Julianne + Ryan

I cant believe it's taken me this long to blog one of my favorite weddings! It may have had something to do with the fact that I still want to live in the moment of their perfectly beautiful wedding day. Julianne & Ryan are the perfect combination of kind & beautiful! I seriously pink sparkly puffy heart both of them.
A HUGE thank you my sweet & talented second shooter, Lia Giannotti

Makenzie | class of 2015

Makenzie is one of my senior reps this year, so this is actually her 2nd session with me. After our rep session she wanted another full, one of a kind, all about me, senior session. You know, the kind that we are known for. It was so much easier the 2nd time around because we were like old friends. I already know Makenzie was a pro at posing, beautiful, insanely picky & adorable! she's the perfect senior girl for me. She's also a talented pointe dancer.

Hair & make by my soul sister, www.jillsollars.com. As with all of my seniors, I personally assist them styling their sessions. I still have a few sessions available this fall, contact me to make your appointment caron@photographybycaron.com

Anna's Chic & Charing session | Grosse Ile photographer

Can I just start this post by saying I have the privilege of working with beautiful people. It also helps that I have Jill, the best make up artist in the metro Detroit area.
Anna is a shy quiet young lady. She has an inner sweetness that you can just feel when you are around her. Staying true to who she is I wanted this session to really reflect her & all of her quiet beauty. Thank you Anna for being so easy to photograph & to Anna's sister for having amazing clothes for her to borrow..lol!

fun with textures (and "sick" kids)

I love texture in my images and I don't add them enough. Today two of my girls are home "sick"- one is legit but the other...I think I was duped. I decided to taken them outside for a few quick pictures (quick- HA!). We go to a spot close to our house and I snapped 1-2 pictures of them. okay 60. I took 60 images of them. And we got back in the mommy mini van and came home. As I was driving I noticed our newly re-surfaced street looked super cool after the sprinkles of rain had stopped. I got the girls in the house and decided to snap a picture (okay, it was just 3 I swear) of the street. Once I uploaded them into lightroom. I decided my image was just flat and needed something. So- I created my own texture....ready to see it?!?!?!

original image +

cool looking wet road = ...drum roll please...

a little bit brighter image with a matte finish. cool, right?!
how did I do that you say? well, I took the road image and placed it over the original image, changed the image from "normal" to "overlay" then adjusted the opacity until I found it visually appealing. Now go out there and make your own textures! it's really not that hard.

anatomy of a senior session | Riverview high school senior, Kendall

Senior pictures are a once in a lifetime thing- I like to pamper my seniors. I work with a wonderfully talented professional make-up artist, you can find her site here --> www.jillsollars.com .

Professional make artists are trained to bring out your natural beauty and highlight your best features. As you can see it really makes a difference.

Hair is also a huge part of it. Having just your make up applied and passing on your hair is like having the perfect outfit with the same old shoes you always wear.

I personally style all of my seniors- its not uncommon for clients to come to the studio with a suitcase full of clothes. Chances are you already have a few amazing outfits just waiting to be put together. I LOVE this part!

aside from make-up, hair & killer outfits the next most important thing is your smile!

there is also posing- I prefer the unposed posed looks. I promise its not that hard. I'm there to help guide you to make sure you look amazing.

I adore portraits/headshots/close-ups whatever you want to call them, I ♥ em'.

location- since you've never had your senior pictures taken before I'm going to guess that you have no idea about locations...that's okay, I do. Whether you prefer a country setting or urban grunge I can help you find the perfect place.

a session with me is never complete without a few black & white images

now make sure to send me an email so we can set up your senior session- It will be fun. I promise!

say hello to the Studio

This is the natural light shooting space. Sure artificial lighting can be use but why when you have all this yummy natural light spilling in from the 4 windows

the client meeting room...

kitchenette...

the prop room...which may or may not double as a super fun dress-up/play room for my 3 girls