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Last Week In Photography - Sunset In Saugatuck IX

This is the ninth year of a pilgrimage to Oval Beach in Saugatuck, Michigan to visit site where my late wife’s ashes are spread.

September 13 is our anniversary and I’ve been going there yearly to visit and photograph the sunset.

This year I missed the dramatic cloud formations by a day but still managed to capture a few good sunset photos and also took some portrait shots of some of the local residents and visitors to this charming lakeside city.

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Last Week In Photography - Senior Session

I met with this young man and his family, including their dog, at one of my favorite locations - Ypsilanti’s Depot Town and Riverside Park.

After encountering some technical difficulties the family demonstrated amazing patience and good humor when we had to re-shoot virtually all of the session… awards to them for understanding and participating.

People like this are a gift.

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Last Week In Photography - A Birthday And Model Session

Two studio sessions for this post.

The young woman came in to get photos taken to celebrate her 19th birthday dressed in a cheerful primary color matched only by her personality.

Next was the installer of my new security system. We got to talking and he came back for a male model based session. I even created a mock magazine cover for him.

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Last Week In Photography - Senior Sessions Are Still In Full Swing

Summer is still in force and the weather remains warm enough to schedule outdoor senior sessions.

We met at a favorite location, Ypsilanti’s Depot Town and Riverside Park for a great session, one in which I got the chance to be creative with a great model and then some Photoshop fun as well.

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Last Week In Photography - Head Shots By The Dozen

This week’s title may be a bit confusing since there is one person highlighted here so I’ll explain.

The woman shown in this post was an individual who came in the studio for her head shot session and from whom I received permission to share her images.

I also photographed a group from a local Ypsilanti office totaling 12 people who came in over the course of three days to be photographed for their corporate website. I did not ask for releases so at some point I may post a link once they appear on their site. All went well and I thank them for supporting a local Ypsilanti photo business.

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Last Week In Photography - Head Shot Session

Basic head shots photographed in the studio are mostly variations on a theme. For the most part the format is vertical and nothing fancy in the background to distract from the subject. It’s a different story for actors and models and also for those done outside so coming up with something a bit different is always a challenge.

This young woman needed a basic series of photographs for upcoming employment needs. It was a fun session.

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Last Week In Photography - Another Summer Family Session In The Park

I was contacted through my Google listing by this family and after a rain delay we reset our session and were rewarded by a wonderful sunny day in a local park.

Photographing younger kids is always interesting as you catch them in those moments between their moments of zoomies! Older sis was a great help and the whole family came together for a great session.

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Last Week In Photography - Photos For A New Business

The woman shown here is an amazing cook.. I know that because a few years ago I photographed some totally yummy food she prepared in my kitchen. A great shoot since we got to eat much of the subject matter!

She’s now running a cleaning service and needed some headshots and action photos so we photographed the headshots in the studio and then moved upstairs to show her in a work environment.

My home and studio are always clean for my own needs as well as having customers in… After this session it was cleaner :-)

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Last Week In Photography - Senior Session

Another sunny summer morning found us in one of my favorite local locations, Ypsilanti’s Depot Town and Riverside Park.

It’s always fun photographing high school seniors as they get ready for the next step in life. This session with a great graduate to be was another confirmation of how much I enjoy what I do.

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Last Week In Photography - Maternity Session

While carefully watching the weather I met this couple in a local park for a late afternoon session.

We were lucky to have periods of clearing overcast and made use of the sun to record this slice of time.

I also played around with a background change in Photoshop… not masterful but fun as you can see in the composite.

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Last Week In Photography - Family Session

Blessed lately with mostly good weather this family took advantage of a sunny day to meet me in a local park to capture a slice in time with their two girls.

Nice day, nice family, nice session to share here.

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Last Week In Photography - Long Planned Family Get Together

This extended family had not been in the same place at the same time for a while and the planned get together finally happened on a nice day in a lakeside park.

Photographing nine people, two of them youngsters, is a bit tricky but this went off without a hitch due to the great family dynamics.

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Last Week In Photography - Horse People And A Construction Group

People who own horses are a breed unto themselves. It takes dedication and the commitment necessary to have a large animal be a part of your life. Boarding, medical care, feeding and the time spent emotionally supporting and bonding with an animal that large is a full time job.

Manny is a Percheron. Originally bred as war horses, Percherons today are often seen as draft horses and when standing next to Manny I’m always in awe as to his size. They’re generally 64 to 68 inches tall and often upwards of 2,000 pounds. It’s a good thing he’s a very gentle giant.

I’ve know Manny’s owners for years and have documented their relationship with him a number of times. He’s getting older and it was a beautiful day so we met to get another session done.

Later in the week I met with a construction group, one I’ve trusted with not only my kitchen remodel but with the huge job of restoring my studio after a massive flood when a storm caused a two foot sewage backup and the place was trashed.

We met at Riverside Park in Ypsilanti to photograph the business owner and his crew.

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Last Week In Photography - Family Fun

Combine a beautiful early summer day with a family who loves to have fun and you get the recipe for a successful family session. We met at a local Ann Arbor park and laughed our way through the morning… great people, great session.

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Last Week In Photography - Senior Session By The River, Head Shot Session In The Studio

We’d scheduled this day for a senior session and were watching the weather which cooperated splendidly.

Our setting was Ypsilanti’s Depot Town and Riverside Park, a favorite location and captured the culmination of this young woman’s High School experience.

Later in the week I had a visitor to my renovated studio for a head shot session. Fun session shown below.

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Last Week In Photography - Family/Grad Session

This family was ready for a full session with everyone grouped as well as individual photos piggybacked with some photos of their daughter wearing her cap and gown.

We had fun and got the slice of time documented.

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Last Week In Photography - Finally, Good Weather!

After a long, wet and dreary spring season the day was bright and warm for this family’s session at Ypsilanti’s Depot Town and Riverside Park.

The aim was to capture each member of the family as well as all of them together piggybacked with some senior photos for the young man, recently turned 18 and on the next step in his educational journey.

We utilized a number of locations within easy walking distance and it was mission accomplished.

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Last Week In Photography - Senior Sessions

With senior sessions starting to be photographed I met with these two young women in the studio.

One just finishing high school and the other I had previously photographed for her bachelor’s degree, now documenting her master’s. We’re looking forward to the next step for both of them.

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Last Week In Photography - A Long Overdue Website Overhaul

When I started this current iteration of my photography business the first step was acquiring my LLC license and initial equipment, a sizable investment.

The immediate next step was to develop a website to showcase my work. I had been asking friends to come in and pose for me in my living room as I still did not have a studio space so I had a fairly good selection of portraits and headshots as well as some examples of real estate listing photos to showcase.

I liked the navigation on the first site but never cared for the way mixed vertical and horizontal images displayed. Nothing I tried eliminated the clunky format and it finally became obvious a total new template was in order.

This past week has been an exercise in frustration finally culminating in a new version of my site incorporating a format displaying photos shown larger and tiled side by side in both formats, not scattered over the page in a haphazard patchwork.

I did have to give up the navigation in favor of a small three bar menu icon at the top left corner of the page.. no way to use the one I liked but a compromise I was forced to make in order to get the visuals I wanted.

I’ll rotate out the cover photo periodically.. currently it’s one I have on the site as well as for sale on my metal print site https://ssphotometalprint.com/

Thanks to everyone who has been along with and supportive of my efforts… greatly and humbly appreciated!

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Last Week In Photography - More Product Added to The Metal Print Library

While plans are being implemented to add more dedicate graphic content to the Metal Print site I received some interest in these from previous posts so all are now available on the site.

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The Metal Print sales site is here: https://ssphotometalprint.com/

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