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Getting Krazy with the Kamen family proved to be one of the most fun family sessions we have ever had here at Frameable Faces! We love these guys. You may recognize Courtney from her days as a high school senior spokesmodel for the class of 2014 if you follow our blog. This time we had the whole fam here including their dog Shadow who was definitely the star of the shoot! Haha! This session had everything including jumping, family hugs, silly faces, Shadow “sitting on a throne” and various other shenanigans so let’s get to it…

For starters they chose to go with black clothes on the black background for colors which really looks cool. Sometimes people wonder if that will work because they fear the clothing will blend into the background, but it looks great if you know how to light it properly. The first shot is a classic hug between three siblings and a spouse. Love it!

Getting Krazy

Next it was time to get Shadow involved and he’s quite a stud. He holds an extremely important position and status within this family so it was critical to convey that in this next photo which is why we had him sitting on his throne for this one. We think we captured the moment here…

Getting Krazy

Next we started to play around some and get some fun candid shots and that’s when the hilarious shenanigans started… here’s a great one:

Getting Krazy

And here is our hilarious behind the scenes vine of the session… so funny!

Best. Family. Session. Vine. Ever! Courtney Kamen and fam make us wanna Jump! Jump! https://t.co/JCPjEDDrWy

— Frameable Faces (@FrameableFaces) December 3, 2014

Lastly we’ll share this fun shot where Shadow jumped back in for another… This was the photo we teased in our last year-end recap post.

Getting Krazy

So there you have it! We had an absolute blast getting Krazy with the Kamen family! We hope you enjoyed these highlights from their awesome session!

2014 Was A Wonderful and Frameable Year!

December 31, 2014

2014 was a wonderful and “Frameable” year that we won’t soon forget and in many ways it was the best year yet for Frameable Faces! As we charge into what should only be the best, happiest and healthiest 2015 possible for ALL of our peeps – we take a happy look back at the past year!

The Class of 2015 Spokesmodels

Okay so the fact that we assembled a new crew of spokesmodels wasn’t something unique to 2014 since we do that every year, but every class is indeed unique and this one was no exception! A bigger class than usual, we really fell in love with this group and ended up with some great new friends out of it – not just friends of the studio but of our family. We spent a good part of our winter and spring photographing these awesome seniors and I was playing with the panorama function on my iPhone camera the whole time. Let’s reveal all of the behind-the-scenes panoramas from those sessions together here – these aren’t professional shots and they aren’t filtered or retouched but together they are kind of neat!

2014 2014 2014 2014 2014 2014 2014 2014 2014 2014 2014 2014 2014 That’s how we spent a good part of the first 4 months of the year, culminating with our spokesmodel party with our usual dinner (catered by Pine Lake Market) and Just Baked cupcakes and that’s where we create our composite which stays in the window of our studio until the next class!

2014

Summer – Relay For Life, more seniors, road trips…

Team Frameable Faces participated in the Relay For Life once again to try to help beat cancer and we had a fun and rewarding day raising a nice chunk of money this year. We also continued photographing a whole bunch of seniors and we even took a couple of road trips including one where Ally took some breathtaking photos up at Sleeping Bear Dunes. We worked hard this summer and at the same time had to plan and gear up for our son Tony’s Bar Mitzvah! Our heads were spinning most of the time… but it was all good stuff.

Tony’s Bar Mitzvah!

What an awesome weekend this was! Tony did a great job, the party was a blast, and our photographer – well she’s the best. We hired our own event photographer Angela and it was really cool to be on the other side of the lens and in her capable and talented hands. You can see a handful of highlights from our day here!

2014 New Website, other highlights and cruising towards 2015!

Meanwhile plenty of other topics were on our minds and on our plates – the launch of our fantastic new website designed by our friends at EPK Design, continued Instagramming, Vining, Tweeting, Facebooking, YouTubing, Pinning, Google Plus-ing and blogging! We photographed plenty of families including this recent one which we’ll give you just a peek of before their upcoming blog post…

2014

Reflecto had a bit of a rebirth as well after recovering from an injury and continued to focus on his favorite topic……himself.

So that’s our recap – we are thankful for all of you and for a great year and we are looking forward to what will be an amazing 2015! We wish for all of you peace, health and happiness, and we will see you all soon!

All our best,

Doug and Ally

The Twilight Was On Point For Tristan’s Senior Photos!

December 27, 2014

The twilight was on point for Tristan’s senior photos! Every now and then we plan a nighttime shoot if it works into everyone’s schedule and when we shoot after the daylight savings “fall back” we get darkness by late afternoon. For city portraits this can make for some really cool opportunities. We don’t always get to try some of these creative shots with the different lighting that night shoots require. Meanwhile we had a great senior model to work with – Tristan is a North Farmington Raider for starters which is always a bonus for us as Raider alums! He’s a great kid with a great mom who came along for the shoot and we had much fun. We’ll get to the city shots in a bit…

First let’s start with the studio photos where we went mostly formal. We started with the grey backdrop which we like especially for guys in the formal wear and North Farmington’s yearbook headshots need to be on grey anyway so it’s convenient to boot.

The Twilight

From there we moved on to the black backdrop which always works well for this next close up shot:

The Twilight

We love these shots… Tristan nailed them – really he nailed the whole session. Here’s our fun behind the scenes vine where you’ll see us on location at night in Birmingham for the next couple photos:

Nighttime shooting with off-camera flash tonight with Tristan! SO COOL! https://t.co/r42a30KHj7

— Frameable Faces (@FrameableFaces) November 26, 2014

The off-camera flash gives us great lighting and the shadows have a really dramatic effect here… We use this wall all the time but this is the first time we’ve done this particular shot at night.

The Twilight

So cool right? Totally on point. Okay let’s take a look at one more nighttime photo…

The Twilight

Love the city flavor and the textures… Tristan had an awesome session and we hope you enjoyed the highlights from our evening with him!

On Location With Old Friends In The Chicago ‘Burbs!

December 24, 2014

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We were recently in Chicago for a family event and while we were there we connected with my best friend from college in the suburbs for a family session on a brisk fall day in the park. It’s fun to photograph old friends and to be able to get their kids and ours together for a visit during our road trip. We go back over 25 years and it’s always a lot of fun when we get together.

Anyone who knows my buddy Barry knows he’s pretty passionate about his dogs and of course Half-Face and Omar were going to be included in the family portraits. That’s where we’ll start – with all of the family!

Old Friends Great family and are those dogs beautiful or what?

Next we focused on getting some photos without the pups and if you have been a frequent follower of our work you know Ally is a big fan of the “family hug”!

Old Friends

The kids are getting to be so grown up! To you they just look like great looking kids – for me it’s different because I’ve known them from the time they were born!

Here is a fun little behind the scenes vine from the session:

Behind the scenes with the whole family in the park – even the dogs – in the Chicago 'burbs! https://t.co/UUubu49Wc2

— Frameable Faces (@FrameableFaces) November 6, 2014

Next we focused in on getting some shots of just the kids as you can see from the vine. Here are a couple of great ones…

Old Friends

So cute right? Little sister loving on her older brother! Having a boy and girl ourselves we just know this is exactly how they always get along!!! Right?

And one more of the two of them just relaxing and hanging out together.

Old Friends

So there you have it – on location with old friends in the Chicago ‘burbs – it’s about as good as it gets for us! We hope you enjoyed these highlights from the session!

We Just Couldn’t Wait….To Show You Kait(lin)!

December 20, 2014

We just couldn’t wait to show you the highlights from Kaitlin’s senior session! The plan actually was to wait because we’re not done! We covered a lot of ground on part one of her session but we left a little time to grab a few winter shots when the snow comes so this session is to be continued. However the same way money burns holes in people’s pockets these photos are burning holes on our Macs and they basically fell into the blog because they’re too good. It’s pretty much beyond our control. Kaitlin is a total star and she’s a cool girl to boot! So without further adieu, let’s take a look!

First we went with the cosmopolitan look which is perfect for this girl. These shots in the city brought a few looks from the paparazzi around!

Just Couldn't Wait

And now you see why! Kaitlin just owned this sidewalk – or is it a runway….?

Just Couldn't Wait

What’s really unique about that shot above is the metro look but with the pretty fall colors framing our senior. So cool!

Next we made a quick stop at the park to get a natural shot before we headed back to the studio and here we get to see Kaitlin’s winning smile in this playful photo!

Just Couldn't Wait

Here is our fun behind the scenes vine of the afternoon:

Sidewalk or runway? Senior stylin' with @so__kate! https://t.co/m9w4uhLCNV

— Frameable Faces (@FrameableFaces) October 30, 2014

Lastly we stopped back at the studio for a few on the black background and well, this black and blowy shot is just spectacular…

Just Couldn't Wait

Enough said right? The best part is that we will still get to photograph her again in the snow! She’s a delight and now you know why we just couldn’t wait to show you Kait(lin)! Ha! We hope you enjoyed these sneak peeks from her session!

Some Applause For Ariana’s Senior Photos Please!

December 18, 2014

Some applause is definitely in order for Ariana’s senior photos because she was a total trooper on an absolutely freezing morning! You would never know how cold it was by looking at the results and that’s precisely my point. She still killed it. Alternate titles for this post were “Ariana’s Arctic Adventure” or “An Anarctic Session With Ariana” – haha! But seriously, the lighting was great and we had a lot of fun with her and her mom at Heritage Park! Ariana has a great sense of humor with the perfect mix of snark that we love.

We eventually made it back to the studio for some indoor photos in our toasty warm studio, but let’s start on location shall we? We love this shot on the big rocks – she just looks pretty and happy and it’s a great photo.

Some applause

Next we moved over to a little meadow where the vegetation had turned to a light brown fluff which happens later in the season and it made for a really nice backdrop. The backlight is great here too!

Some Applause

Here is our fun behind the scenes vine of the morning:

Behind the scenes of Ariana's senior session – yes it was chilly but we had a blast!!! ☀️ https://t.co/E1Q2yu6i32

— Frameable Faces (@FrameableFaces) November 19, 2014

So at that point we had enough of the cold and it was time to head back to the studio. We started with the black and blowy set up that we feature quite a bit, and Ariana just nailed this shot. Love this!

Some Applause

Lastly we broke out our red couch which you see Ariana posing on in the vine for this beautiful close up photo!

Some Applause

So there it is! As we said before, let’s have a round of applause for Ariana for rocking her session like a star despite the cold! She looks amazing! We hope you enjoyed these highlights from her session!

Joining Fall, Fire and Finesse With Jenna!

December 4, 2014

We are happy to share highlights from the day we were joining Fall, fire, and finesse with Jenna! For those of you who know us you know we are both North Farmington Raider alums and how much we love the brown and gold! Jenna comes from a great family tradition of Raider athletes and I personally have known her dad and uncle since I was a kid so this was really a special session for us. This session had great variety which fits this girl because she’s the whole package – she’s smart, athletic, pretty and funny!

Okay let’s get to the photos! First we went on location to Heritage Park with Jenna and her mom and we were able to get this shot in the barn doorway – a unique shot for us since I don’t think we’ve ever been there where the door was open before…

Fire and Finesse

Love it! This next photo is another unique shot with the deep mahogany colored leaves framing the photo, and Jenna’s eyes look amazing here!

Fire and Finesse

So after getting the “Fall” part it was time to head back to the studio to get the “Fire” part! It’s no secret that we like to set things on fire here in the studio and a volleyball is the perfect prop! We think shots like these just convey the energy, drama and fierce commitment required for athletic competition, and Jenna just nailed it.

Fire and Finesse

Here is our fun behind the scenes vine of the day! We always love when people see these and say “Whoa that’s real fire! We thought that was just photoshoped!” Yes it’s real fire!

Fall and fiery senior fun on this senior session with @Lil_Miller96! https://t.co/8NHM9H5Hdz

— Frameable Faces (@FrameableFaces) November 21, 2014

Lastly we went to the red background for a little more “Finesse” in a dress and we love this glam shot with the sneakers!

Fire and Finesse

So there you have it! We hope you enjoyed our joining of fall, fire and finesse with Jenna!

Jacob’s Senior Session Was Sweet In More Ways Than One!

December 1, 2014

Jacob’s senior session was sweet in more ways than one and we’ll be returning to the sweet theme frequently as we tell the tale of our day with him! For starters he’s a sweet guy and he loves to laugh. We all had each other cracking up for much of his session! Jacob has a great sense of humor and we weren’t surprised since we know the family – Ally is related to them and they are great people! We photographed Jacob’s older sister Shaina a couple years ago for her senior pictures so we were excited to photograph Jacob.

We started on location with Jacob and his mom at the Franklin Cider Mill which is a fun (and tasty) place to shoot! We shoot there a couple times per year and of course we got some sweet cider and donuts while we were there – more sweetness! There are a couple of cool bridges there which we used for this shot…

Session Was Sweet

Handsome guy right? The lighting was really nice too! Here is one more shot from the cider mill:

Session Was Sweet

Next let’s take a look at our fun behind the scenes vine from the day!

Now you are…having fun on your senior session! Good job Jacob! Lol https://t.co/0oaRzHjWGG

— Frameable Faces (@FrameableFaces) November 8, 2014

Now here is where the session really took a sweet turn! Often with our seniors at some point in their session we do a themed shot if there is something that really defines them, or if we want to recreate a fun photo from their childhood, or any type of extracurricular activity – some of these get really fun and creative! In Jacob’s case we called ahead to Plum Market to see if we could take a photo in front of their Godiva chocolate display and they said sure! Like I said – here’s where things get really sweet! Haha!

Session Was Sweet

At this point it was time to head back to the studio and we’ll leave you with this awesome shot on the blue – love the cool scarf!

Session Was Sweet

So as you can see this session was certainly sweet in more ways than one! Sweet guy, sweet cider and donuts, sweet chocolate – life should always be so sweet!

We Are Unabashedly And Openly Admiring Alayna!

November 30, 2014