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We have plenty of seniors who love the pretty photos, and we have plenty of seniors who love the gritty photos, and we have plenty of seniors who can rock both. Corey is one of the seniors who can rock both. But she didn’t just rock this session….. she CRUSHED it. Wow – we are in love with this session…

Going way back…

It’s especially surreal for us when we know our senior as long as we’ve known Corey – we remember her from the bus stop as a little girl in our old neighborhood, and to see her grow into this beautiful young lady is just so cool! We photographed her brother two years ago and had a lot of fun and anticipation was high for this session. Corey delivered.

Let’s start with one “pretty” shot before we move on to the “gritty”…

Corey Can

Great backlight on Corey’s hair, and those eyes!!!

Corey Can…

Now we’ll head to a couple of the “gritty” shots like this one on the fire escape. Corey was totally in control at this point!

Corey Can

Awesome.

Okay let’s now go behind the scenes with our fun vine of the day:

Pretty AND gritty with @corcorgkf! LOVED this session with this girl! https://t.co/wHGY8QFJbM

— Frameable Faces (@FrameableFaces) July 24, 2015

And for a little more behind the scenes footage here is the replay of the 5 minute live Periscope broadcast we did of the session! You can download the app for your iPhone or Android and follow us there for all kinds of live programming at @frameablefaces!

Now let’s get back to a couple more photos. Corey spied this little metal door for this next photo which we hadn’t used before – now it’s “Corey’s Door”!

Corey Can

We will leave you with one more – this one combines the pretty and gritty somewhat with the industrial cement wall but with the pretty black dress. Stunning!

Corey Can

And so there it is – Corey crushed it. There’s your answer to who can rock the pretty and the gritty – Corey can! We hope you enjoyed the highlights of our awesome morning with her!

Sarah’s Super Spectacular Senior Session!

July 31, 2015

Sarah’s super spectacular senior session was well, spectacular! We liked Sarah from the moment we met her and she jumped right in even tuning into a couple of our Periscope broadcasts in anticipation of her senior session, and her session did not disappoint! Gorgeous girl and a lot of fun which you’ll get a glimpse of in a bit…

Perfect Day…

We couldn’t have ordered a better day and Sarah’s mom joined us for a fun time – first at the studio and then in Birmingham at Quarton Lake which has been a popular spot for us once again this year so far. First let’s look at a pose from the studio before we head outside:

Spectacular Senior

Love the simple look – white background, black stool, simple.

Let’s also now see our fun behind the scenes vine before we head to our location, and here is where you get a peek at Sarah’s playful side – love this girl!

Silly & yet SO spectacular vine with @sarahshoree! ⭐️ https://t.co/IBYn6KeFED

— Frameable Faces (@FrameableFaces) July 23, 2015

And for those who want to see a little more behind the scenes here are a couple clips from the live Periscope broadcasts we did during the session!

Lots of fun – be sure to download the Periscope app and follow us at @frameablefaces! Okay so now let’s head to our location photos with Sarah!

Spectacular Senior…

We went to Birmingham for the location part of the session and we got some photos in a natural setting and some in the city. We’ll focus on the city photos for this post…

Spectacular Senior

This is one of those that we keep coming back to – we just love that round…barrel type thingy. It’s one of our favorites!

Next we have a truly gritty shot that we are totally in love with! Check it out!

Spectacular Senior

Sarah was really a star on this session – she can pull off the pretty and the gritty like a pro.

We’ll leave you with one more on one of our favorite walls for now which you saw Sarah posing for in the vine earlier…

Spectacular Senior

So there you have it – we think you would agree that Sarah is a spectacular senior!!! We hope you enjoyed the highlights of our day!

Really Great Session, Really Good Time, Really – With Riley!

July 29, 2015

Really great sessions are the norm around here with high school seniors. They’re the norm with everyone else too, but we really do love this time of year when we’re out photographing seniors all the time. To take that a step further they are really great especially when we have a ton of fun with a “somewhat skeptical” senior. Let me explain. Without meaning to embarrass him or anything I don’t know if I can say that Riley was exactly dreaming about his senior session for years or anything like that. Now that’s not to say he was overtly resistant to being in front of Ally’s camera – he was very pleasant and friendly from the first meeting, I just think he didn’t totally realize how much fun this hangout could be. And just so you know that is not entirely uncommon! I’m taking a little liberty here in saying I believe he did have a really good time!

Really Great Session…

Meanwhile Riley’s mom is certainly in the “appearance business” as owner of Aqua Salon two doors down from our studio so she had a new suit ready to go for Riley for the more formal shots and the guy was looking sharp!!! We started in the studio for some of those photos and Riley did a great job:

Really Great Session

Now that’s a fine looking young man! We are big fans of the grey backdrop for the formal photos – in this case our grey fabric (as opposed to paper which we also use often).

Let’s take a look at one more in the studio before we head out on location…

Really Great Session

Digging the look on the black. And now we’ll bring you some behind the scenes of the day first with our fun quick vine as we usually do.

Yeah @DetroitRiley was totally in command on his senior session! https://t.co/FampYg9osk

— Frameable Faces (@FrameableFaces) July 22, 2015

And for those who want to see a little more extended bit behind the scenes here’s a two minute clip from our Periscope live broadcast on our YouTube channel! Follow us there at @frameablefaces!

Urban Grit and a little History…

Next it was time to head to Pontiac for some city shots. We love the feel of these location sessions in back alleyways for the gritty urban look.

Really Great Session

The history reference just refers to the deep history conversation I had with Riley on the way home. Those of you who know me and even from reading this blog have seen how we reference history all the time and you may recall our blog posts where we studied images of American Presidents. Riley is interested in pursuing political science and he really knows his stuff – I was impressed. We talked history all the way home. So we’ll leave you with one more photo for now…

Really Great Session

So there it is – you can see now that Riley’s session was legit – a really great session and we had a good time with him! Hope you enjoyed the highlights from our day!

Cyd’s Censational and Cpectacular Cenior Cession!

July 19, 2015

First things first – we fell in love with Cyd and we think it’s cool that she’s Cydney with a “C”, and so while we do know how to spell the words in our title properly we thought we’d “ceize” the opportunity to craft a unique title for her! One that’s memorable, because her session was memorable and so is she!

Cpectacular Cenior

We are always impressed when a senior calls the studio themselves to coordinate and make the appointment, and when Cyd came in with her mom for the consultation and informed us that they are related to two of our favorite twin seniors from last year we knew we were in for a special session. We did a quick few shots in the studio but Cyd was all about that nature, ’bout that nature, ’bout that nature – less studio. Haha – so we ordered up a perfect sunny 77 degree day and headed to Quarton Lake in Birmingham.

Cpectacular Cenior

What a photo right? She’s a total natural.

Cpectacular Cenior

Cyd has a great sense of style too – this is a great session for our seniors to get some ideas from for outfits and each photo today will feature a change of clothes. You’ll also see from our fun behind the scenes vine a quick peek at the studio portion of Cyd’s session:

.@Cydneyayad was a pro on her censational cenior cession! ☀️ https://t.co/LLZUC89N3r

— Frameable Faces (@FrameableFaces) July 16, 2015

Meanwhile we did a live Periscope broadcast from the session and we have a couple of minutes of it to share with you from our YouTube channel (for some weird reason when we downloaded the replay a chunk of it cut out in the middle but it’s still fun). Follow us on Periscope at @frameablefaces for more Frameable Faces TV!

Okay let’s get back to the photos shall we?

Cpectacular Cenior

Love that photo – the in-the-water shot is one of our favorites.

Okay one more with the waterfall in the background. One of the cool things about this shot was the brand new trellis that was there! We were at this spot a week before and it wasn’t there, so for us it’s going to be “Cyd’s Trellis” from now on (because that’s how we roll when a senior does something new – we name it after them).

Cpectacular Cenior

And so there it is. Cyd’s censational and cpectacular cenior cession! We hope you enjoyed the highlights!

Senior Photo Awesomeness Abounded With Arielle!

July 9, 2015

Yes senior photo awesomeness abounded with Arielle! Her session was epic and we didn’t want it to end! We are so hyped for the class of 2016 and what better way to officially kick off this class than with a North Farmington Raider, and a sweet, beautiful, smart and funny one at that! Not to mention we’ve known Arielle for some time and she’s a friend of our daughter’s so we were looking forward to this session and knew it would be special.

Chilly but still near perfect morning…

As of this writing the session was supposed to happen the day before yesterday but we were rained out which has happened several times lately. Yesterday the weather was cooperative and it was overcast with diffused light which is very easy to work with. It could have been about 5 degrees warmer when we arrived at Quarton Lake in Birmingham but it was still fine. Oh, and yes this session was yesterday. This is extremely rare but Ally is actually caught up on sessions at the moment (kind of the calm before the senior storm) so the benefit of getting in early and having a fantastic session is that Ally dug right into the files and pulled out 4 right away for sneak peeks! So let’s get to it…!

Awesomeness Abounded

So pretty! Arielle just looks so happy and relaxed in the photo above.

Awesomeness Abounded With Arielle…

Here’s another one from the location part of the session with the water in the background:

Awesomeness Abounded

I know right?

Now let’s take a look at our behind the scenes vine from the day:

Didn't want @ariellelipman1's senior session to end! https://t.co/1UBbe1UktS

— Frameable Faces (@FrameableFaces) July 8, 2015

We also broadcasted a portion of the session live on Periscope so if you want to watch the replay of the broadcast you can see that below!

Back to the Studio

At this point it was time to head back to the studio to do Arielle’s yearbook headshot and a few photos on the black background. And, you guessed it, more awesomeness abounded with Arielle! Ha! First she rocked our signature “black and blowy” pose:

Awesomeness Abounded

We’ll stay with one more highlight for now on the black background with a just a simple pretty smile.

Awesomeness Abounded

So there it is – the first official senior session of the class of 2016, and yes awesomeness abounded – with Arielle leading the way! We hope you enjoyed the highlights of our day with her!

Nine MORE Types of Periscope Chatters! Survival Tips For Scopers!

July 8, 2015

13 Types Of Periscope Chatters – A Survival Guide For Scopers!

For those of you who saw our previous Periscope “survival guide” blog posts and corresponding broadcasts, if you have been on Periscope since you probably know that there are way more than 13 or 14 types of chatters and scopers…

We here in the Frameable Faces research department have identified NINE more types of chatters and we broadcasted our findings live to a bloodthirsty (and nervous) Periscope audience. We now bring you the YouTube replay of that broadcast along with a list of the chatters we covered. Here is the replay…

Nine More Types Of Chatters…

The Hijacker – the hijacker will try to take the controls of your broadcast and steer it to a destination of their own choosing. Often shouting in ALL CAPS they will try to promote their website / blog / dog – whatever. Very spammy and potentially blockworthy if they refuse to back off… In a promote-your-scope type of broadcast it’s okay but that’s the only place where it’s appropriate. Side chatters can sometimes combine to unknowingly tread into this dangerous territory.
The Brown Noser – somewhat self explanatory… the scoper who the brown noser is brown nosing is a GENIUS and every point they make is revelatory…… to the brown noser. Yes it’s okay to be a fan and thank your favorite scopers for their insights, but sheesh – sometimes it’s like Beatles fans on the Ed Sullivan show…
The Security Guard – the security guard is there to keep potential trolls in line in your scope. They will put smackdowns on inappropriate comments and alert you to whom you should block if you missed it. The security guard can actually be a welcome chatter in your room as long as they aren’t too aggressive and start scaring the other chatters.
The Aggressive Gamer – often the aggressive gamer is secretly using an external keyboard for faster typing giving them a huge advantage in Periscope games where the first correct answer is the winner. Often these chatters will just start throwing random answers up on the screen as soon as a category is announced before the question is even asked. Thankfully most Perigame show hosts are on to this and won’t award a win until they at least ask the question…
The Cryptic Chatter – the cryptic chatter can cause chaos on a broadcast by confusing the heck out of the scoper with comments that usually relate to something said at least 30 seconds before and they put zero context in their comment like “Oh yeah sometimes for sure” or “Exactly – I HATE that”. You must call out the cryptic chatter with a passive aggressive remark to let them know not-so-subtly that you have no idea what the heck they are talking about. The problem as a scoper is the extra second you take to decipher the cryptic comment keeps you a half step behind the next comment that actually contributes to the conversation.
The Brand Newbie – we hug the brand newbie, we embrace the brand newbie. The Periscope community is a welcoming community of early adopters and when you see a brand newbie who tentatively enters a room with an egghead profile you should be nice to them.
The Eggspert – no one likes an eggspert. The problem with the eggspert is they have no credibility – they show up in a room and start commenting in an authoritative way like they have a ton of knowledge, and yet they can’t figure out one of the first rules and that is to get a profile avatar – a photo, a logo – something other than an egg. It is perfectly okay for all chatters in the room to shame the eggspert. NOTE: Credit goes to Periscope star @MalinMOcean who coined the term “eggspert” in our broadcast when we referred to this chatter as the “no-credibility chatter”.
The Spillover Commenter – this chatter breaks their comments up into multiple comment bubbles, often because they can’t boil it down to the three lines allowed in the app. This is usually a problem because the second part of the comment comes too long after the first part which can confuse the scoper and make the second part of the comment look like the work of a cryptic chatter.
The Fat Finger – autocorrect is the bane of the fat finger’s existence. Whether due to carelessness, hurried commenting, or actual fat fingers, the fat finger chatter is often put into embarrassing situations by comments gone horribly wrong… we’ve ALL been there.

So there you go – nine more types of chatters for you to be aware of! Here are the links to the previous posts, and there is at least one more to come!

13 Types Of Periscope Scopers – A Survival Guide For Chatters!

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The 13 Types Of Periscope Scopers – A Survival Guide For Chatters!

June 23, 2015

You may have read our post about the 13 types of Periscope chatters and you may have seen the ensuing broadcast about it on Periscope which was an epic laughfest for all involved. For that one I wrote the article first and then we did the broadcast.

Ally and Doug probably being one of the 13…

Well the reception to that broadcast was so fantastic it inevitably required a sequel, and this time we did it in reverse. I made a few notes, put together a slide show and we did another broadcast once again with Ally providing the demonstrations. So now here is the companion blog post. Now that we exposed all the different types of chatters we encounter on Periscope, let’s turn the tables on the scopers! Here’s the actual broadcast and the breakdown of the 13 below.

The 13 Types Of Periscope Scopers…

The Too Close For Comfort Scoper – this scoper isn’t going to be satisfied until you have become completely acquainted with their nose hair, teeth and eyebrows – or as some chatters pointed out in the broadcast, the pores in their skin.
The Distracted By Comments Scoper – this scoper will literally try to start the same sentence 23 straight times and won’t be able to do it because they just can’t stop answering all the comments. Always a challenge since you want to be social and talk to your viewers, but sheesh – get on with it man!!! This scoper may also graduate to being a juggler – more on that later.
The Multitasker – in the scope I referred to this one as the “JUST Missed Your Comment Scoper” but I realized this scoper isn’t paying attention to the screen because they are multitasking. They often will ask a question and then get distracted by something else going on and then come back to the screen to catch your 3 line typed out question just as it’s fading into extinction and they’ll only get the first line before it’s gone…
The Bad Lighter – this scoper is scoping in the dark while asking you your opinion on something that’s impossible to see because, well, they’re scoping IN THE DARK.
The Earthquake – tons of turbulence here… in the broadcast you’ll see that everyone was getting dizzy and nauseous because the scoper is unaware of how important it is to try to steady their smartphone. Watch, I’ll end up feeling bad about this one if someone is scoping during an actual earthquake.
The Shy Scoper – curious that someone would download this app and start scoping if they don’t want to be seen, but some scopers are nervous and they scope the floor or the wall while talking to you… Or maybe they haven’t figured out how to double tap their screen yet.
The Thankful Scoper – these people are SO happy that people have showed up to their scope! They will gush and jump for joy when people show up, and sometimes a certain special scoper will pop in that will make them lose their mind completely.
The Beggar – a potentially annoying scoper to be sure, the beggar will campaign for hearts, shares, follows, tweets, and invites. They will find any number of creative ways to get you to tap your screen – they are completely addicted.
The Overscoper – as you can see a couple people got nervous when this slide popped up in the broadcast. Periscope can be addictive in nature, and overscoping can be dangerous to building a following especially for those chatters who haven’t changed their notification settings and have their iPhone doing that “hello” whistle at them courtesy of the overscoper 10-20 times per day…
The Unable To Gauge What’s Actually Exciting Scoper – as a side note I’m pretty disgusted with myself for misspelling “gauge” in the slide deck for the broadcast on this one… In any event, this scoper sees a squirrel in a park and thinks it’s going to be ratings gold. Most people have encountered squirrels. Seeing someone else encounter one by watching it happen on your iPhone isn’t quite that exciting. You don’t need to scope the squirrel.
The Off-Topic Scoper – pretty self explanatory. This scoper will entitle their scope “5 Things To Do In Detroit” and end up scoping about, well, a squirrel, or maybe Game Of Thrones. Sometimes this is partly the fault of the Off-Topic chatter who throws the scoper off-topic.
The Juggler – the juggler sometimes starts out as a “distracted by comments scoper”. The juggler tries to keep three or more separate conversations with three different chatters going at the same time. It never goes well and this inevitably can lead to injury.
The Long Goodbye Scoper – this scoper says they HAVE to go. They are signing off, but wait – they can’t leave while hearts are still flowing, comments are still going, and chatters are still showing. These people are often closet beggars. These goodbyes seem to go on forever and sometimes something is said that restarts and extends the scope which proves that the scoper really had nothing else to do in the first place.
The Unprepared Scoper – note the title indicates that there are 13 scopers for this post, but in order to demonstrate the importance of scope preparedness we snuck in this 14th scoper which proves the point. Prepare for your scope so you aren’t scrambling in the middle of a scope to find something else you meant to cover and can’t find. This can be uncomfortable for all involved.

So there you have it! The 13 Types of Periscope Scopers! There are plenty more where they came from and I’m sure this will be good for at least a couple more scopes of categories of chatters and scopers, so stay tuned….

The 13 Types Of Periscope Chatters – A Survival Guide For Scopers!

June 10, 2015

So Periscope comes along and it’s super cool. We all have visions of reaching an audience in an exciting new way and connecting with new friends, being entertained and seeing the world like we’ve never seen it before. We download the app, we start to follow some scopers, we tell our friends and we start scoping……..and then they show up. The scope chatters who tune in and, well…. make it interesting. Just to clarify for the purposes of this survival guide for scopers, the scopers are the people broadcasting, and the chatters are the folks tuning in to watch and “chat” (type comments to the scoper and each other).

Doug and Ally checking out Sock Cop and Cathy Hackl on Periscope

Scoping can be stressful, it can lead to post traumatic scope disorder, and it’s largely the fault of these 13 types of scope chatters (and here’s a clue – we’re all guilty of being at least one if not several of these at some point). So without further adieu I bring you:

the 13 types of chatters – a survival guide

The First Comment Chatter – the first comment chatter is quick on the draw and that’s their M.O. – when they see a scope notification they pounce and furiously start typing to get their comment in before the others start scrolling.
The Chatty Cathy – the Chatty Cathy is usually just so excited to be on a scope – their exuberance is often activated by a simple acknowledgement of the Chatty Cathy. If you say hi back to a Chatty Cathy the flood gates will open and they Won’t. Stop. Commenting. Relatively harmless because they are generally extremely happy people, but they can still make you a little crazy.
The Troll – yes this is obvious. Not new to social media by any stretch, the troll will usually ask a female scoper to see her boobs, or like my troll yesterday they may just stop by to tell you that they “just crapped their pants”. Trolls are not cool, but luckily there is a relatively easy remedy for handling trolls and that is to simply block them.
The Topic Trumper – the topic trumper loves the opportunity to show off their vast reservoir of knowledge by jumping into your room to spill the beans on the tip you are about to reveal. While this may allow the topic trumper a fleeting moment of self validation, it usually doesn’t make them look so good to the other viewers/chatters.
The Drop In Chatter – the drop in chatter is extremely busy. They have a ton going on and they are probably busy with multiple million dollar generating projects or maybe they just have 5 kids but they still find the time to drop in and say hello even if they can only stay for a minute. The drop in chatter can actually be a welcome guest, but habitual drop ins can lead to being classified as a scope hopper.
The Scope Hopper – the scope hopper is a mysterious character. Also known as “ghosting”, they like to hop around from one scope to the next, sometimes staying just long enough to make a hit and run comment. They may genuinely want to just see what is going on around Periscope or their motives may be more sinister – they may just want to be seen or make the scoper think they are interested in their scopes when they really aren’t. This can lead to the scope hop of shame. 6a. The Scope Hop Of Shame – just a footnote to the the scope hopper, this happens when two hoppers by coincidence hop into two consecutive scopes at the same time and discover that they are both indeed scope hopping. The best thing to do in this case if you are one of the busted hoppers is to form an alliance with the other hopper and swear this unfortunate incident to secrecy.
The Social Butterfly – the social butterfly loves to say hi to everybody in your room. Actually a welcome chatter, the social butterfly brings all the chatters together and fosters a sense of community in your scope. The only danger is when the social butterfly moves into the more serious and dangerous category of being a side chatter.
The Side Chatter – the side chatter will recognize a friend in the scope and start an entire unrelated side conversation that sometimes goes way too long. This can be very disruptive to the flow of comments that are actually on topic, can badly confuse the scoper, and might actually squeeze relevant comments off the screen too quickly for the scoper to respond. This is a borderline double troll result that can sink your scope and in extreme cases may even be a premeditated conspiracy to destroy your scope.
The Off-Topic Chatter – this chatter will come into your chat entitled “3 tips for sharing scopes on YouTube” and notice that you’re from New York and tell you about a restaurant they ate at in New York…. because they once lived in New Jersey about 90 minutes from…. New York so they didn’t get to New York too…. often but one time when they went they did go to said restaurant…. are you a Giant fan?
The Attention Seeker – this chatter usually gets stressed when the room is very crowded and will repeatedly use 30 emojis and/or ALL CAPS in their comments to get noticed. You may need to acknowledge the attention seeker to quiet them temporarily.
The Slightly Awkward Chatter – this chatter isn’t quite a troll but makes comments that make everyone feel just slightly uncomfortable – just not enough to warrant a block. No one has found an adequate solution yet for these people.
The Lurker – the lurker never comments. They kind of just sit in the corner and stare and their presence can be a bit unsettling. Don’t let them bother you.
The Interrupter – very often a scope begins with welcomes and introductions and even a little bit of chatting which is great. Hearts and engagement throughout are the hallmarks of a successful scope. But at some point the scoper might have some valuable information they want to get across. The interrupter doesn’t understand that. Just when the room goes quiet and the scoper gets on a roll the interrupter will ask a question that may have already been covered or they are jumping ahead. This is very stressful for the other chatters in the room and if left unchecked can extend a scope to unbearable lengths causing a chatter exodus. You can give the interrupter one free pass if you like, but it’s best just to ask them to DM you on twitter afterwards.

So there you have it! Be aware of these chatters, learn to recognize them and keep this survival guide close and you should be okay! Feel free to add to this list if there are any I’ve missed…

Doug’s Rant – Image Quality ISN’T Everything On Instagram (and more)

June 3, 2015