It all started as a lesson on using lighting for portraits. If you've seen me shoot, you know that I like natural light and rarely use flash unless I have to. So when Keith Emerich offered me a little lighting workshop in exchange for my helping him with an album design, I jumped at the chance. I love helping others and I love to learn new things and I think that is what helps keep me fresh and on my game.
Since I'm a portrait photographer we wanted to include some models for our shoot. I had originally posted the request on facebook, but then we were rained out. But I loved the response that I got and can't wait to offer something like this again. Then Jola and Stephanie both contacted me about doing a Trash the Dress session, so instead we had two brides! Cynthia from
Magic Touch Salon jumped on board and offered to do the girls' hair and makeup and I was even more excited! So I thought why not try the power of facebook and try to find a florist and low and behold one of my best friend's happened to know Andrea of
Andrea's Gifts and Florist and she agreed to make a couple of bouquets to use. I love the power of networking!
We decided on holding the shoot at Metro Beach, so that we could have a little nature and some beach and water shots. It was a beautiful day!
These are the bouquets that Andrea had made for us and she did an amazing job! I literally didn't get in touch with her until the morning of the shoot and when I called I was in no way expecting her to be able to deliver even one bouquet, let alone two! But she came through with such short notice and did an absolutely beautiful job. I really can't wait to work with her more and to my brides reading this, you must check her out! Her Clinton Township store is so bright and cheery, you'll automatically feel happy just walking in there.
One of the things that I loved the most about this was the opportunity to network with some great vendors and I'm looking forward to working with them in the future!
Here's a little slideshow of the rest of our images