New Season of Life - Michigan Senior Photographer

Being a high school senior is filled with so many emotions! You are leaving childhood behind and entering into the new season of becoming an adult, with all those adult responsibilities! I love photographing high school seniors and this amazing rite of passage time of their lives. This is often times the easiest and most carefree times in our lives and there is nothing like looking at images of yourself and being transformed to that time, even if only for a few moments.

Miss Morgan was a joy to photograph and I thoroughly enjoyed my time with her. She is sweet, open and so respectful. (high 5 to her parents)She played with me and my camera and was so relaxed. Yes, the camera loved her!

I look forward to seeing all that life brings to you Morgan!






Blessings ♥
Kristen Marie

Project 52 - week 2 │ Michigan Photographer

hmmm...this week I chose a theme of circles. Why? Well, I was looking at one 1/2 of a pair of earrings that I love feeling bummed. I say 1/2 and bummed as the other 1/2 has vanished. *POOF* disappeared! BUMMER.... why circles? the earring are a series of circles dangling..well, you'll see it's in the photos.

Anyway...have you ever noticed that circles are seriously everywhere? I mean I could have gone nuts with this, but choose to challenge myself just a little and put a bit of my creative mojo into it. Are these images that are to die for, gonna make me rich...heck no. But it was still fun : ) that's all that matters to me.

Next week I think I will just go with the flow and be random, no theme. However, I may end up with one as I look at my images, they all could very well have something in common.

Anyhoo...here are my "circles"

Image of 2010 - Michigan Child Photographer

The voting is over!!! The image you choose as your favorite for Loveography image of 2010 is image #13...congrats to the Trapp family!

Thanks again everyone for taking the time to show some love. I think seeing how well this went, I will make this a annual tradition!

Blessings to all

OK guys, my awesome clients need your help!!! Below you will find my fave images of the year from some of my sessions (not all are eligible or did not want to participate). What I need from you is to look through the images, pick your favorite and then leave a comment here on the blog as to which one is your favorite. They are numbered, so it's as easy as putting in a number on your comment. The image with the most votes will get the gift of a print credit, plus a credit on their next session fee!!! I love my clients and this is just a fun way to give back to them. The order they are in is alphabetically by last name.

My personal close friends and family nor my own children are included in this contest. Just so you know that everything is on the up and up. I did (at the bottom) include a few faves from sessions with friends and family and a couple of my own children. I thought they deserved to get a little fan fare too! Just remember, they are NOT a part of the contest....so don't vote for them.

Voting/commenting will begin today at 9:30am and run through Jan 15th at 6 pm. Only one vote/comment per image please, lets keep this clean and fun! Don't forget to put the image number in your comment. The numbers are located at the bottom and to the left of each image.

I had a very hard time picking my faves...but here they are!!! Thanks everyone for your help! Let's have some fun!

~ Kristen

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the following images are NOT being voted on.

Project 52 - week one │ Michigan Photographer

One of my goals this year is to kind of step outside of my own personal little box and shoot things that are different, different for me anyway. After all I am a child photographer. Scenic, still life and the like are not what I am familiar with. How do we grow if we won't let ourselves and reach for new things? So I decided to do "Project 52". Pick a theme once a week for a year and make some images based on that theme. Of course some of my images will be of cute kiddos eventually, I just won't be able to help myself ; ) Some peeps do a 365... I just know I could not do it (I am not disciplined enough, I can admit that)

Week one is all about finding color under the blanket of snow. If you know me, you know I just don't do winter very well at all. I love sunshine, I love color! Sooo...I thought I would try and make the best out of it and go out and about today looking for bits of color popping through the stark white snow. My fingers froze (hard to adjust camera setting with gloves on) but it was worth it and as much as I may hate to admit it...I did have fun tromping around and driving through all the new fluffy snow we got today.

So here they are...my colors in winter. I would love if you would leave me some comments on my blog here...encourage me...I may need it!

Thanks all...Blessings

New Horizon's - Childhood Photographer

2010 was an awesome year for me! I am looking forward to grabbing onto 2011 and going to new heights and reaching new horizons. Change is in the air.

The biggest change for me will be a return, yes a return, back to my creative corner. Loveography will no longer be photographing families and will be placing full focus on where my heart truly lies and my creativeness comes from...capturing the moments of childhood. From the squishy freshies (as I so love to call newborns) who are just starting their lives, up to the high school seniors who are passing their childhood and entering into another new life of adulthood. Childhood and all it represents is precious and fleeting. Every moment is a gift, every stage should be chronicled and preserved for it's rich memories. This is where my passion and creativity come from. This will give YOU the very best of me.

I will be looking for some new models in 2011 as well. My mind is always in over drive and ideas just *POP* into my head! New props will be found and I will need to give these ideas and new props a "test drive". All models get a fun filled session with the session fee being waived. What's the catch? You need to put full trust in me, hand over all control and let me dive right in my vision. That's it! Believe me though...when you let an artist go they create beauty, so you will not be disappointed. These will be very limited sessions, so when I find the model I am looking for and the session filled...it will be gone. So be on the look out for that. I will announce both here and on facebook. Be sure to follow my blog though so you are sure to not miss it.

2011 is also going to be a year of giving back. I will looking for ways to give back to local charities. I will be running specials and/or promotions, which could equal a great deal for you as well as a way for you to help out your community.

I also will begin a new venture in selling templates for custom designed cards. You will have to have photoshop in order to use them. I will likely be selling them here on my blog and possibly on etsy. This is a bit in the future, however it is a goal of mine. I just think it is high time I put my graphic arts education to work a little as well.

Another hope I have for this year is to feature other business women, or Mompreneurs. I will be looking for the creative women out there. If you know of a Mompreneur who you would like to see featured, give me shout and I will look into it. I also hope to post some yummy recipes that we have found, made and tried in my family. Fun projects we are working on. In general, making a blog just a little more on the personal side. I am excited to jump right into 2011...EEKKK!!

In closing, I must thank each of you who have supported me through the last year, it means more to me than you could ever know. A special thank you to the wonderful people I have met who may have started out as clients but became much more than that to me...each of you is a part of my heart now. I can not thank you enough for letting me be a small part of your life.

So....let's go 2011...give me what ya got and you'll get nothing but the best of me!!!

God Bless
~Kristen