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This year in October we are offering Fall Portraits in the Park! The leaves are already changing and that beautiful time of year is coming! We have October 4th & 5th, and the 11th & 12th available (Saturday and Sundays!) Of course weekdays are available as well- just call for availability!
If your child is graduating from high school soon and about to go off to college, now is the best time to schedule that family portrait you have been putting off. Before you know it you will see them just occasionally and it will be more and more difficult to schedule things like that. Also your family might change (think weddings in the future) and never be the same again! A beautiful Family Portraits is one thing that you will cherish for the rest of your lives. I know when I look at my family portraits on the wall- they bring back memories of cherished times and seeing those beloved faces just gives me a little bit of peace and joy in this crazy world! Call by October 3rd to book your session for just $79 and receive a $100 credit on your order!
Babies and Kids in the leaves. Remember those days when we played in the leaves? Remember raking them all up in big piles just to jump in and toss them all over the place? These are such fun times for the kids and capturing that with professional photography is so special. Call to book your kids session for one of these two weekends and receive your choice of 15 free wallets or a $50 credit!!
If you are having a family reunion in the next couple months- or even over the holidays, call now to reserve a family reunion session. No extra charge for break downs of the smaller families and special pricing available!
Call today to book your FALL PORTRAIT IN THE PARK! 616-450-2087
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I’ve had quite a few maternity and then maternity sessions lately. Its been such fun! Here is a recent one. I’ve attached a couple pages of the book I designed for them. So sweet. This beautiful mommy came in for her session the DAY AFTER she was due! I was jealous! She was in great shape! She could jump up off the floor! I don’t think I can do that even now that I’m not pregnant! I know I couldn’t when I was full term!
Anyways- they had a beautiful little girl and she is just the apple of her daddy’s eyes. You can see he adores his girls! 
Check out the animoto video too…
Mommy and Daddy to Be
Waiting
Daddy
Baby Girl
This past couple days I have realized that I have some of the strangest conversations, especially with my clients! For instance, yesterday- client: ”Oh- that was the first time he stood up!” Me: “Oh no! I didn’t take the picture because his wee wee was showing! See if we can make him do it again!”…
Then later yesterday, Me to this sweet little girl- “Oh honey, dont put your knee on the baby’s tummy- that gives her an ouchie”…
And today- “I love his hair- it has whirlies!” (that was me about cute little Jake…) And really- his hair has whirlies in front.. so cute… just like his dads! Who knew hair whirlies were hereditary?
Later today of course- a whole conversation about why my client wasn’t wearing any underwear- and forgot to bring any! Totally reasonable of course! I wont mention what client or age group, but it was fun! LOL..
Then of course all the sessions from the last two days had some amazing images… So here is one from each of the sessions yesterday that I have to share. I haven’t gotten to todays session yet as its well.. tomorrow now.. lol. I’ll post more in a few days!
Cute wave!
Here is Jack- sticking his tongue out at me!
Here is Jack- standing for the first(ish) time and trying to climb out!
Wonderful Big Sister!
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Jack is just 4 months old and is hilarious! He has so many expressions and isn’t shy about sharing them! Here are a few of them. The one with the eyebrow quirked up at me as if to say “Yeah-rrrrightttttttttt”.. love it!
Jessica
This family was so nice. They were all so cooperative! The lighting that day was great! I love the little girls hair. So light and wispy! It just blew so sweetly in the breeze…
Jessica
When Jen told me she was having her wedding the first weekend of April and wanted beach pictures, well… I wasn’t sure what was going to happen that day!
It was the warmest and most beautiful day of the year so far! Totally perfect! A little wind for excitement and warm sunshine! They had their reception at Laketown Center in Saugatuck, MI. This is the second time I have been there and I adore all the windows! The lighting and mood is wonderful! If you are getting married check this location out! When the sun starts to set the whole place has a beautiful glow!
I’ve known Jennifer for a while now. She is a member of the ASL group in our congregation and is such a sweetie! I’m so glad Chet will be moving here so we will be gaining a great guy and not losing Jen!
Congratulations go out to you both! I hope you had a fantastic time soaking up rays during your honeymoon!
I just love this family. Cute as can be. Her mom has the most amazing curly red hair and green eyes. Claire definitely inherited her mom’s eyes!
This sweet little girl does everything early! Her mom brought her in when she was 5 or 6 weeks old, and I (truly) thought she was 3 months old and photographed her in the 3 month poses- head held high etc… then in the middle of the session while talking with mom I realized she was still just 5 or 6 weeks old! Now she’s 9 months old and standing on her own.. taking steps! So cute and independent!
See her then- and now!
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Here is Matthew! He is just adorable! 5 years old. He loves jet planes and Little Einsteins! Also had a blast with bubbles and a lollipop here too! Here’s the first image I looked at after the session. Of course this adorable expression I was able to capture by saying “Don’t you DARE smile!” Typical of a redhead to always do the opposite! Once I got that trick, the whole session was loads of fun!
His little sister has been visiting me for a little over a year but this was the first time I got to photograph big brother!
-Jessica
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Well- as I look out my window and see yet more snow falling (oh joy) I am working on this wedding I photographed a couple weeks ago. Alex and Sara lucked out and their winter wedding was on one of the most perfect winter Saturdays I have seen this year. The snow was fresh, the temperature was 30/31 and the sun was shining! Can’t beat that!
Sara was literally a snow princess in their ‘Winter Romance’ themed wedding and everything was beautiful and very romantic! Check out a couple images from this gorgeous day!
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Wow! Last Thursday was one of the most harrowing days I have experienced! I took the day off after my morning appointment rescheduled. I had promised my little boy (Ian- 3 years old!) I would take him sledding at the first opportunity. The weather was finally great for outdoor play and lots of snow for sledding. I got us all packed up and ran a couple errands, then as we were on our way- got our car stuck. Fun. It took an hour to get it out but we managed to get it out before the plow truck came. Then we made our way to Pinery Park in Wyoming. We made it all the way up the hill and went down on our sled- about halfway down our sled broke in several pieces! 
My poor little guy was very unhappy about that! All that work and half a trip downhill was all that resulted. So of course I couldn’t STAND the disappointment on his face and we went to the nearest sports store and bought him a brand new sled. We had fun for a good hour or more before we tired out.
I had a package that was at the Post Office so I decided we’d stop at the Post Office and pick it up on the way home… We stood in line for several minutes and Ian was busy busy looking at all the brochures and papers in the counters. He was about 3 feet from me and suddenly slipped on the floor and took a complete header smack on the floor on his face. My heart froze as I ran to him and picked him up and blood was gushing from his forehead. I grabbed him and ran out the post office in a panic. Some of the PO folks brought my package out to me and suggested I take him to Urgent Care on the Beltline since it was closer. I rushed him into Urgent Care and they cleaned him up a bit for me and the little guy wound up getting stitches. 
He was so good through it. I was a mess though. LOL. Even now my blood pressure rises when I think about it!
I went home and after getting him dinner (his favorite – hotdogs) and letting him open a brand new pack of playdoh- he went to sleep and I took a much needed bath with a VERY large glass of wine. LOL.
