, is having plenty of tummy time, and has developed theView full post »

Lucas-Leclercq Family Session

These two families are pretty much the nicest people you will ever meet. You may recognize Sarah and Bob from their 2011 wedding. Fast forward a few years and they have an adorable new baby, Esme and a growing extended family. I was so excitedView full post »

Sydney Anne: 15 Months

Little Miss Sydney is our daughter’s BFF. Her and her wonderful parents happen to live next door and are the greatest friends and neighbors anyone could hope for. We’ve had so much fun watching our kids grow up together these past twoView full post »