Saturday, October 17, 2009

The 'N' Family



I loved working with these guys! They were all cracking me up, and even though they're all beautiful, each one of them had something extraordinarily gorgeous about themselves. "S" showed how much he was completely and totally in love with his wife and their family. It was the sweetest thing! "E" is just totally innately a stunning lady. Everything about her is pretty. Her smile, her eyes, her skin, her smile....EVERYTHING!!!

It's no wonder that from these two parent's they got three of the most amazing children! "A" is an awesome brother. He was up for anything and was such an awesome model for me! What a cutie - Watch out ladies!!! :) "H" is a very smart young lady! We had a really great conversation about art and paintings...even told her I'd bring in some signed prints from a friend of mine who's an amazing artist. Plus, "H" has the prettiest eyes! Her eye color is just exquisite. And she's such a little ham, too! I have a few of her hamming it up for the camera!

And then we get to Miss "A"....This little girl had me cracking up almost the entire session. She was doing all sorts of little things to get everyone laughing. And not just the bunny ears behind everyone's heads. She's a really funny kid! I worked with her and "H" for dance pictures and A was cracking me up even then!!

So, I had another great day with some great clients. Families like these makes me really really appreciate my job! Did I mention recently that I LOVE MY JOB???

Until next time,
Ally

Friday, October 9, 2009

A nighttime senior session





As most of you already know, D is one of my ambassadors. Actually, he was my first one. He constantly cracks me up and we always have a great time when we shoot together. For this session he brought along his super cool and hilarious dad and his funny-as-all-get-out sister. To say that the laughs were flowing the entire time is a major understatement.

First off, as with most boys, the potty talk started immediately. When we got to the graffiti wall, and D posed right by some nasty words, the jokes started - left, right, up and down! All over the place. Railroad tracks..same thing. Except the reason for the laughs was a crazy "duck." Many jokes, and movie one liners wrapped up our very late night of shooting. All in all, a great time was had by all and this evening just reaffirmed AGAIN how much I love my job and how thankful I am to have such fun clients to share it with.

Thanks so much, D, A and T! I had such a great time with you all. T, you're an awesome light girl and A, thanks for always having my back on the 80's jokes, movie lines and songs!

I big puffy heart the "K" family!!

Until next time,
Ally

Saturday, October 3, 2009

"You must've been a beautiful baaaby"




That's what people are going to say about this princess when she gets older. She is a BEAUTIFUL baby! And what a sweetheart, too. I think I fell in love with her the second I saw her. She was cuddled up on her daddy's shoulder and gave me a coy little smile when she first got here. That was it! She stole my heart!

She was a bit tired because we ended up shooting right in the middle of naptime, so since they were a "basic plus" session, we were able to split the session. So she'll be back on Wednesday. I can't wait!!

OH!! One more cute "A" anecdote, I was bouncing her on my knees and she was cracking up, no naturally, I gave her a little smushin'. Would you believe that sweet little baby reached up and grabbed my face and pulled me closer! OMG!!! She's so freakin' sweet!!!!

Ok, that's it for now! Be on the look out later on this week for more from the sweet little princess "A"!

Until next time,
Ally

Friday, October 2, 2009

OMG!!! Gene Simmons!!






Well, not really but this little guy did just recently work with him on his show "Family Jewels" when it was here in Detroit!

"C" came in to the studio yesterday with such exuberance. He came in doling out hugs and high fives - such an unbelievable boy! His personality totally shined throughout the session and I was so happy to be able to capture so many different animated expressions. I've never seen a little kid be so animated and so expressive! He was a total treat to work with!

After our studio session, we headed out to Long's Farm in Commerce Township. We shot all around the big brown barn. I mean, could he look any more like a model??? Even got a few images with his mom there!

So all in all, C's session was a great one. With the added bonus of seeing his mom whom I haven't seen in oh, about 20 years! Gosh, I love my job!!!

Until next time,
Ally

Thursday, October 1, 2009

As promised...


So, I had to cut off my last blog post about K's senior session. I promised that I'd post one of the "awesome" ones from her session. So...true to my word, here's one of the coolest shots from K's session. Whatcha think???

Until next time,
Ally

Tuesday, September 29, 2009

K's Senior session





K had her session today and when I first met her, I told her I was going to try something new with her session. I did and those images came out awesome, but I only have a few minutes to edit and I just randomly selected four. The "cool, awesome" ones unfortunately weren't picked. BUT, the ones that were, I think, are simply beautiful.

This young lady is quite amazing. She knows what she wants to do and seems to have a plan of how to do it. Including where she wants to go to school, two choices of where she wants to go, and what she wants to major in. That's an accomplishment in and of itself! Who knows what they want to do for the rest of their life at such a young age? Obviously someone who's incredibly driven! And that's what K is! She's got an unreal head on her shoulders! What a bright, shining star!

So this blog post unfortunately has to be shorter than I'd like it to be. It's 8:30 pm and I haven't been home yet today. But I promise, that I'll post some of the awesomely cool images sometime this week. In the meantime, here are the four images that did get randomly selected.

Until next time,
Ally

Saturday, September 26, 2009

C's Senior session





To say that I was beyond excited to do C's session today would be a serious understatement. First off, he's a football player. Anyone who knows me, knows that I LOVE football players. I love the physique of football players, I love the competitiveness of football players, I love watching football players...Heck, I MARRIED a football player! So when C's sister came in to sell us an ad for the high school yearbook and told us that she'd send her brother, who's a football player, in to do his senior session, I was super excited!

Add to that the new idea that I had to try out. I lit him on fire! Well, not him personally, but I lit his football on fire and his helmet on fire! I think I officially became a pyromaniac due to C's session! :)

He came in with his whole family, too, which made us really happy, as well. How cool is it to be that tight knit of a family that you'd want to be there for your siblings photo session or to want your family to be there, too. We all instantly bonded. It was a great day!

Even though C hardly muttered a word to me, I still think he had a pretty good time. I was glad that he was up for our pyrotechnics and I was thrilled with how this session turned out.

These three images are among my favorites, but my new favorite of all favorite image is the long skinny image. What do you think? Which one is yours?

Until next time (which will be very VERY soon, as we're really busy this week!!),
Ally