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We love these photos we were able to capture of the lovely Fife family. With a new little sister around, it was the perfect time to capture the new addition. We love photographing Ann Arbor family sessions and typically find for our relaxed lifestyle ideas it's best at your actual home. Kids feel instantly more at ease with us! If you are interested in a family session to invest in images of your family that you will love for a lifetime-e-mail us or call! Session fee's start at $275 and investments start around $700 for prints + products. Watch the blog for a portrait session fee sale coming up next month for spring/early summer sessions!

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Kristin Cook:

Beautiful!!

(04.16.10 @ 06:44 AM)
Dewi Batrishya:

Oh My GOD! These are PERFECT Pictures!!!
Just Awesome!! :D
The baby's eye is like the most wonderful thing on earth. :)
Thanks 4 sharing!

(04.16.10 @ 11:51 AM)
Jenni:

Absolutely gorgeous! Great clothing and props, too.

(04.16.10 @ 12:20 PM)
Ryan Koral:

no way. nope. those little girls are SOOOO adorable!!!!! the one of the teeny girl on the bed staring at you and then the other one where she's holding her hands... OMG!!!! come on. these are amazing.

(04.16.10 @ 01:04 PM)
Molly Myers:

Love them! Can't wait to see more! Hope all is well with you guys.

(04.17.10 @ 01:09 AM)
lindsey:

WOW! Gorgeous eyes on both those little girls. These are stunning!

(04.17.10 @ 03:36 AM)
Tina Wrona:

SUPER CUTE!!! Both girls are just stunning! Great photography!!

(04.17.10 @ 03:19 PM)
ben + laura:

beautiful kiddos ... love them all :)

(04.20.10 @ 03:32 PM)
Ulysses:

What a precious "Gerber" baby she is!! Beautiful family, beautiful session.

(04.22.10 @ 02:28 AM)
mary crow:

that baby image with the stuffed animal is absolutely beautiful!! Love her expression!

(04.22.10 @ 02:32 AM)
alice park:

These are absolutely stunning, Jessica!!

(04.25.10 @ 02:05 AM)
Nad:

she is the most beautiful baaby ive ever seen!!!! beautiful family and pictures

(04.30.10 @ 08:13 AM)
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Molly contacted us a few months ago to have a have a family session done for her, her husband and their new baby boy-Campbell! We also included their first baby-Reggie the dog in our photos too! Molly saw our Red Dress Session post a few months back and loved the photos and wanted to tailor it to them-so instead of a red dress we did a giant red balloon that Molly found! How cool is that? Molly is co-owner of the fantastic Custom Invitation company Paisley Quill. You really need to check out their work-we will be adding them soon to our favorite vendor list b/c they are so fantastic.  Enjoy!

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No babies were harmed in the making of this image-which by the way they ordered a huge canvas of and it will hang over his crib. How cool is that??:

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Molly loves this old image of Bob Dylan-and really wanted to try to re-create the look for a portrait in their home-I think we were pretty successful in doing so! We LOVE it when people have ideas for their shoots with us-we try as hard as we can to think outside the box a bit!

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Catlin Humes:

love that balloon! And the shot with the baby "floating away" is amazing! It will look great!

(07.29.09 @ 09:31 PM)
Jenni:

LOVE the flying baby! That's awesome!!!

(07.29.09 @ 09:33 PM)
Joy Fernandez:

I love the black and white of Mom, Dad and sweet baby Campbell. Well done.

(07.30.09 @ 01:34 AM)
Molly Myers:

Jess and Nate! We love the images! I can't wait to come pick them up. I am looking at them now and wish I could have purchased them all. You guys are awesome! Liked your comment above about the "No babies were harmed during this shoot." Too funny.

(07.30.09 @ 01:39 AM)
Heather:

They are all really great! I love the sixth photo down with you and Matt looking at Cam. So sweet!

(07.30.09 @ 02:32 AM)
Anonymous:

Absolutely wonderful. Campbell floating is too great!! The red balloon is the magic.
Cathy C.O.

(07.30.09 @ 04:09 AM)
Grandma Sheri:

I love them all. Each one is better than the one before it--so creative. I'm glad I don't have to choose between them.

(07.30.09 @ 04:28 AM)
katrina + andrew = sedona bride photographers:

the one of baby campbell "floating away" is especially fantastic! LOVE it! what a great family session! {katrina}

(07.30.09 @ 08:45 AM)
Jen Creed:

How fun! These are fantastic, and so unique!

(07.30.09 @ 04:13 PM)
Maggie Howard:

Beautiful photos- very creative! Good thing there's only one balloon or Campbell would have floated away!

(07.30.09 @ 08:59 PM)
Christina:

I cannot stop laughing at the floating baby picture. The look on his face is priceless! Fantastic idea!!

(07.30.09 @ 11:32 PM)
danny:

YOU GUYS ROCKED THAT FAMILY SESSION!

(08.03.09 @ 07:46 PM)
Émilie:

Such a great, great shot of the baby floating in the air! Gotta love this cutie.
Plus, the last image is just wonderful. Love that everyone is playing serious/drama on it.

(08.08.09 @ 06:02 PM)
claire:

I love that balloon!! I can't find a big balloon like that anywhere, could you please tell me where you got it! pretty please! your rocked on this session! fav. photo ever is the flying baby!

(08.22.09 @ 02:54 PM)
mary crow:

Beautiful. the last one reminds me of color infrared. And the baby floating is adorable. Love your work!

(09.07.09 @ 03:30 AM)
Lorraine Daley:

THese are beautiful. That photo of the baby and the balloon is hysterical, whimsical, fanciful and fun!!!!

(09.09.09 @ 03:22 PM)
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April 6, 2009 // portrait
a few months back we went to little miss parker's house to photograph her-isn't she gorgeous? We adore the images we were able to capture of her!



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Jamie:

What a face! Great images guys, just gorgeous!

(04.06.09 @ 09:29 PM)
cristycross:

Oh how cute how cute how cute!! What a darling little face.

(04.07.09 @ 07:26 AM)
Jane:

She looks like a baby Shirley Temple! SOOOO Cute!

(04.10.09 @ 03:11 PM)
Gregory Paul:

The way you use light is just beautiful!

(04.21.09 @ 06:17 PM)
Heather Essian:

oh she's a doll! love the 3rd image- so sweet.

(04.26.09 @ 09:24 PM)
Kim:

Little Parker, She is such a doll!!!!

(05.21.09 @ 08:58 PM)
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February 17, 2009 // portrait


Back in September we were able to do a concept session for one of our favorite clients-little Rocco and his mom + dad. We wanted to call it our red dress session-the pop of the red against the green of the field.  We were after a true editorial feeling session. Aren't they the most gorgeous little family you have ever seen?

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Nate:

i love them-always up for anything!

(02.17.09 @ 08:02 PM)
lindsey:

Breathtaking!

(02.17.09 @ 09:31 PM)
Jen@Green Wedding Shoes:

Love the new layout! These photos are stunning! What a great idea for a concept.

(02.17.09 @ 09:57 PM)
Andrea:

We had such a great time doing this session! The location was perfect. Jess and Nate really captured some beautiful family moments with our little guy. Their work is ALWAYS amazing.

(02.17.09 @ 10:35 PM)
mary crow:

These are gorgeous!!

(02.18.09 @ 12:08 AM)
dusty brown:

love this new blog!! Great work Jessica.

(02.18.09 @ 01:14 PM)
Lisa P:

Hi Jess!

Really, really beautiful....

(02.21.09 @ 03:32 AM)
aruna B.:

holy crap those are BEAUTIFUL!!!! I love the light in the 4th shot...so precious!

(02.23.09 @ 03:46 PM)
marie cox:

Jessica- These are stunning...so stunning. I hope they buy these as huge canvas prints because they deserve to be shown large.

(03.26.09 @ 07:09 PM)
Jennica Wallis:

OMGOSH!!!!!!!!!!! I've never saw such beautiful, serene pictures of a family like this before! WOW! I'm soooo inspired I don't even know what to say. Looks like a session from a high fashion magazine; I.E. Cookie magazine! :D

(03.31.09 @ 07:20 PM)
sarah:

wow, really beautiful photo session! I love the colours and the lighting!

(04.25.09 @ 11:38 PM)
Judy:

These pictures look absolutely beautiful. Everything looks so soft and dreamy.

(06.26.09 @ 07:14 AM)
Chocolate Rose:

These are too gorgeous! Great work.

(08.28.09 @ 06:52 AM)
boyd g:

Red Dress photos are spectacular. Especially first one with top view.

(05.12.10 @ 09:34 AM)
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