The wedding party entered the reception to “Ring of Fire” by Johnny Cash, but sadly didn’t connect the two until after I shot this….yes I do dye my hair! This was shot in the lobby of the bride and grooms hotel during the salad course! …my favorite yet!
what an adorable family, I enjoyed meeting all of you. Good luck deciding which to adorn your house with! Your boys were lovin’ the camera!
This place has picture spots straight out of a magazine….enjoy, I hear snow is coming in gr…
I have pics from our beach side horse back ride….more on that later….
Well, I am off to a destination wedding (mini vacation!) for Joel & Alison! My hubby and I are sitting here in Detroit Metro Airport, waiting to leave! Please note to all friends, and clients…that I will not have my cell phone on - T Mobile told me that every incoming call to that area is $1.75….you don’t want to know how many calls I get a day! So, you may leave me a voicemail, send a text message, or most certainly by email to lisa@elitephotodesign.com …yes…I did bring my laptop! I will leave you with a little picture of paradise!
This has been great weather for sessions….it was perfectly cloudy this day, and made for great lighting. I love the old bus station we found downtown…I wish I could buy it…it was great for pics. These two first saw my work at
SLIDESHOW ADDED **click here**
Well, here is a blog post with 4 sessions in one…two fabulous families, a great group of kids, and a senior. As many of you know, you will not find a family gallery on my website…because I don’t shoot just “family” sessions…..here are some great examples of the candid type of family photos that I DO like to shoot.
The girls in a dress….they’re mom is donating her dress to group of woman over in Africa who will make a business out of renting american wedding dresses to others. She wanted to get some pics taken before she sent it…this is what we got! ….and a couple group shots.
Enjoy the montage…an engagement to come!
This is john, amy, and their adorable daughter Alexa….who just turned 1. Isn’t she a doll! Wow John, you’d better have a good plan for when the boys come knockin’!! John is the videographer of Coastline Studios…that just shot my TTD today…more on that later!
I recently spent some time with these two fabulous boys….who were a blast you can see! Never a dull moment. We did get some adorable ones together, but I had already picked out so many, I had to skip those for the blog….
oh my goodness….check out the last one….girls ~ LOOK OUT!
What an amazing wedding in Empire, MI…. and the MOST precious and in~love couple in the world. I had such a good time with your entire family and friends, thank you so much for asking me to document it. I will add your wedding coordinators info later, because she did an amazing job as well. Here is your GIGANTIC preview…there were so many more, it was hard to choose.
**The last two (where Amanda’s hair is down and the sky is cloudy) was the morning after, I stopped by to grab a few at their honeymoon resort….beautiful….to grab a few…so glad we did those.**
ADDED– for photographers….all of these photos shown, were shot with ALL natural light, no fill flash, just some good photoshop skills and high ISO’s. The church shots were all shot with the D3 at 1250 ISO….gotta love that camera for all it’s worth…every penny.
I had intended to do a trash the dress session way before….but my schedule has just been way too full! I am wondering if I planned one this Sunday, October 5th….if I might have anyone who could sign up that quickly?! I can only take five brides for the day. We would need to start makeup around 12 to get shooting on time. We’ll probably go until sunset. I have some fun and crazy places planned….
In your $350 session fee — you will get….
-a professional DVD movie of the day from Coastline Studios (who will tagging along with us) -like
the one featured on my investment page from last year.
- a bobby brown make-up artist to do your complete makeup
- all cd negatives of final edit proofs
Please email me if you’d like to sign up! Thanks ladies…it’s fills up fast!
Keith and Amanda wrote: You are officially way to cool for me...that is so AWESOME!!! I know they will go crazy over it!!! (10/28/08, 9:30 am)
Lydia wrote: how? what the? where? wow!!!!!!!! how do you come up with these things? (10/28/08, 9:53 am)
lindsey dy wrote: super cool!! you super smart photographer :) (10/28/08, 2:25 pm)
suzy wrote: and it burns burns burns..the ring of fire...genius...nick is gonna love it ;0) (10/28/08, 7:08 pm)
mindy peterson wrote: SMOKIN' HOT!!!!! literally.... :) i am not worthy.... you are the bomb. (10/29/08, 1:37 pm)
Maria wrote: Amazing! That came out so great! (11/05/08, 11:24 am)
Mom & Dad Hicks wrote: Wow - amazing composition!!! Heath and Nicole must be so excited!!! (11/09/08, 3:03 pm)