You’ve heard of Syd Vicious? Well say hello to Syd-licious! We can call her that because we’ve known her since she was in Kindergarten with our Tony and now she’s a beautiful smart, nice, funny young lady!!! Weird how that happens. She’s been in front of Ally’s camera before…..a DECADE ago!
Exhibit A:
She was sooo cute!!!
…and now she’s gorgeous!
Syd-Licious
We had such a great day with Syd, her mom Bec and little sister Hayden! Like old times.
We also have some fun behind the scenes for you first from the Instagram Live replay!
Here’s another highlight using the tree…
Love it!!!
We have one more in the white tank…
Adorable.
At this point we did another outfit change and we have more behind the scenes fun coming at you from the Facebook Live broadcast:
And we’ll leave you with one more highlight – LOVE this one:
Great one to finish on with Syd! We love this girl and we hope you enjoyed the highlights of our day with her!
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Ally photographing Ally is about as good as it gets. Especially this Ally since her mom Teri was inspired by our Ally to use the name Ally for her daughter! So with this senior session the circle of life is complete!!! Haha… Ally is also a legacy here since we photographed her sister Julia, so a fun day was definitely in store and a fun day we had. Let’s take a look at some of the highlights!
Ally Photographing Ally
We had a great game plan simply because summertime in West Bloomfield is beautiful and we had a great day for it. We focused on location photos, starting out bouncing around a couple of natural settings like this one:
Love it and Ally looks beautiful!
Of course we have some fun behind the scenes first from Facebook Live (the video might be choppy – we’re not sure why):
There’s a bog we like as well that during a certain window of time is covered with algae and it looks really cool as a backdrop:
Pretty nice huh?
At this point we headed to a lake to finish up and the session went to the dogs…
Love when the pets jump in! That’s Black and White Baby Joe!!!
We also have the Snapchat story from the day for some more behind the scenes action:
We’ll leave you with this final photo of Ally getting in the water!
Love it. And love Ally photographing Ally! We hope you enjoyed the highlights of our day with her!
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What can we say about JoJo without gushing with superlatives? Probably nothing, so let’s gush. What a special kid – smart, a total sweetheart, gorgeous, athletic – the list goes on. We just connected with JoJo and her mom Bianca! Even grandma Linda came along and what a day we had. These are some of our favorite photos from the class of 2018 for sure and definitely one of our favorite seniors! You might say the session was dashing – in more ways than one – you’ll see why…
A Dashing Senior Session With JoJo…
We started out in the studio for a few portraits and what a start to the session! We started out with the black and blowy setup and this black and white photo is just so classic… love this!
Next we broke out the pink paper and went live on Facebook Live for some behind the scenes fun – take a look!
And here is the pretty-in-pink result!
She is adorable!
At this point we headed outside for some location photos and here’s a gem:
The actual dashing….
Now here is where the double meaning of the dashing comes into play… JoJo is a sprinter and a good one at that, so we went down to the track to get a few photos in uniform. We fired up the Instagram Live for this and here is the replay from our YouTube channel:
Now here is the coup de grace – an image that is pretty much immediate Frameable Faces ICON status – WOW.
You will likely see this photo in our studio somewhere soon….
And there you have it – a dashing session with JoJo indeed!!! We hope you enjoyed the highlights from our day with her!
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Here we go with the Class of 2019 Spokesmodel Panorama…..RAMA!!! We did this last year and this is just our fun way of stacking these behind the scenes iPhone panoramic photos that Doug took during our spokesmodel sessions. There’s something cool about the way the scope of a panoramic photo can capture and distort a scene in a weird and wonderful way! These are not “professional” photos by any stretch and are not meant to be taken too seriously, but they are a fun way to recap our last few months with our Class of 2019 crew as we head into senior season!
This year’s sessions took us to the usual haunts as well as a new one or two… burned out buildings, majestic theaters, trails and parks, and of course the Frameable Faces studio! We have such an outstanding team representing us this year for the class of 2019 and so in no particular order, here is your panorama…..RAMA!
the class of 2019 spokesmodel panorama rama!
Audrey
Chloe
Tony
Morgan
Kaitlyn
Tori
Josh
Alli
Claudia
Paige
Whooo hooo!!! Another fun Panorama…..RAMA! We hope you enjoyed these!
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I’ve always said when a senior calls the studio themselves and sets up the appointment for their own senior pictures that it’s impressive. Not a HUGE thing per se, but it’s usually an indication that they can take some initiative and get things done and we were impressed with Zaire from the start. What a great kid – even called ahead on the day of the session to let us know he might be a few minutes late, and when I said don’t sweat it he said it was important to him to apologize. That says a lot! As for his mom April she’s great too – she has just a little going on with Zaire’s graduation coming up AND Zaire’s sister graduating from college out of state – she’s stressed! But there’s NO stress here at Frameable Faces! Especially when we’ve got such a great senior to photograph and a great day in Pontiac to do it!
In The Zone With Zaire…
Now we will say that we started briefly in the studio to get a few photos on the grey in Zaire’s suit, and while these turned out just fine we’re only going to show you the fun behind the scenes replay of the Instagram live from our YouTube channel because we just love the location photos so much!
Good times and the dude was looking dapper!
To Pontiac
To Pontiac we went and Zaire kept the nice clothes on for the first set of photos where we got this result:
One of our faves from the session for sure…
At this point we went more casual:
We like the reflection in the glass on that one…
Same outfit, different sidewalk!
We also have more behind the scenes fun with the replay of our Facebook Live video at another cool spot… take a look!
And here is the cool result!
Love that one!
So as you can see we were indeed in the zone with Zaire and had a fantastic time with him – we hope you enjoyed the highlights of our day!
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What can we say about Tori and the hands of fate that were all over this story from how and when we found her all the way to the epic spokesmodel session with her and her mom Lora in the YAK! The “yak” would be Pontiac which is where Tori was born hehe… Let’s just say we already have multiple inside jokes and stories from our short time knowing each other – we just seemed to fit from the first minute.
It all started with Tori’s mom Lora walking into the studio and asking about senior pictures really early in the game for the class of 2019 at the urging of another senior mom we love while we were (and kinda still are) in recruiting mode for our new crew. When she told us her daughter went to West Bloomfield Ally and I looked at each other right away and both our wheels were turning… Next thing you know we had Lora and Tori come for a little pow wow and we knew immediately we wanted her on our team! The rest is his-TORI!!! See what I did there? Let’s see how many ways I can work Tori’s name into this blog post lol…
A Vic-TORI-ous Session
We decided on Pontiac as I mentioned earlier on a fairly chilly day and even with some technical difficulties with Ally’s new off camera flash we still pulled off a handful of outstanding photos! Let’s get to a few…
How adorable is she? Let’s also give a shout out here to Yasmeen at The Beauty Lounge for Tori’s makeup and Natalie at Mandy Rose Studio for Tori’s hair!
Let’s also take a look at the hilarious behind the scenes Facebook Live – we LOVE this girl…. haha!
One more photo outdoors before we move to the next phase…
Love. Great style on Tori here and we are pretty pleased with the lighting (when it worked)! That’s the nice thing about spokesmodel sessions – they are a great opportunity to try out new spots, new equipment and new techniques, and while Ally was a little frustrated fighting with the equipment we do love the results!
At this point we headed over to the Flagstar Strand Theatre which you should check out for a show if you get a chance – what a gem of a venue in downtown Pontiac and special thanks goes to them for the access. They set us up in the dressing room where we decided on a whim to get a few really fun shots of the star backstage like this one!
We played around in the theatre and got some cool stuff but the lighting and the angles we tried were a bit challenging. We’ll go back and try again at some point – you can get a sense of what we were doing in this fun Instagram Live we did from inside…
A couple of behind the scenes shots like the pano I grabbed and the shot Lora took below are pretty cool too – they give you an idea of what we were trying to do even if the finished images weren’t quite ready for prime time…
Now we’ll head outside for one more photo which could be our fave of the day with Tori in a cute winter hat…
Just love that one!!! Gorgeous girl.
And that’s a great way to end it for now – we are thrilled to have Tori representing our studio and we cannot wait to get her in front of Ally’s camera again! We hope you enjoyed the highlights of our day!
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Photographing Jordyn was a pure delight – you might even say being with Jordyn had us jumping for joy! Well maybe not literally jumping but certainly figuratively because she is just such a sweetie and a pleasure to be around! Her mom Rebecca joined us on a fine fall Michigan day and she’s a lot of fun too! The results speak for themselves so let’s take a look:
Photographing Jordyn…
We started out in the studio on the white backdrop and we love Jordyn in the powder blue with the white chair! Great one to start with…
Next we moved to the black backdrop and we fired up the Facebook Live for some behind the scenes fun! Take a look:
And here’s a shot on the black in a new outfit!
Love that!!!
At this point it was time to get outside on location and we made a stop over behind the West Bloomfield Library for a little pop of fall! She looks so pretty!
At this point we headed over to our last stop over at Orchard Lake where we fired up the YouTube Live this time for a little more behind the scenes fun! Take a look!
And we’ll leave you with one more photo of Jordyn chillin’ out on the dock:
And there you have it! Photographing Jordyn had us jumping for joy and now you know why! We hope you enjoyed the highlights of our day with her!
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We love getting to know our seniors and on a nice fall day with those Pure Michigan colors outside we got to know Nadia a little better on her senior session! She’s a total sweetheart – and what better day to photograph her than on her birthday!!! Nadia’s mom Cherish joined us as well and we had a lot of fun with her too as you’ll see in a sec. Meanwhile it was a little chilly that day (although that’s all mental as we like to remind our seniors – ha) but the conditions were still just fine for photos and we focused on location shots so let’s get to ’em:
Getting To Know Nadia
Love that shot with the steps as the backdrop!
We also have some fun behind the scenes for you starting with the replay of our Facebook Live broadcast:
And let’s take a look at a couple more…
Looking super cute in the hooded vest and you can see some hints of fall in the background as well as in this close up below…
A nice pop of color with the scarf too! We also have a little more behind the scenes this time from the Snapchat story from the day:
Fun with those snap filters! Now we’ll leave you with one more:
She looks amazing and nicely framed with some Pure Michigan fall leaves!
And there you have it – getting to know Nadia was wonderful and we hope you enjoyed the highlights of our day with her!
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Senior sessions in and around Detroit always get us excited – there’s just such a buzz around the city and so much to photograph! It’s even better when we have a senior who is down for some fun with personality, style, and the whole fam! Yep Sarah’s parents and older sister came along and we all had a great time! Sarah is a sweetheart and we are pleased to present the highlights of our day with her!
Sarah Around Detroit!
We started on Belle Isle which is how we typically roll – it’s a great location with all kinds of spots to discover – we’ll pick up the action there:
Love that, and love the aesthetically pleasing match of Sarah’s top to the brick around her!
We also have some fun behind the scenes for you as we usually do – first with the replay of the YouTube Live broadcast at Belle Isle:
Here’s a photo now of Sarah over by the conservatory where we found plenty of flowers to play with – and why not with Sarah’s flowery dress!
At this point we left the island to head over to The Belt where there are fun murals to play with, and we captured this fun photo:
So cool with all the colors, and here is the behind the scenes this time from the Facebook Live broadcast replay!
Back to the studio…
At this point it was time to get back to the studio for our signature “black and blowy” setup and we’ll leave you with one of those:
Um……stunning!!!
And there you have it! A stunning session with Sarah in and around Detroit and we hope you enjoyed the highlights of our day!
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In the category for Nabbing A Perfect Senior Session we are nominating Nora!!! Holy moly – everything about this one is fabulous. We’ve known Nora going back to elementary school days in the Magnet program at Roosevelt Elementary with our daughter Lacey, and she was always a sweetheart of a little girl then. Now that’s she’s a senior she’s still the same sweetheart, just all grown up and more beautiful than ever! We were so happy to have her here and we had so much fun with her and her mom Rajaa! We’re pretty excited to present these sneak peeks…
Nominating Nora…
We started out in the studio and we’ll highlight one of those photos first with the white outfit on the white backdrop. White on white or black on black both look really nice if you light them properly!
Great right?
We have some behind the scenes fun for you as usual – first from the setup above in the studio on Facebook Live:
For the location part of the session with Nora we started with a return to Orchard Lake at a spot we hadn’t photographed in years to get a photo with the lake in the background and here’s the result:
Spectacular!
Here’s some more behind the scenes – this time at the lake on YouTube Live:
At this point we had another stop to make – this time over behind the West Bloomfield Library and the light was perfect! These next two photos Nora was really in the zone. This first one in the meadow with the slight haze and the backlight on her hair…
…breathtakingly beautiful!!! Wow.
And this one with Nora just relaxing up close and personal….
Awesome. You can see why we are nominating Nora for nabbing a perfect senior session! We hope you enjoyed the highlights of our day with her!
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Next we moved to the black backdrop and we fired up the Facebook Live for some behind the scenes fun! Take a look:
She looks so pretty!
