Upcoming Minis

Well once again it has taken me quite awhile to post something on here. I was doing so good at sticking with it too! But life gets busy as you all know so some things tend to get forgotten. I hope you can forgive me.

Today I want to give you all the wonderful details on our upcoming mini sessions that we will be offering at Brick Street Studio. We have a few in the next couple months and would love for you all to participate if it’s something that suits your needs. During all of these minis, Marisa and I will both be shooting giving you more time slots available to suit your busy schedules. Keep that in mind while reading about them!

Spring School Minis | March 25th

This weekend, March 25th we have our Spring School Minis. The Spring School Minis are only $25 for a 5 minute session and 2 poses. You also get a cool little book with

2 8×10’s | 2 5×7’s | 8 Wallets | 1 4×6 | 8 Mini Wallets

These school minis are a great opportunity to update your child’s picture on the wall and get some great prints in the process. If you have more than one child that you want to particiapte you can add them on for an additional $15 per child. You do get a sibling picture as well if you have multiple children!

Sign up for your mini here

Spring Family Minis | April 15th

On April 15th we will be hosting a Spring Family Mini Event. These will be hosted at a location soon to be determined. It will be somewhere local to us though whether that be Ionia or a park in Lowell.

The Spring Family Minis will be $75 for a 20 minute session with 10+ images in an online gallery OR $100 for 20 minute session with 10+ images in an online gallery and the digital downloads with a print release. Print products can be purchased separately.

4×6: $10 | 5×7: $14 | 8×10: $25 | More product sizes and options available!

Sign up for your Mini here

Apple Blossom Mommy & Me Minis | May 13th

On May 13th we will be hosting our Mommy & Me Minis at Pierson’s Orchard in Ionia. This time of year is prime time for the apple trees to be blossoming those beautiful pink and white flowers. They are just stunning! Bring your little ones down and get some gorgeous images with them amongst the trees.

The mommy and me sessions are $75 for a 15 minute session, 5+ images in an online gallery, and the digital downloads with a print release. You can purchase the entire set of digitals (15+ images) for $50. Print products are also available for purchase.

4×6: $10 | 5×7: $14 | 8×10: $25 | More product sizes and options available!

There are only a few slots available so get yours booked today!

Sign up for your Mini here

IHS Pre Prom Minis | May 13th

I have hosted IHS Prom Minis for the last four years. I love photographing all of the lovely students in their prom attire. It is so magical seeing them all dressed up for one night of fun. We love photographing them down on Main Street and capturing that historic and beautiful look of their home town.

Prom Minis are only $30 per couple or $55 for a group of 4, $10 per person after that. You will get a 10 minute session and 5+ digital downloads with the print release. If you have a larger group be sure to let us know so we can accommodate more time for your group! There are a variety of poses that we can do such as individuals, full groups, couples, best friends, and more! These are filling up quickly so be sure to check them out and pick a time that will work for you!

Sign up for your Mini here

I hope to see you at one of these awesome mini sessions! We are excited for them to get here and excited to capture your memories that will last a life time. Be sure to check out our website for the new studio here and follow us on Facebook to stay up to date on all the new things coming up!

My Great Nephew

October 19th, 2016 a handsome little boy came into this world. My niece had her first baby and they named him Landon. He is so precious and looks just like his mamma. Of course I am the one that gets to photograph him!

We did some pictures at the hospital and of course we did his newborn photos but they just came in recently for some family pictures and a few 3 months pictures of just little man. He is such a good baby! He rarely cries and he did so well for his pictures. Most photographers know, photographing a 3 month old baby isn’t the easiest thing. They can’t sit up yet and they don’t usually like being put into weird poses like you would for a newborn session but this little guy didn’t care what we did! He loved laying on our posing bag and let us dress him however we wanted.

I just have to say I am so proud of my niece and her boyfriend. At the ages of 16 and 18 they are just wonderful parents. Sure it wasn’t an ideal time for them to have a baby but you know what, they are doing just fine! Plus now that we all know Landon, what would life be without him? He’s beautiful and I look forward to watching this little man grow up as well as being able to capture all of those moments for them. I love you guys!

With this cold weather still upon us, I am still taking on a few more studio sessions! In fact, our studio is offering Kissing Booth Minis on February 19th. We still have a few slots left for those!

DOn’t forget to check out and like my Studio’s Facebook page! We are offering 20% off prints if you get your order in by Sunday February 12th. Also, 15% off any wedding package that is booked in February!

Mr. & Mrs. Nawrot

Olivia messaged me about a year ago looking for wedding photographers for their October 23rd, 2016 wedding. I had shot one of her friends weddings and thats how they had heard about me. We met in February of 2016 and were able to sit down and chat about the different packages and options that I had available. It was so great to meet her and her fiancé (at the time), Kevin. They were such sweet people and seemed quite excited to have me photograph their wedding! I thought we were a perfect fit!

The day of the wedding, I met Olivia and her bridesmaids at the Hyatt Place Hotel where we captured some getting ready shots and her getting into her dress. My second shooter for the day, Jordan Parham, met the groomsmen at one of their homes. Adding a second shooter to your day allows me to give you all of the best moments. My second shooter will capture some of those candid moments that I may not be able to get while I am busy with the bride and groom. It basically allows me to be in two places at once and gives you quite a few more images to choose from.

It was a gorgeous fall day and our couple wanted to do a first look. Kevin was awaiting his bride at Aman Park in Grand Rapids. Olivia, the bridesmaids, and I walked through the woods to find the rest of the group. Kevin was already set and waiting in a nice little private trail where they would be able to see each other for the first time. First looks are amazing on wedding days. They allow you to get those wedding day jitters off your chest before you have to walk down the aisle. I also love them because it gives us a lot of extra time to capture those wonderful images of you on your big day.

After we went walking through the woods it was time to get down to business and get this couple to their wedding celebration. Their ceremony and reception took place at Johnson Park. It was a beautiful park. Everything was so simple but so stunning at the same time.

They were surrounded by friends and family at their wedding and reception. We had a wonderful soup bar to choose from for dinner with salad and bread (it was delicious!). They decided they wanted to do a sparkler send off as well so we played a little bit with the sparklers before I headed home for the evening.

It was a pleasure getting to know these two and seeing their love for each other. I was so happy to have been able to photograph such important moments for them and I wish them the best of everything to come in the future. They deserve it!

My partner and I over at Brick Street Studio just booked our first destination wedding! We will be heading to Washington D.C. in July and we are definitely looking forward to it. We will only be taking on 3 more weddings in 2017 but we are ready to start booking for 2018. Packages start at $1450 and there are Create Your Own options available.

Best of 2016 | SENIORS

I know I may be a little late in the game to be writing a post about the best of 2016 but I don’t care! I had some awesome seniors this past year and I couldn’t be happier with their images! I pride myself in giving my seniors a fun and different experience when it comes to senior portraits. I had over 35 seniors this year and they each were so awesome to work with. My senior sessions took place all over Michigan. From anywhere in between Frankenmuth to Grand Haven, and of course quite a few in my home town of Ionia.

This year I also had 8 senior models. 7 girls and 1 boy. We had so much fun throughout last year doing all sorts of sessions for them and even a few group sessions! I couldn’t be happier with who I chose to represent my business, they all did a wonderful job. We are looking for senior models for the class of 2018, if you’re interested you can check out the program at the following link Senior Model Program.

I hope you enjoy some of these senior portraits from 2016! If you would like to see more senior portraits please check them out here: Senior Portfolio

Thanks for reading! Check back next week for a few wedding posts!

Don’t forget to check out my new studio’s website: Brick Street Studio

Retro Senior Glam

Hope here is one of my senior models for the class of 2017. She attends CMHS and has been a wonderful model for me throughout the year. Her family chose to go with the largest package I have to offer and in turn a senior glam session came with her package.

Hope decided to go more with the retro side of things. We had Alison Rittersdorf, a hair stylist at Mancius Main Street Salon do her hair and Cydney Robinson do her make up. She had two different outfit options giving us two different looks to her glam mini. It was so much fun working with her on this project and I hope to do more of these in the future!

I am excepting Senior Models for those in the class of 2018. If you’re interested feel free to comment or let me know!

 

Katie || LHS Senior Model

Well it has been a very long time since I have posted on my blog. For that I must say I am so very sorry but don’t worry, you’ll be seeing more from me in the up coming weeks!

Marisa and I are finally moved into our studio and my computer is officially in my new office! It has been one heck of a ride with tons of hard work and a lot of late nights but it is FINISHED!

I wanted to share Katie’s session here from June that we did over at Rosey Mound Nature Center in Grand Haven. It was gorgeous out there even though we had a bit of a chilly, and windy day.

Here is miss Katie!

Studio?!

Well I know I have not been very good at blogging these last couple weeks but I do have a good reason for it! KB Photography is partnering up with Photo’s by Marisa Henry and we are opening up a studio together right in downtown Ionia. Our new address will be 217 West Main Street.

We have been working hard the last couple weeks beginning our remodeling process and we have really made huge progress in our plans. We even knocked down an entire wall of plaster uncovering the underlying original brick. We could not do all of this work by ourselves, we have had some AMAZING friends/clients/family members to help us out along the way. We of course have a ways to go but we are so very excited for the things to come.

This new studio will be a joint studio. Marisa and I are not combining our businesses, we will still be running them individually but we will at least have a nice place for clients to come when they want to have meetings, studio sessions, and much more! In the studio we plan to have a viewing station where clients will be able to come and see their images for the first time on a nice big screen. I plan to host ordering/viewing parties for all of my senior and wedding clients, we will make it a great and fun time!

When it comes to shooting in the studio, we will have a few different backdrop stations for you and your families to choose from. This studio will allow us to expand the type of studio work we will be doing as well as offering our small town a wonderful photography experience. Between the two of us, we offer a wide variety of photography ranging from newborns to weddings. We are so very excited to have a place to call our own right in the heart of Ionia.

To stay up to date on our progress and to be the first to know whats coming next follow our Facebook page at the following link: Photography Studio Facebook

Marisa and I are hoping to have our Grand Opening on August 25th. We will be having a little celebration at the studio on this date so if you want to be invited make sure to follow our Facebook page! The next step in our remodeling process will be to finishing painting the walls and to get that carpet ripped up. Stay tuned for more great images of the finished product!

Did Someone Say Fair?!

Well today is the day! It marks the first day of the Ionia Free Fair right in my little home town. I will be down there tonight and every other night for the next 10 days. It is the 10 best days of summer you know!

The fair is one of my favorite times of year. I don’t know if its because everyone complains so much about it that I just have to be there proving them wrong, showing that is a lot of fun and not just a pain in the butt, but either way I think it is awesome! I take pictures down at the fair every year of families who love the fair just as much as I do. We take them in front of the ferris wheel, next to the carousel, under the grand stands, and all over trying to include some of the best features of the fair. I have six of these sessions booked for this summer and I cannot wait!

The fair is more to me than just photos though. My family takes their camper down there and we plan family dinners every night of the fair. It has been one of the best bonding moments for my family and I. Our dinners are usually better than the fair food most nights but heck even I can’t deny myself one of those greasy corn dogs or basket of fries. What about those carmel apples or deep fried Oreos?! My mouth is watering just thinking about it!

I grew up at the fair. I used to enter crafts into the 4-H barn. I was never very good at crafts but I sure could bake! One year I got the best of show award on my banana cake! It was delicious. I showed my pup, Comet, at the fair in 4-H for six years and I wouldn’t trade it for the world. I was able to spend time with my dog and get a great experience doing it.

Don’t think of the fair as just some smelly old fair that a lot of random people go to. Think of it as a great time to spend with family and friends. You don’t have to go to the fair just to ride the rides, make sure you head back to the barns and see all of the animals! I’ll be photographing the pigs on Saturday afternoon! Be sure to check out the Miracle of Life exhibit, they have newborn baby animals of different types. I think they just had a cow and some guinea pigs born in the last couple days! Don’t forget about the Antique Village, where you can show your kids the history of Ionia and the history of the fair. There is more to offer than just the rides!

Anywho, enjoy some of these photos I took down there last year! Keep an eye on my Facebook page for new images from this year !

 

Isabel || Trash the Dress

The images you’re going to see in this post are of my gorgeous niece, Isabel.

I recently got some new equipment. I got an octabox and a battery pack for my Alien Bee 800. I decided I wanted to test it out with my beautiful niece here! She put on a pretty dress and went frolicking in the weeds by the studio so I could play around with a few things. I only ended up using the light for a few images, but what can I say, I love using natural light.

Isabel, my sister, and I had a lot of fun creating these images. They were just for fun for me and it gave her a little something to do on a summer night. One thing that is special about these images, her older sister wore that same dress two years ago when I wanted to test out using off camera flash. They both look just simply stunning in this dress and I can’t handle how grown up this little one is.

When I first met Isabel, she was a little dorky 8 year old who LOVED to play in the dirt. She still loves to play in the dirt but when she put this dress on, it was like a whole new child! You could tell she felt beautiful and had a lot of fun twirling about throughout the session.

Well, enough talking, here are the images she loved most from her session. Yes I let her pick them all out!

The session we decided to do with Isabel is called a “Trash the Dress” session. You can book a session like this with any senior or wedding package! And NO we do NOT have to actually trash your dress! Plus, seniors, you’re welcome to use any dress out of my style closet to wear during your Trash the Dress or Glam session!

I think the ones in the road here are some of my favorites! The light here was all natural and it is just perfect!

 

I hope you enjoyed these photos!

Kayli || CMHS Class of 2017

Meet Kayli.

Kayli came to me asking about my senior model program but I had already had a full list for senior models. She completely understood and wanted to book a full session with me anyway. I could not be happier with meeting Kayli and her mother and being able to work with them. They are some of the nicest people I have ever met. Plus this young woman is just gorgeous!

Prior to Kayli’s session, I sent her  a questionnaire. I love getting to know my seniors prior to their session. From this questionnaire I learned that Kayli wants to attend Alma College or Ferris State University! She is undecided on her major but as of now she’s looking into becoming a nutritionist. I love being able to see what these young kids have in mind for their future.

Kayli and I met about a week prior to her session to go over locations, outfits, and other questions they may have had about her session. Kayli and her mom decided they even wanted to add in some make up to her session. They were able to work with my make up artist, Cydney Robinson, right before getting ready to shoot. During her make up session, we pulled out her outfit choices and hung them up to see what she had. We were able to narrow down some spectacular outfit choices!

Kayli brought quite a few outfit choices. She had some of her favorite things in there, as well as a few things that she wasn’t sure about. The amount of shoe options and jewelry choices was amazing! We had so much to choose from and I was really able to help her pick out what would be best for her images. I really loved that one on one time with her prior to her session. I hope to start doing this with more clients! Please feel free to bring your outfit choices into the studio prior to your session! Kayli curled her own hair but I do have a hair stylist that we can work with if we book it in advance! Her hair looked wonderful though.

We started Kayli’s session right outside of the studio. I’ve got a wonderful field and little wooded area right next door to my in home studio. It is just beautiful and makes a great spot for photos! We then headed downtown Ionia to capture some more urban style shots and I loved her first outfit choice for the downtown shots. You just can’t go wrong with some bright red heels!

What I loved most about working with Kayli, she wasn’t afraid to try new things that I suggested posing wise. She might not have known it before but she does now, she is a natural in front of the camera! She’s absolutely stunning and I told her just to show it off, by the end that is just what she did!

After shooting downtown, we headed over to my grandpas barn. I had suggested that during her pre consultation when discussing locations and shared a few images from the barn. She really liked it and thought it seemed like a great idea. Her being from Montcalm, she let me kind of guide her to what locations I really liked and what locations I felt really would fit her style.

This girl was just so much fun to photograph. Her and her mother were willing to go wherever and do whatever it took for a great photograph. We were a bit nervous this day as it was supposed to storm all day but we could not have asked for a better lighting situation. Due to the storms, the clouds were just perfect and the lighting was magical! I had so much fun during this session, I absolutely cannot wait for Kayli’s fall session!

A few things about Kayli:

Kayli told me that some of her favorite things to do outside of school is play volleyball, power lift, hunt, and much more.

She seems to be very involved in school activities and she is such an outgoing girl.

Some of her favorite candy is Reese’s, Tootsie Rolls, and Snickers. No wonder we got along so well, these are some of my favorites as well!

She also loves to listen to Fall Out Boy, Country, and today’s hit music.

 

Thank you so much for such a wonderful session Kayli. I am really looking forward to our fall session and especially for your reveal of your summer session!