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Last Week In Photography - It's All About Family

In this holiday season the one constant is family.

For many of us it’s the family we’re born into. For others it’s the family we make… or happily find by accident. Unfortunately there are others without any of these and at this time of year end celebration and reflection it seems the best time for those of us lucky and blessed with family and friends to reach out and share the joy.

Here are some photographs of families who visited my studio and I visited this year.

Clicking on the composites below will enlarge them full size.

Happy Holidays to all. Thank you for your support.


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Last Week In Photography - Back In The Studio

Last week I posted a group of outdoor photos knowing the season for warm, sunny and green on-location sessions had come to a close. Barring a few brave souls wanting to shoot in the snow it’s back to the studio.

Here is a collection of some senior / headshot / portrait photo sessions taken inside.

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Last Week In Photography - Goodbye Warm Weather

Since spring of this year I’ve been photographing people in a variety of locations in the local area. Parks, back yards, city streets and university campus settings are outdoor studios and it’s been a while since I shared the results.

As the colder weather moves us to indoor studio sessions I want to share these spring/summer/fall days in the sun.

There are a lot of photos here.. It’s been a great year!

Clicking on the composites below will enlarge them full size.

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Last Week In Photography - Headshots And More Headshots

It’s been a while since my last blog post and I’ve accumulated quite a varied selection of session photographs.

I’m starting here with some studio headshots and over the next few weeks I’ll play catch up and share some of the summer’s results.

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Last Week In Photography - Sunset In Saugatuck VI

If you follow my blog you know I make an annual pilgrimage to Oval Beach in Saugatuck to visit my wife whose ashes are spread on the bluff overlooking Lake Michigan facing west into the setting sun.

September 13th is our anniversary.. we were together 31 years, 27 of them married.

Apparently she’s not alone as I met a few people this and last year whose spouse’s ashes are also spread in the same area. Knowing Maureen there are wonderful dinner parties being hosted when we’re not around.

Here are some composites of photos I took this year.

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Last Week In Photography - Head Shots, Senior And Modeling Sessions Plus Interiors

Another busy week. I photographed a very sharp young woman for her school photos, did a couple of head shot sessions and put together a shoot and photos for one of my favorite models who’s getting older by the minute (aren’t we all… it just looks good on her as a kid) for her modeling agency visit in Chicago. Plus more interiors.

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Last Week In Photography - Head Shots and Homes
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It’s been a while since I posted so maybe the title should start with Last Weeks as I’ve been working 6 and 7 days weekly for a while.

My studio has been visited by some great people and the real estate listing end has had me on the road as well. I’ve been accumulating photos for the blog so here are a few from a few weeks ago with more to come soon.

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Last Week In Photography - It Really Is a Miracle 2.0

At 6:34PM on March 26th, 2016 I was honored to photograph the birth of this couple’s first child, a son. This time, at 11:57AM on April 5th of this year I was honored to be at the birth of their daughter.

The labor went quickly, the recovery not so much.

So on this day, Mother’s day 2019, I’m posting some photos to honor the event that starts the journey.

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Last Week In Photography - Headshots and Senior Photos

Business has been very strong early this year. Lots of real estate listings and proposals flying out the e-mail door. Bodes well for another productive year (I doubled my business in 2018..thank you all).

Also, these two great people came in the studio for a headshot session and some senior photos.

Here are some samples. Clicking on the composites will enlarge then to full size.


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Last Week In Photography - Solving the Winter Blahs

March is an interesting month. Basketball fever and Saint Patrick’s Day balanced by the ritual of losing an hour in the resetting our clocks ritual during the last of cold, uninviting weather.

I’ve been blessed this past week by an early and active real estate market with requests for listing photographs and at this point one request for a head shot session.

The session is pictured here. I met this woman’s husband during a commercial shoot highlighting a group of assisted living facilities he owns and to which he devotes his time and caring attention.

Here is a composite.. standard head shot format, differing backgrounds.

Clicking on the composite will enlarge it full size.


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Last Week In Photography - A New Year... Off and Running!

Last year was outstanding. My business increased dramatically as did the time allotted to making it all happen.

There’s a lot you’re not seeing here; real estate listings and a fair amount of commercial work and headshots for which I don’t have releases.

I’ve accumulated a collection of head shots, portraits, senior and family sessions some of which are below.

Thanks to those who supported me last year as well as new people who’ve just found me and allowed me to be involved in their lives.

Clicking on the composites below will enlarge them full size.

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Last Week In Photography - Portraits And More Puppies

A new year is starting and right out of the gate the puppies were back in the studio. This is part of an ongoing project for greeting cards, calendar and a book all centered around a series of seasonal and non seasonal puppy sessions.

Ten puppies and a number of puddles later we were done for this go around.

Along with the pups I photographed the brother and sister who are part of the family involved in the project.

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Last Week In Photography - Head Shots, Portraits, Brothers and More Headshots

The last week of the year was filled with head shots and portraits. Two brothers came into the studio for end of the year photos as well as a head shot session. Also, a friend and fellow photographer traded studio time for her photos in trade for some of me.

It was fun and a humbling experience to be in front of the camera instead of behind.. As an official older guy let’s just say I appreciate Photoshop!

Here are some samples. Clicking on the composites will enlarge them full size and width.


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Last Week In Photography - Family Session And Corporate Assignments

Last week was a busy one with road trips to Temperance, Durand and Kalamazoo to photograph the staff and residents of three retirement communities. Inserted into that schedule was a day documenting a local academy’s students and programs.

None of which I can show here!

I know.. I’d love to share as the people were wonderful but without releases I’m just putting it out there as shameless self promotion.

What I CAN show you are images from a family session with the typical zoomie two year old and his parents, a great couple.

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Last Week In Photography - A Cold Day With Warm Hearts And A Family On Campus

It was a late afternoon on a cold and gray day but the weather was not going to stop this guy from asking the big question! We waited in hiding for best friends to bring the unsuspecting young woman to the location and the ambush was successful.

Also a few days later I met with this family, whom I had photographed before, on the University of Michigan campus. The Law Quad is a great location and so it turns out is the Ross School of Business.

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Last Week In Photography - The last Fall Color Session And More Studio Headshots

Fall color season has come and gone here in the Ypsilanti and Ann Arbor area. Leaves are raked, collected or mown over and the trees are now bare until spring.

There was time just before the last of the color to photograph this family in a local park. The temperature was not too cold and the mood was good. Here are some of the photographs.

The colder weather is a trigger for more studio sessions and two great people needed head shots. Both sessions went well and I’ve included some composites showing the results.

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Last Week In Photography - Head Shots, Senior Sessions and More Fall Weather

We’re rapidly running out of good fall weather and again we got lucky with a sunny weekend afternoon for a senior session in an Ann Arbor Park.

Also I photographed a 17 year old senior in my studio as well as two women in need of corporate head shots. As the fall seasonal colors peak we’re trying to fit as many outdoor sessions as the changeable weather allows.

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Last Week In Photography - Families and Fall Weather

Michigan weather is to put it mildly.. changeable! Fall is rapidly drawing to an early close and the colors are fleeting so it was my pleasure to meet with a few families to capture the moment.

A group of eleven and I met at the University of Michigan law quad to document a rare gathering. Then two additional fall sessions with two delightful families.

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Last Week In Photography - Head Shots, Portraits, Couples and Families

A very neat thing about being an self employed photographer is the way a monthly schedule can fill in with a varied menu of sessions. I rarely photograph the same type of assignment two days in a row and this past week or so proved to be a classic example.

In addition to the real estate listings which keeps me busy as the market remains strong, I was privileged to photograph a number of head shots, couples and a family all in and out of the studio. A varied age range made it even more fun!

Luckily the weather is still good for the most part and we’re heading into the last of the relatively warmer temperatures. I’ve been using downtown locations in Ann Arbor this week and will have a mix of parks and town shoots in the next few weeks as fall progresses.

The composites posted here will show you some of the sessions.

Clicking on them will enlarge each full screen.


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Last Week In Photography - Sunset In Saugatuck IV

Those of you who have been following my blog know that I lost my wife to cancer in 2013 after 31 years together.

A favorite vacation spot of ours was Saugatuck on the Lake Michigan coast. Her ashes are spread on the bluff overlooking the lake facing west. Every September 13th, our anniversary, I visit her and watch the sunset with her. This was the 4th year I’ve made that pilgrimage.

As the weather was sunny and the skies clear the sunset this year was not as dramatic as in the past but had a character all its own. I shared the more public parts of the beach with more people than in the past.. an ex police officer and her motorcycle and a man who was, like me, visiting a place he and his wife used to go. She had passed one year ago.

No photos of those folks due to privacy concerns but the parasailers and ever present gulls were out in force.

As the sun sunk over the horizon the day grew quiet I retreated to the more private bluff and only the lap of the waves and grasses rustling in the breeze were evident.

It was a peaceful moment and I trust she enjoyed it.

I’ve posted some composites below.. clicking on them will enlarge them full screen.

Until next year….

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