Park Session, So Much Fun!

These cute little kids are always sooo much fun to photograph!



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Yup...

...I just love meeting new people. Getting to know them, their interests, their personality. Every minute of this session was a blast!

Here's just a few of my faves:



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Stop back soon, I should have some fresh kid pics up in a day or two.

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Another Rockin' Senior Session...

...and it was a riot! Amanda was workin it and we hammered out a ton of incredible images (206 to be exact!). I'm just glad I don't have to make the final selects, so far there are about 25 that I just love!!

Here are a few of my faves:



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Thanks Amanda, you make my job easy!

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Oh, What's The Word...

...I'm looking for...Oh yeah, there it is, SNAP!!

Senior + Professional Lighting + Professional Camera + Professional Photographer = Professional Portraits!

I gotta admit, I was gettin a bit burned out creativity wise on seniors lately. Don't get me wrong, still shootin stuff good enough to be in the top 5 in West Michigan but just feelin the pressure of always trying to come up with new stuff. There's something to be said about shooting everyone the same, time after time, riding the wave as they say, but I just refuse to fall into that track. Tonight my creativity got recharged!

So tonight I have a senior session and I just wasn't in the shootin mood (the shootin mood is when I'm about ten times more excited about the session than the senior is, tonight it was about twice as excited...).

So they show up and I'm doin' the intros, talking about what she's looking for, and we start shooting. In the past, connecting with the senior comes pretty easy but I'm always so self conscience (do they like me, am I too wacky, do I smell?)

So we're pounding out frames and I'm just sweatin (literally, we shut the air off cause it's been pretty cool lately, one of the down sides of two studios, can't be in two places at the same time).

So, the whole time I'm just workin it. I'm so self critical, I want every shot to even better than the one before. I knew we got some great images, I just had no idea how many...

So I get back to the J-town studio and start downloading images...WOW! (I never thought my white lightning 300 and a 12" umbrella could do so much).

I had a riot!!! It took a little more work than usual, I just hope Jaime had as much fun as I did. I need to get her as my L rep, she was workin it and it shows!! You too MJ - better pictures, better prices, free stuff...am I tempting you yet?

Here are some examples that don't even come close to representing what we shot tonight!!!



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this one is my original vision for the shot but I was swayed a little and almost didn't post it..



We've been using boarders on images (when appropriate ever since 1998) but lately soooo many other "photographers" have been using them to disguise poor color balanced, improperly exposed and just flat out bad images hoping to make them "artsy" and "sell-able" to their clients...there's a...

I just thought this worked with this image, no hard sales here :)

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It's Not Too Late...

...to get your senior pictures!

Call us to schedule your session. We have limited openings for the next few weeks and we're shooting evening sessions since it's back to school time!

Got a deadline for your yearbook picture that's creeping up quicker than you thought? We can have your yearbook strip for you 4 days after your session!!!

Give us a call and we can answer all of your questions.

I had to post this pic from a park session tonight. I always feel guilty posting new pics when I have a boatload of previous session favorites that I haven't posted yet.



so here's one from a few days ago as well.



Work is progressing on the new J-town studio. There's still a long way to go but it's getting closer.

That's it for now, time for sleepy.

Rock On,
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"CLICK photographic, better images, better prices, what more could anyone want"

Walk in the Park...

...uh, I mean walk on the beach. Just another fun day shootin with my toes in the sand.

Life's a Beach...

...well, I wish it was. I love shootin' at the beach, just seems like all play and no work!

I figured I'd get caught up a little on some previous sessions after editing some wedding shots.

Here are some of my faves from a senior session a few weeks ago...



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The alternate title for the post was "Quality, not Quantity"

We're proud to say we don't shoot 100+ seniors each year. We don't want to! We love the fact we custom tailor each session based on each senior, no production line here! We also love the fact that our clients just plain love the way we do it.

Quick update on the new studio:

The new J-town studio is coming soon!!! We've been planning, designing, conceptualizing, and just flat out rackin' our brains to come up with the absolute most rockinist studio around. All's I got's to say is you're going to have to experience it to believe it!

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Some Weddings...

...are just so much fun I feel guilty being paid to be there!

Just shot this a few hours ago.

Beth & Rudy...you guys rock!



You two make me want to shoot eight weddings a month! What a riot!

Congratulations, you're awesome!

Oh Snap...

Beach session from a little over a month ago.



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more senior session pictures coming soon...

Bring It...

...or him, or her, or...

Feel free to bring your best friend along for your session.

Play a sport? Bring your gear. A musical instrument, bring it. We're open to just about anything!

I Just Had...

...to post these. Now I'm not playin' favorites (I've got about 14 other previous senior session highlights to post) but I just had to post these pics from my session tonight, CLICK NY west and some downtown shots.

So, I'm on the phone today, giving directions to our downtown studio to Amy's mom and we come to find out that Amy has been fencing right next door to us for 4 years. Literally, 10 feet across the hall at West Michigan Fencing Academy! Small world!!

One of the things I love about my job is how I get to meet new people and hear their story. Amy, wow, fencer, violinist, literary guru, world traveler...the list goes on...

I don't like to get too much info on what my seniors are thinking for shots, I like to get a vibe once they're in studio and shoot from there. No pre-planed shot list or pose list, we just go with the flow.

The shots we're posting tonight don't even scratch the surface, we hammered down some rockin frames! I had an absolute riot!











I love my job!

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Finally Getting Around...

...to posting some senior pics. Only a month and a half behind. Here's some great examples from our downtown studio - ClickNYwest.com and downtown GR. something different, something fresh, something new...


Downtown GR


CLICK NY west Studio


CLICK NY west Studio


Downtown GR

Rock On,
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