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  • Dahlia Hill Senior Session

    Dahlia Hill Senior Session

    Dahlia Hill is such a gorgeous place for a senior session, so it’s hard to believe that this one is my first! If you’ve followed my blog for a while, you know how much I love dahlias. We like to go to Dahlia Hill as a family in September and October every year and see the variety of flowers they have. If you like flowers, Dahlia Hill might be the perfect place for your senior session. If you like flowers AND your senior session takes place in the fall, this is definitely the place for you!

    Makayla wanted this spot for her first location. I was thrilled about it since I have wanted to do a senior session here for some time. We had so much sunlight, the weather was perfect, and we had an amazing time. Dahlia Hill is also a great location if you don’t want to spend your photoshoot time walking around. Since the place isn’t very big, most of our time was spent shooting pictures. I love how convenient this location is.

    Once we finished up there, we drove out to the Nature Center. And we had the best sunshine and glow for her pictures! Makayla is an excellent model, is easy to pose, and has an air of grace and poise in her presence. She is sweet, polite, fun, and a joy to work with for her senior pictures.

    Here’s what she said about her session: “Eve is an immensely kind and talented individual! She has a wonderful eye for beauty in nature and was a constant force of encouragement and positivity during my time with her. I could not have hoped for a better senior portrait session.”

    Thank you, Makayla! I hope your senior year has turned out to be an amazing one!

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  • Roses are Red, and the Tridge Isn’t

    Roses are Red, and the Tridge Isn’t

    Roses are red, and the Tridge isn’t. Yeah, that’s not the best poem ever, so I guess I better keep my day job. 🙂 With Mackenzie’s session, we did end up visiting the roses at the Rose Garden in Dow Gardens, and we did visit the Tridge. And what a lovely senior session it was.

    We started in Dow Gardens, and Mackenzie wore the cutest romper I think I’ve ever seen. Seniors always want to know what they should wear. My response is something that is colorful and YOU. Black and white are great, skin tones in clothing aren’t great, and please avoid neon. Sunshiney yellow? Absolutely! It’s such a beautiful color on Mackenzie.

    We made our way to the Rose Garden. I can’t say we actually smelled any roses, but they were so beautiful. I learned after the session that Mackenzie’s middle name just happens to be Rose, so I would say it was a perfect fit.

    We also traipsed around the Children’s Garden and then made our way to Downtown Midland. Check out the hat Mackenzie brought to her session! I love the dress that she paired with it.

    And lastly, we ended up on the Tridge. Thankfully we didn’t meet many other people, so it felt like we had it all to ourselves.

    Mackenzie and her mom and I had a blast the whole session, and I loved spending time with them both! This is what her mom said about the experience:

    Eve is one of the most kind individuals I’ve ever had the pleasure of meeting. She is extremely professional and wonderful to work with. She is incredibly thorough and really took the time to get to know my daughter, her likes and dislikes, and just general style then tailored the senior session to her. The photos could not have come out any better!!!! Eve truly captured my daughter’s beauty inside and out. We also had an absolute blast during the senior session, lots of laughs and memories that day. Thank you Eve, for so perfectly capturing my daughter as we will cherish these senior photos.

    And this is what Mackenzie said:

    Eve truly is one of a kind! . She not only took amazing photographs, but also made the session so memorable. She is so down to earth, and has a great sense of humor. We had an absolute blast during the senior session, lots of laughs all throughout. I absolutely love how my pictures turned out, they all are so wonderful!

    You two are the best. Good luck your senior year, Mackenzie!

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  • To Downtown Midland from Saginaw Senior Session

    To Downtown Midland from Saginaw Senior Session

    Downtown Midland is a popular place for my seniors to get their pictures taken. Ashlyn is my first ever senior though who lives in Saginaw. Even though she doesn’t live in Midland, she chose our very fun downtown for her first location. Love it! Also, I always tell me seniors to never wear neon colors. They just don’t look great and take away from the senior themselves. But bright colors like this pink shirt? YES! Absolutely wear bright colors for your session. They provide the right pop of color without being distracting. I also love how this color just looks so good on Ashlyn and totally shows off her fun, charismatic, and happy personality.

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    Downtown Midland has really spruced itself up this summer. There are little fences and gates, grass in the middle of the street, and new places to sit and eat outside. We took full advantage of these.

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    This picture on the right just happens to be taken in my favorite spot in Downtown Midland. It’s such a great (and maybe slightly hidden) alleyway.

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    Isn’t Ashlyn lovely? Most of my girls are worried they won’t photograph well, but lookie lookie. I guess they don’t need to be worried after all. 😀

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    After hitting up some of my favorite spots, Ashlyn and I decided to have a little fun. 😉 Big shout out to Serendipty Road and Joyful Tantrum for this awesome set-up.

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    After a quick outfit change, we headed up to the courthouse. I feel like this little spot is a bit underused in downtown Midland. Ashlyn’s outfit paired very well with the location.

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    Next time I blog, I’ll show you the second half of her session. She chose the Chippewa Nature Center, and you all know how I feel about that location. 🙂 See you then!

  • Old City – New Discovery

    Old City – New Discovery

    Old isn’t exactly what I’d call Midland, but since I’ve lived here for over six years, it no longer feels new to me. Even though I’ve lived here for that long, I never made it out to Dahlia Hill until last September! Why is that?? I had heard of it and passed it, but I just never got around to going and checking out all the flowers. You guys. It’s my new favorite place in Midland for taking pictures of flowers.

    I’ll also say that one of the reasons I love taking pictures there is that I also recently bought a new lens. Well, it was old, but new to me. 😉 It’s the 100mm, a macro lens that also doubles as a portrait lens. And it is heaven. Check out these pictures I took of the gorgeous Dahlia Hill flowers with that lens.

    This one reminds me of a lion’s mane.

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    It is fun when I get to take my time and think outside the box a little bit. I love seeing the underside of these beautiful flowers.

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    I also love taking pictures with a diptych in mind like the one below.

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    This one makes me think of a flame. Our world sure is a wondrous work of art.

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    Next time I blog, I’ll show you a few of my other favorites and show you how I had them printed and where they are located in my home. See you then!

  • Midland in Bloom

    Midland in Bloom

    When everything around you is in bloom, you can’t but feel the anticipation of something beautiful about to happen. That’s what spring does every year for me. It’s like all winter long we’ve been waiting. And waiting. And WAITING. And then FINALLY it’s spring, and it’s like the whole earth feels the need to celebrate its long-time coming.  I also LOVE the longer days that come with the beginning of spring and that golden hour is now even later. It’s like the whole world is just starting to wake up from a deep sleep.

    Once the flowers around town start to bloom, I feel like my photography does as well. As though the fire to shoot has been silenced from the cold. I ache to get outside again, feel the warmth of the sun, and get my photography on. And so I do. 😀

    On this afternoon at Dow Gardens, the husband, kids and I had ourselves a great time. We had to leave to get the kids in bed earlier than I wanted to, so I just BARELY missed golden hour, but I had so much fun shooting outside in beautiful light that it really didn’t matter. I loved shooting the blossoms on trees, getting daffodils in beautiful, warm light, and capturing the first blooms of tulips. They really are my favorite flower.

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