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All of our high school senior sessions are special – our entire approach is based on it. We meet with our seniors ahead of time to get to know them and we photograph well under 100 of them so each one is a favorite in some sort of way. But once in a while the planets align for a senior we’ve known for their entire life and a truly unique experience happens. That was the case with Cady, and I’ll explain….

An Epic Senior Session…

For starters yes – we have known Cady literally since she was born. Our families go back for decades so this had that surreal element to it to begin with, and then the session just got better and better from there. We’ll get to some of that in a minute… First we did a little studio work including the set up with our Victorian style red couch and the wooden floor – love this:

Beautiful!

Here is the behind the scenes replay from the Periscope broadcast we did during this setup. If you want to join in future broadcasts and be a part of the fun you can do it from your smartphone here or you can just watch it from your computer at that link or on twitter.

LIVE on #Periscope: Doug&AllyIn the studio w/@CadySarah3399 for senior pics!!!☺️#MetroDetroitSeniors✌️ https://t.co/4p1MnAUUpf

— Frameable Faces (@FrameableFaces) September 21, 2016

Here’s a little bonus Facebook Live broadcast that we did of the black and blowy set up in the studio…

Exploring Detroit With Cady!

Here’s where things got even more awesome… The more you photograph at a given location the better you get to know it and you start exploring a little. You don’t need to pay attention to directions as much because you already know how to get there. You can navigate the landscape with ease and let your eye wander towards new and exciting spots you didn’t see before. We started at Belle Isle where we found some rocks by the water as well as a certain tree where the light was hitting just right and Cady was framed perfectly…

Wow!

From there we had plans to head over to Eastern Market to find some murals but we stopped in the Warehouse District because I had a hunch there might be some cool stuff down there…. well, there was.

LOVE this shot!!!

Here is the behind the scenes Periscope from this part of the session….

LIVE on #Periscope: Doug&AllyOn location in #Detroit with @CadySarah3399!☺️ https://t.co/RQFKbM8ItH

— Frameable Faces (@FrameableFaces) September 21, 2016

Now it was time to head over to the Eastern Market where we were going to seek out some cool murals, but we got way more than we bargained for. There were a couple of abandoned buildings that we noticed the last time we were down there and we wondered what opportunities might await us in a couple of them…. The one we picked was a gold mine of graffiti, debris, and general urban decay. We could have stayed there all day!!! And there were several other photographers crawling all over the place too – no wonder.

Here’s a little Facebook Live broadcast we did until I lost my signal….

As another little added bonus since we had no signal deep in this building, I included our snap story from the day – you can add us on Snapchat here! Snap us back!

And we’ll leave you with one of the photos from the burned out building….

Just so awesome…. Cady looked amazing and we had so much fun discovering new spots – we could have stayed in Detroit all day! We hope you enjoyed the highlights from our day!

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Doing The Dew In The D With Jayson and a Few Murals!!!

September 30, 2016

by Doug Cohen

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When you do a senior session and you also dew the session, and you dew Detroit, and you do cool stuff with a cool dude named Jayson, then you know you’re really do(dew)ing it well! Doo be doo be doo and da doo doo doo da dah dah dah…. okay let’s not get carried away with the play on words here. Focus Doug.

The fact of the matter here is Jayson is a cool dude and we had a colorful session with him in Detroit. There are murals all over the place down there if you know where to look, and if you throw in a little Mountain Dew pop art logo tee (and a random cabbage – that’s an inside joke from the session) then you come up with photo gold and the colors just pop all over the place.

Doing The D With Jayson…

Detroit was the plan for Jayson and his mom Korlyn came with – this was our second time with Korlyn on a shoot after our awesome shoot with Jayson’s brother Riley and we knew this would be a fun day. We started out on Belle Isle for this black and white photo…

Love the occasional black and white for that timeless quality!

We also have plenty of behind the scenes action to share – we’ll start with the Facebook Live broadcast we did from Belle Isle!

Next we went “mural-ing” I guess you could say. We found some great stuff over in The Belt to start with, and this is where Jayson was “Doin the Dew”:

Lookin’ good!!!

Now we have the link (there was an error in tweeting it for some reason) to the Periscope broadcast we did in Detroit. You can follow us while you’re there and join in the shows in the future to be a part of the fun!

Here’s another one from downtown before we headed back to the studio:

Love it.

After a little lunch down by the Wayne State campus with older brother Riley joining us we headed back to the studio. We also did a Periscope broadcast in the studio and what was cool about this one is we did it on our show “The Photo Shop” which airs on @ParachuteTV1 every Tuesday at 2PM EST UTC-4! ParachuteTV was the very first network on Periscope and you can check the programming schedule at the website here.

.@ParachuteTV1 on #Periscope: It'sThe Photo ShopW/Doug&Ally from @FrameableFaces!#PhotographyCome learn! https://t.co/FcfWWPpc4Y

— Frameable Faces (@FrameableFaces) September 13, 2016

And we’ll leave you with a photo of Jayson from the studio…

Love the blue! And there you have it! Doin the D as in Detroit made for a great day with Jay and we hope you enjoyed the highlights!

We Wouldn’t Josh Ya…Okay Maybe We Would – Here He Is!

September 29, 2016

by Doug Cohen

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Those of you who know us here know that we wouldn’t “Josh ya” – right? Okay well maybe we would and actually that’s what we’re doing in this post right now! We bring to you….Josh! We have known Josh for a long time and he and our daughter Lacey have been friends for years. We also photographed his older brother Matt for his senior portraits so a little reprise with their mom Gayle was in order and we had a lot of fun and laughs as expected!

Time To Josh Ya…

We had a game plan to do some photos in studio and some on location so let’s start in the studio with the formal look on the grey backdrop!

Now that’s a fine looking dude.

We also have plenty of behind the scenes live video for you on replay! Here is the first of a couple Periscopes we did – this one in the studio. If you don’t have Periscope and you want to join our shows and participate you can download the app and follow us at @FrameableFaces here and if you have twitter and just want to watch from there you can do that too.

LIVE on #Periscope: Doug&AllySenior pics w/@jmelias13 #SuitAndTie #ClassOf2017 https://t.co/cgkBPTTMrm

— Frameable Faces (@FrameableFaces) September 9, 2016

Josh is a hockey player too so he changed into his Little Caesars jersey for this next one:

Nice!

At this point it was time to head out to Heritage Park for some location shots and some more live video! First again with Periscope.

LIVE on #Periscope: Doug&Allyon location with @jmelias13! ☀️ #MetroDetroitSeniors https://t.co/L22QPDDvYL

— Frameable Faces (@FrameableFaces) September 9, 2016

Here’s one of the location photos which came out quite nicely – Josh was a breeze to work with!

One more live video this time from Facebook for some more behind the scenes:

And one final photo up close with our man of the hour…

Sweet! So there you have it! We decided to Josh Ya and we don’t feel bad about it one bit. We hope you enjoyed the highlights of our day with him!

Haven Is A Fashion Maven Which She Proved On Her Senior Session!

September 28, 2016

by Doug Cohen

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Haven is indeed a fashion maven and she proved it on her senior session. Let me explain:

Some posts just write themselves…. We’ve had awesome style and fashion from our seniors this year and with Haven we were not surprised – she has represented our studio for the class of 2017 as a spokesmodel (just like her sister Jubilee did) and we love this girl! I thought it might be fun to rhyme Haven with maven and when I punched it into a Google search “fashion mavens” showed up right in the definition. Done deal!

Haven Is A Fashion Maven…

So we started this session with the always fashionable cheer uniform – ha, and I don’t mean that sarcastically at all. Haven actually had some great stuff in store for the location part of the shoot, but as for the studio we love us some purple, black and silver when it comes to those Bloomfield Hills Blackhawks!!! Whoo hooo!!!

And while we’re here in the studio here is the replay of our live Periscope behind the scenes broadcast! If you want to follow us from your smartphone and be a part of the shows in the live chat you can do that here, or if you just want to watch from twitter you can do that here.

LIVE on #Periscope: Doug&Ally@havenjackson27 is here in the studio for her senior pics! https://t.co/30Gmkm6tsi

— Frameable Faces (@FrameableFaces) September 6, 2016

Next we’ll head out on location and check out this next photo – Ally was particularly impressed with the accessorizing, the boots, the whole thing!

We have another fun Periscope broadcast from the location too – here ya go…

LIVE on #Periscope: Doug&AllyOn location w/@havenjackson27 for senior pics! #ClassOf2017! ☺️ https://t.co/yLDwL9x9WP

— Frameable Faces (@FrameableFaces) September 6, 2016

Here’s where we found out how strong Haven’s hashtag game is…haha – well, we’ll just let the picture tell the story….

How great is that top? Haven walked out with the #slay on and we knew she meant business! Love it!

Here’s the Facebook Live broadcast from that moment!

We’ll leave you with one more fabulous photo from the day…

Spectacular! We had such a great day with Haven our fashion maven and we hope you enjoyed the highlights from our day with her!

Transformation Tuesday Senior Session Post Starring Ian!

September 27, 2016

by Doug Cohen

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So this isn’t exactly the traditional Transformation Tuesday type of thing you might be used to when you see a Transformation Tuesday. But it happens to be Tuesday as I’m writing this, and we saw our own transformation starring Ian, so I’m going with it. The fact of the matter is when Ian came in for his consultation he seemed relatively shy and quiet. Granted he didn’t know us and might not have been completely sure of what he was getting into with senior pictures, so it’s totally understandable. But when we tell you that the guy who showed up for the photo shoot didn’t seem like the same dude we’re not kidding. A self assured ready-to-roll stud showed up that day and he kicked ass. Sorry (not sorry) for the pseudo profanity but that’s the only way to accurately describe it.

Starring Ian…

So let’s get to the photos which include some studio work as well as some on location – studio first.

So, not to be cheesy but seriously – you can see it in his eyes. Confidence.

And now how about a little behind the scenes fun? First with our little 6 second vine overview…

@ianm1229 did a fantastic job on his senior session!Loved it! #DetroitSeniors https://t.co/QUqXn5z9as

— Frameable Faces (@FrameableFaces) September 11, 2016

And here we have the replay of our live Periscope broadcast from the studio. If you aren’t following us on Periscope and would like to tune in and be a part of the show in the live chat you can do it here, and if you just want to watch from twitter you can do that here!

LIVE on #Periscope: Doug&AllyIn the studio w/@ianm1229 for #SeniorPics! https://t.co/xl3Dt2nPJk

— Frameable Faces (@FrameableFaces) September 1, 2016

And here’s another studio photo for you this time in black and white…

Heading Out…

At this point we headed out to our location portion of the session and we dodged a couple raindrops but it was all good. We’ll start with this cool photo on the West Bloomfield trail network:

Ian is rockin’ it as you can see…

We also have another Periscope replay from on location:

LIVE on #Periscope: Doug&AllyOn location w/@ianm1229 dodged a few now we're good! https://t.co/gbpDxUNSnQ

— Frameable Faces (@FrameableFaces) September 1, 2016

And we’ll finish with one more close up photo of our guy:

So there it is – you didn’t see the “transformation” part but we did and it was really cool. We hope you enjoyed the highlights of our day starring Ian!

Jake Was The Symbol And The Superhero Of This Senior Session!

September 24, 2016

by Doug Cohen

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When Jake came in for his senior consultation with his mom Jen we proceeded to have a fun and healthy debate about superheroes. Now actually I’m not really a superhero guy and I quickly found out that I was pretty overmatched, but I think I hung in there…..kinda. In any event Jake is clearly inspired as millions are by superheroes – Batman and Iron Man in particular. So I went searching around and found this awesome quote from Batman Begins:

I think this quote is appropriate for this photo session for a couple of reasons… For starters I think this whole idea applies to photographs in general. Photos can preserve a moment, a person – they can be everlasting. That’s part of the appeal of what we do here whether we’re making new photos or restoring old ones. Senior pictures capture such a cool time in a young guy like Jake’s life! So hold on to that thought for a minute and we’ll come back to it…

Jake The Superhero!

Let’s start with the Batman inspiration in the studio for our first sneak peak…

Awesome.

Here’s the behind the scenes vine from the day….

#Batman was in da house! @FishkindJake pulled off the cool #silhouette too! https://t.co/auJAlbKpzg

— Frameable Faces (@FrameableFaces) September 9, 2016

We also did plenty of broadcasting that day on Periscope and Facebook Live. Okay maybe we went a little crazy – I’ve actually done a collab with Jake’s mom Jen who is also known as Princess Pinky Girl online so she’s a natural on camera as was Jake! Much fun! If you haven’t downloaded Periscope yet you can do it and be a part of our broadcasts here or you can just watch on twitter here.

First in the studio:

LIVE on #Periscope: Doug&AllyIn studio for senior pics with @FishkindJake & @PPinkyGirl! https://t.co/UNSxYJosYu

— Frameable Faces (@FrameableFaces) August 31, 2016

Next it’s the first of our location broadcasts at Heritage Park:

LIVE on #Periscope: Doug&Allyon location for senior pics w/@FishkindJake & @PPinkyGirl #BarnDoor https://t.co/HL55MkwOex

— Frameable Faces (@FrameableFaces) August 31, 2016

And here is one of our shots of this fine young lad in the great outdoors…

Let’s see a little more of our behind the scenes from Facebook Live – we actually spent a lot of time cracking up on this session… Jake is a funny dude.

And here we have a shot of Jake chillin’…

Lastly I want to bring it back to that Batman quote from earlier. Here’s where it ties it all together….

Bruce Wayne said as a symbol he could be incorruptible. He could be everlasting. That’s what we achieved with Jake on this last photo which was a first for us, and an idea that Jen brought in. It’s a silhouette that captures the spirit of being a senior – with your life ahead of you. Incorruptible. Everlasting. Arms up to the sky! This photo could be anyone. You can’t necessarily tell it’s Jake, and yet it IS Jake. A symbol – and a powerful one at that….

So cool….

Here’s the behind the scenes of us creating that photo!

LIVE on #Periscope: Doug&AllyDoing a #Sunset silhouette w/@FishkindJake & @PPinkyGirl! https://t.co/rUUUfdyjXX

— Frameable Faces (@FrameableFaces) August 31, 2016

And that’s the story! Jake was the symbol and the superhero and we will always remember this session! We hope you enjoyed the highlights of our day with him!

Like An Expressive Melody, This Aria Is Aptly Named!

September 23, 2016

by Doug Cohen

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According to Wikipedia, an aria started out originally as any expressive melody usually performed by a singer. In a culture where our names don’t always mean something (as famously pointed out by Butch in Pulp Fiction) this is a case where it does and it works for this girl! She is a sweetheart who has been a friend of our Lacey’s since they were toddlers! She’s bright, beautiful and nice – like an expressive melody indeed! As one of our spokesmodels for the class of 2017 this is the second time we’ve been able to get out on location and photograph her this year alone, but she’s been in front of Ally’s camera several times over the years! With her mom (and our friend) Rachel along for the ride, it was another fun and epic day!

Aria Is Aptly Named…

This session was almost exclusively on location and our Aria was prepared with makeup done by Mandy Rose from Mandy Rose Studio – little shout out here to Mandy as she does amazing work! Aria was stylin’ too and with that said we should get to a few of the photos…

Beautiful!

Now let’s mix in some behind the scenes fun from the day, first with our 6 second looping vine:

@ariafrawley's senior sesh was awesome! #barndoors #alleyways ☺️❤️ https://t.co/rspJFLsZqj

— Frameable Faces (@FrameableFaces) September 7, 2016

And now let’s see one of the replays of the live Periscope broadcasts from the session! If you aren’t following us on Periscope you can do it and be a part of our broadcasts in the live chat here, or you can just watch on twitter here.

LIVE on #Periscope: Doug&AllyOn location with @AriaFrawley for senior pics!#ClassOf2017 #Silo https://t.co/Aie6I1xnkx

— Frameable Faces (@FrameableFaces) August 30, 2016

We also did a quick Facebook Live broadcast while we were at Heritage Park too – take a look:

….and here’s a fun photo from the blue door in the broadcast above!

Love that one…!

At this point we changed locations to head over to Birmingham to get a few city shots. Here’s a cool one in the alleyway:

We also broadcasted one more time for some more behind the scenes fun in Birmingham on Periscope!

LIVE on #Periscope: Doug&AllyOn location w/@AriaFrawley for senior pics!⛲️#ClassOf2017 #Birmingham https://t.co/NCwXC5ekEU

— Frameable Faces (@FrameableFaces) August 30, 2016

As we near the end of the story we’ll leave you with one more of Aria on the stairway – step by step we know she’ll be smiling the whole way!

And there you have it! Aria is truly a melody of a girl and she’s aptly named for sure! We hope you enjoyed the highlights of our day with her!

Getting Modernistic With Mallory On Her Senior Session!

September 22, 2016

by Doug Cohen

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So let me explain the title a little here….

I’m going to spill one of my huge blogging secrets here. Sometimes I use a thesaurus for our titles if I’m stumped for a word that begins with the same letter of our senior’s name. There – I said it.

Meanwhile, with Mallory the word I wanted to match was STYLISH because this girl has some serious style. Sure many of our seniors do, but Mallory is a level above, and why shouldn’t she be – she has spent a lot of time working for our mall neighbors Guys N Gals so she has the fashion piece down. Modernistic is a synonym for stylish and I kinda like it! See what I did there? You’ll see when you see the photos below.

Modernistic With Mallory…

So while Mallory came prepared with the killer wardrobe selection her mom Perah came along and Ally has known her for a long time – oh and Mallory and our Lacey are friends too so we knew this would be an exceptional session! We started on location in the morning and our conditions were perfect once again so let’s get to it! We started with natural settings:

She’s totes adorbs. Notice that the girl knows how to accessorize too!

Now let’s mix in some behind the scenes fun from our day! First with our 6 second vine for your viewing pleasure…

Loved @BakerMallory's session!⛲️☺️#Fountains #BirminghamMI "That's so pretty Mal!" https://t.co/fKj1ifrYaO

— Frameable Faces (@FrameableFaces) August 31, 2016

And next we have the first of a few live video snippets from that morning starting with a Periscope broadcast on location – if you aren’t following us on Periscope you can download the app and be a part of the shows from your smartphone here, or just watch from twitter here.

First the Quarton Lake broadcast:

LIVE on #Periscope: Doug&AllyOn location w/@BakerMallory for #SeniorPictures! https://t.co/ofeUdZtVUE

— Frameable Faces (@FrameableFaces) August 27, 2016

And here is one more gorgeous photo of our stylish senior at the lake!

Beautiful!

Before we head back to the studio we have a photo to share from downtown Birmingham that we love in a spot we’ve used a handful of times, just not with this chair!

And here is the behind the scenes broadcast from the city…

LIVE on #Periscope: Doug&AllyMore on location w/@BakerMallory in da city of B'ham☺️#ClassOf2017 https://t.co/RZaSowv6my

— Frameable Faces (@FrameableFaces) August 27, 2016

Now let’s head back to the studio where we finished up our day with a little Detroit love and we did another quick broadcast this time on Facebook Live!

And we’ll leave you with this photo from that last part of our day here at the studio…

Okay how cute is she? We had a lot of fun with Mallory and we hope you enjoyed the highlights of our day with her!

Move Over Kerri Walsh Jennings – Here Comes Kayla and She’s On Fire!

September 21, 2016

by Doug Cohen

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Okay so maybe Kerri Walsh Jennings doesn’t have to “move over” per se…. After all she may be the greatest beach volleyball player of all time, but we don’t know Kerri Walsh Jennings personally and Kayla is a volleyball player we do know! So with all due respect to Kerri, here comes Kayla and we are choosing to focus on her! We spent a morning with her and her mom Dawn recently for senior pictures and it was a truly memorable experience! And yes, this girl was “on fire” – but we’ll get to that in a little bit… haha!

Here Comes Kayla…

With Kayla we had a game plan that included some studio work and some on location shooting in Birmingham. We started on location as we tend to do for morning sessions when the sun is lower in the sky, and the conditions were perfect!

Love it!

Let’s break for a little behind the scenes fun from the shoot shall we? Let’s switch it up from the usual and start with a replay from the live Periscope broadcast from Quarton Lake! If you want to be a part of our live broadcasts by joining and chatting live follow us at @frameablefaces here, or just watch us on twitter here.

LIVE on #Periscope: Doug&Ally@Kayla_Cornett12 has a PERFECT morning for #SeniorPictures!☀️ https://t.co/iXqPrKfNyn

— Frameable Faces (@FrameableFaces) August 23, 2016

Here’s one more photo on location for you before we head back to the studio:

How about that backlight on her hair? Gorgeous!

Now here’s our looping Vine that sums up the day in 6 seconds….

&pretty much sums up @Kayla_Cornett12's session! #ClassOf2017 #SeniorPictures ☺️ https://t.co/q221WnaVC5

— Frameable Faces (@FrameableFaces) August 27, 2016

Next we’ll focus on the studio photos which you saw a glimpse of in the vine…

We focused mostly on the black background – love this one….

And now here is the studio Periscope replay…

LIVE on #Periscope: Doug&AllyBack in the studio w/@Kayla_Cornett12! #ClassOf2017!☀️ https://t.co/iBWMhUSwzM

— Frameable Faces (@FrameableFaces) August 23, 2016

And as an added bonus we even did a little live video on Facebook!

Now it’s time to get to the coup de grace! Remember when we said Kayla was “on fire”? Remember when we told Kerri Walsh Jennings to move over? This is the shot we were talking about…. Kayla rocking the Falcon gear with a fiery volleyball!

Love that! And there you have it! Kayla had a fabulous session and we hope you enjoyed the highlights of our morning with her!!!

Just Too Much Cuteness To Handle With This Family…

September 20, 2016

by Doug Cohen

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Gotta love a photo shoot with little munchkins! This fam was a pure delight to photograph at their home – a great way to spend a Saturday morning with so much cuteness! Everyone did a fantastic job and everyone looked great! We had a great feeling about this one right away with Jan and Nicole during the consultation since they are a truly delightful couple. Their youngest was with them for the initial meeting and she was perfectly behaved and the other two were much fun, even showing off some really impressive gymnastic prowess on the trampoline while we were at the house!

Too Much Cuteness…

This session took place entirely on location and the weather was perfect! There was plenty of green to work with in the backyard so let’s get to it. We’ll start with a shot of the whole family before we get to some individuals of the girls:

Okay how cute are they…????? And the sass on the little one in that shot is priceless!

Before we look at a few more photos let’s check out some of the fun behind the scenes action of our morning! First with our 6 second vine with some of the acrobatics I mentioned before!

Need a #Trampoline emoji for this!Loved this family session!☺️#MetroDetroitFamily❤️ https://t.co/MLGDm7oBC5

— Frameable Faces (@FrameableFaces) September 12, 2016

Next we have the extended replay of the live Periscope broadcast from the session – these are always fun to do where we can share a little of the proceedings in front of a live chat audience who can watch the fun and participate! If you want to be a part of our broadcasts download the app and follow us at @frameablefaces here or just watch on twitter here.

LIVE on #Periscope: Doug&AllyOn location with the cutest fam! #Cute #Family https://t.co/WdQNJuLpas

— Frameable Faces (@FrameableFaces) September 3, 2016

Okay let’s get to the individual photos of the three princesses! From oldest to youngest:

Love these girls!

And the baby…Ally’s camera loved her!

We think you would have to agree that there was indeed much cuteness happening on that day and we hope you enjoyed the highlights from the session!