Professional dancer builds portfolio

Dancing at sunrise

A dynamic dance shoot

   Hannah has been dancing longer than some of my clients have been alive. That's when you know you LOVE something. Your whole life is about it.
   She is following her passion and perusing a career as a Professional Dancer. Nothing makes me happier than watching someone embrace what they were truly meant to do with their life!
   She told me finding a photographer that could give her the full impact of movement she was looking for in her images was a challenge, and that she was so happy to find me. It's the connections like that in life and at AJBC that I live for! So we put our passions together and created something Natural. Beautiful.
   Natural Beauty.
   It was important for her to also include nature. Obviously, if you've seen my work, you know I agree. So my team and I pushed ourselves and our limits in order to make Hannah's session magical, professional, and over the top.
   So take a look and see how we incorporated EVERY Earthly element into her session- Wind, Water, Fire, Earth. It was beautiful to watch Hannah move gracefully through all of it.

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View the full Beauty Gallery & Senior Gallery

To see more beautiful sunrise photo shoots check out Janelle's Senior Session, or for more artistic beauty check out Katie's floating through the veil session!

Watch this short film to see how Hannah's session unfolded...

The Easiest yet most Alluring Boudoir Session you'll ever do!

If you're under the impression that I am a little sexpot then we've clearly never met in person.
I enjoy combat boots, beer, and goofy behavior. I feel foreign in heels, I freak out when my dress is too short, and you can constantly see my underwear lines through my yoga pants because I just really hate thongs.

I am not your typical boudoir client.

But.

Boudoir intrigues me. The emotion keeps me coming back for more.
The way dark shadows and sultry highlights play on the skin. The way curves, muscles, bones, and the human body as a whole looks when properly photographed. The way motion and expression can evoke a feeling. THAT'S what I'm obsessed with.

A couple of years ago I asked women to give society the middle finger, where I wrote a blog and did a few self portraits that you can see here about beauty standards of today.

This is my updated version of that with a twist.

And if I can do this, then damn it, you can too.

But there's something you need to know about this shoot.

First off- half of these images you see here I'm in a big, ugly sweater and pj pants. Yes. Go back and look. You can see the high neck of the sweater in some of the shots.
The second half I'm just in a tank that was under my sweater, which you can also see in some of the shots.
And yes, I shot it all selfie style, sitting Indian style on my sunroom floor with a book shelf in the background.

So if your brain is stuck on lingerie, elaborate beds, and being naked for boudoir- you need to realize it's not about how much of you that you bare to the camera.

It's about the light, the emotion, it's about you in the simplest form. That's what sexy is.

Give me 1 room, 1 girl, 1 window and not even 1 hour or 1 outfit and I will evoke something out of you that you didn't even know you had hiding in you to begin with. Or maybe you did and you were just too scared to let it out. 

This is your opportunity to let it out.

Beauty. Rawness. That edge you feel when you look into the bathroom mirror and begin to sing and dance in your underwear, after a shower, with wet hair into your hairbrush to your favorite song like you're in a music video starring you. 

Yeah. That moment. Let's capture it and make it yours. Make it Natural. Make it beautiful.
 

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For those of you who are still unconvinced that this isn't possible for you.... here's a selfie less 1 minute after my "shoot" with myself.
Same spot, same hair, same clothes.
Different expression, different light, different angle.
It's seriously this easy.

I know what looks good, I know what to ask you to do. I know the angles, I know light.
I specialize in making women of all ages look and feel amazing. Let me worry about that part and you just worry about showing up for yourself.

I don't need you to be anything you aren't.
I just need you to be present in this life you're living and allow me to capture that for you.

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Contact me here to book your own beauty or boudoir shoot, or just to simply ask questions and chat about the process!

See more Beauty / Boudoir Galleries here.

See what other personal projects I've done here.

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Chasing the Sun- a Senior Session at sunset

Cardinal Mooney High School Senior Portraits

Senior Session at Sunset-
Old Hollywood Glam and Back Country Roads

   Adriana's Senior Session just made me fall in love with bright colors all over again! The vibrant pink dress, the amazing sunset, her bold red dress and lip- oh my gosh! 
   We were racing time this whole night and putting our trust in the sun to not set too early on us. We started at the studio, trying new things with sheets and back lighting, using complimenting colors to her dress. We then switched up the look from young and fun to dramatic and glam. We crept into a field that holds this beautiful, crumbling house and photographed Adriana looking oh so grown up and timeless. We turned around, realized the sun was sinking, and cruised to our last location which was simply a plowed bean field off a country back road and just melted over this look with the sun!
   Senior girls and Mother Nature- the beauty is overwhelmong! 

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Take a look at this short film showing how fun and easy going Adriana's Session was to shoot! 

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For more senior beauty check out how gorgeous Paige's Senior Session was!

Love the old Hollywood glam look check out Tiffany's Senior Session

Check out the full Senior Gallery!

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Winter Fairy Tale Shoot

A Magical Photoshoot in the Snow

A Behind the Scenes video of shooting Beauty Portraits in the Forest during Winter

   Winter in Michigan is our time to appreciate the calm in the world, the beauty and softness snow brings, and a way to make Portraits even more unique. There’s just something about a snow session. It’s magical, it’s surreal, it’s elegant.

   We shoot outdoors all year because Mother Nature offers so much beauty every season, we’re not hiding inside to miss it. So get daring with us. Strip down or bundle up. And book your Winter Session while magic is still falling and creating a scene unlike any other.

Check out more of my self portraits

Want to see more Winter Beauty? Check out Aubrey's Shoot

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