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Yay and Yahoo For Yanni and Her Class Of 2020 Senior Pictures!!!
Yay doesn’t begin to cut it – we needed to add “yahoo” (we almost added a “yippee”) for Yanni and her senior pictures! Yanni’s mom Inger and I (Doug) go back to college days at Michigan where we hung out in some of the same circles and I was always a fan of Inger with her fun signature “Heyyy mannn!!!” greeting. We reconnected a few years back through Facebook and we’ve been in regular touch again since. Love when that happens! Meanwhile Inger was living most recently in Texas, so when she called to say she had moved back to Michigan with her hubby and that her daughter Yanni needed senior pictures I was thrilled! Ally & Inger had never met before and I knew they would love each other. I was right!
Yay and yahoo for Yanni
As for Yanni, I had followed her high school career through Inger’s posts which is one of those great things about Facebook – to see your old friends kid’s accomplishments is something that just didn’t happen as easily before social media. Like the rest of the class of 2020 Yanni’s year was upended by the pandemic, so for the seniors we are photographing now who had planned on getting them done in the spring we feel a great honor and responsibility maybe more than usual to make this chapter of the senior year as normal and special as possible. Nothing can dull our shine on our senior sessions, especially with a remarkable young lady like this one! A talented artist, athletic, smart, beautiful inside and out and off to Columbia University In The City Of New York in the fall to study political science – this girl is going to change the world!
So let’s get to some highlights!
Okay how adorable is she? Love this idea with her books and the Columbia gear – one benefit of these senior sessions later in the year is our seniors know where they are going so we can have a little fun with some school spirit!
Yanni also brought her would-be-prom dress for a really cool idea to combine it with the graduation cap and stole! Love it – we have some behind the scenes fun from this on our Facebook livestream!
JuJu brought the GOOD Juju For Her Class of 2021 Spokesmodel Pics!
JuJu brings the juju…to Detroit!
We were also excited to get back down to Detroit for some photos. We hadn’t been down there for a session since before the stay at home orders and we love being there. Detroit sessions have been really popular the last several years (there’s a slight additional charge of $75 for the time and travel required for a Detroit session).
We started on Belle Isle and even though the fountain wasn’t on we thought it made for a nice backdrop!
LOVE! We had a perfect day too…
Here’s another on Belle Isle:
At this point we headed over to Eastern Market and we have some fun behind the scenes for you here from Facebook!
@frameablefaces@juju.somero slayed the game…💕 ##seniorpictures ##foryourpage ##metrodetroit ##classof2021 ##Fyp ##Detroit ##BloomfieldHillsHighSchool ##Photographer♬ original sound – frameablefaces
You can see in the TikTok above the natural lighting that comes through the windows that we used for this next one we’ll leave you with:
And there you have it – JuJu with the good juju! We hope you enjoyed the highlights of our day with her and all the photos of our wonderful class of 2021 spokesmodel crew! So excited to photograph this rising senior class!
We Were Juiced For Jaden and His Class of 2020 Senior Pictures!
The last time we photographed Jaden he was just a little kid here with his family (check out this old school blog post going back almost a decade), and now he’s grown up to be an awesome young man on his way to pursue his education at Florida A&M – he’s going to be a Rattler! We are big fans of this family and we planned Jaden’s session for before the pandemic started, but we didn’t get it in before the stay at home orders went into effect. So we were happy to be back together taking these pictures since we all had obviously been through a lot since then – these Class of 2020 seniors deserve the best and Jaden brought it! We love this dude. This was actually our first session back in the studio since early March so yeah – we were juiced for Jaden!
Juiced For Jaden
This session was all in studio and we’ll start with this black and white photo with the suit and snappy Burberry shirt.
We also have some fun behind the scenes from Instagram first where Jaden broke out the Birmingham Groves Falcon letterjacket:
Here’s another with the Burberry look:
We played around with some casual shots as well which you can see in the Facebook Live:
Jaden made it a little more formal as well with the tie for these next couple including this sweet closeup with the Florida A&M hat!
What a stud!
Here’s another:
We’re going to throw in one more preview with the cap and gown to close this one out!
Now you see why we were juiced for Jaden! Jaden’s parents Jahmal and Kimberly have plenty to be proud of with this guy, and we hope you enjoyed the highlights of our day with him!
Loving Lira As A Class Of 2021 Spokesmodel – A Long Time Coming!
Loving Lira is something we’ve been doing for a solid decade! She was one of our favorites when we used to do dance photos for the dance studio across the hall and we’ve pretty much planned on having her be a spokesmodel someday all this time. She’s a character this one – in the very best way – she runs track, plays in the band AND she’s a power lifter!!! All with a larger than life personality and we are so happy to be photographing her now as a rising senior!
Loving Lira!
Let’s get to some highlights shall we? First we went to one of our favorite spots in West Bloomfield where we found some pretty patches of purple!
Love it – this pic is SO Lira!
Of course we have some behind the scenes fun as well – first from the Facebook Livestream:
And here’s one more with that outfit with a more thoughtful pose in a classic black and white:
Time to change outfits and location – our seniors typically go with between 4-6 outfits in a session… and for these we headed to Birmingham and Quarton Lake which is a popular spot with our seniors!
A little water, a little backlight – a lot of beauty…
One more behind the scenes video this time from Instagram!
And we’ll leave you with this last one with the waterfall as the backdrop:
And there you go! Loving Lira indeed for the class of 2021! The new senior season has begun so get on our calendar ASAP! We hope you enjoyed the highlights of our day with Lira!
Mad About Maddie – Class of 2021 Version! Spokesmodel highlights!
Mad About Maddie
Leah Leads Us Back To Action…and Pontiac For Spokesmodel Pics!
Just being able to write “Leah Leads Us Back To Action” is a joy for so many reasons! For starters this was our first photo session in months after being home to flatten the curve of the pandemic, so just getting out and being back at it doing what we love was exhilarating. But to be with Leah and her mom Emma made it even better because we’re friends and have been for many years. So to have that interaction for the first time and to do it with people we already know and care about was sustenance for the soul! Leah is representing the Bloomfield Hills Blackhawks for the class of 2021 and when you add in the fact that she brought her “A game” and SLAYED – well that’s just the icing on the cake…. Let’s get to some highlights!
Leah Leads Us Back To Action
We decided to go edgy and head to Pontiac, masks and all! We like to photograph in Pontiac from time to time for a little urban vibe.
Love. The. Shoes. And the gorgeous girl wearing them.
We also have some fun behind the scenes action for you first from our Facebook Livestream:
Leah had a few outfit changes so next up we have a lyrical costume with pointe shoes – this next setup is amazing:
Just so cool – the costume matching the rail, Leah on pointe – just the whole thing…. wow.
Moving around downtown Pontiac we discovered a little spot we either hadn’t noticed before or was newly painted since last fall:
Such a fun wall and Leah has that little smize going! Here’s some more behind the scenes this time embedded straight from Instagram TV!
The final shots just happened impromptu as Leah jumped up on a barrel and flashed the peace sign – with the shades on – just a great way to sum up how we were feeling that day! Love this girl.
And there you have it! Yep – Leah led us back to action which felt so good and we hope you enjoyed the highlights of our day with her!
Rachel Rocked Her Headshots In Style – So Much Fun!
Rachel Rocked her headshots – the girl is full of personality and well – zest seems like a good word. She’s just adorable and she drove a considerable distance to the studio at the beginning of March for some professional headshots. She’s an actor you see, and we hope to see her on stage & screen someday! We had a lot of fun with her and knew we liked her the minute she walked in…
Rachel Rocked It…
Now remember these are headshots – not full body poses, but we wanted to capture a few different looks and while we worked with white and pink, we all liked the white background in the end for her.
Here’s a few highlights:
And here’s just a couple little behind the scenes snippets of our session!
Two more…
Which is your favorite? Tell us in the comments below and we hope you enjoyed these! Stay safe everyone!
Our Angela and Cam Are Growing The Family Again!
Our Angela and Cam are growing the family
Alexandra Made Her Debut To The World At The Studio!
Alexandra Made Her Debut
First we just captured a few of this angel asleep…
And then the big teddy bear came out that they brought with…
How great is that photo???
Now for a closeup…
And we’ll leave you with one family portrait of the three of them!
And there you have it! It was a wonderful day the day Alexandra made her debut, and we hope you enjoyed the highlights!