natural beauty that's magazine worthy

   A few years ago I had done a portrait session of myself for my website. You can see what I'm talking about in my my bio, here. 
   My husband shot the photos and I remember saying to him, I just wish my clients would trust me. I wish I could find someone who when I say I want to go to a muddy field they get it, and go. 
That day finally came, and it was with a beautiful girl named Jessika from Algonac High School. 
   We met before hand, like I always do with my girls, and talked about how we wanted to embrace the natural look, sit in a field of wild flowers, splash in the water. When it came to the day of shooting I told them, there's a corner about 2 mins down the road filled with amazing wild flowers right now. If you don't mind being next to the side of the road and a ditch, we can go. And so we went. And the results are simple, and breathtaking, all at once. 

It started to sprinkle and that little bit of grey was exactly what we needed to take her images from every day, to something that looks totally ethereal. Not to mention the way Jessika holds herself in front of the camera, it's stunning all the way around. 

   When we got done and were running back to our cars I looked over and saw a field newly plowed and just loved the texture. Remember when I said I just wanted to find someone who would love a barren, muddy old field, just like me? This is why. Jessika hopped right in, posed, and ended up looking like she should be in an urban outfitters magazine. 

   The next set was taken right at the AJBC Photography Home Studio.

   After that we headed downtown to mix up our looks. And man, does she rock this edgier downtown look too. 

   Finally, as the sun was about to set, we got to play in the water! I was just in aw as she sat there, perched on top of the log, dress floating in the water, her hand delicately leaving ripples in the surface, at how gorgeous she was, especially in that moment. 

AJBC Photography- Port Huron Senior Photographer

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If you like this free spirit water look, check out Andrea's Senior Photoshoot!

For more fall beauty check out Jessica's Senior Session!

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urban exploring- a port huron senior session

Every great session forms from a story. It's how your session is built.
Except this one. This one starts out with a quick phone call and the rest is history.
Meet John, the typical guy who is forced in to this Senior Picture business by his mom. Never mind the fact John looks like he’s about to walk off and start his Calvin Klein career any day now, he just wasn’t interested.

So mom calls me and says no need to meet to chat, I trust you, he’ll probably let us do 2 outfits, that’s it, let’s do this as soon as possible, I'll wait to hear from you on location.
So I have no story to go off of, and my creativity sprouts from stories, until I hear- ok, thanks, see you soon, oh, and by the way, my son and his friends like to explore abandoned buildings.
And THAT is where this session finally starts.

NONE of us want to go and do something we’re not in to, so it’s my top priority to make sure this session it’s laid back, it’s fun, it’s cool, and it speaks to him. 

So abandoned buildings speaks to him… hmm… ok. Well, I’ve also spent some time in some pretty sketchy places, so I felt like I could understand that language.

I decided to take them here- an over grown railroad track that curves between 2 abandoned buildings on the back side of downtown that comes complete with weird doors that lead to god only knows where and even weirder noises that make you question why you’re there, and still not leaving.
We had a blast. I don't know if mom ever stopped smiling as she watched her son take his first steps in to adulthood, and me and my assistant couldn't get enough of their laid back personalities while we took a session with hardly no planning and watched it grow in to such an awesome collection. Every turn brought something new, a new color, a new backdrop, new light, and new reasons for us to still not understand why this guy looking like a model didn’t want to do this in the first place! 

See his final story as a high school senior here :

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Whimsy and Grunge- Port Huron Senior Photoshoot

Sometimes I think my “job” is just too easy.
I mean, you give me a pretty girl in a dress and Converse shoes in an open field with the sun going down and you expect anything bad to happen?
Seriously magical.
Next we moved to a grungy hidden gem in downtown. She pulled that look off too.
I am also totally jealous of all that gorgeous hair and her adorable wardrobe!

Port Huron, MI Senior Photographer

Downtown Fashion Senior Shoot with Memphis High school Senior Photographer- ajbc photography

As you all know I love working with women, of any age. 
I extra love them when they come with an arsenal of cute boots, scarves, accessories to match every outfit.... and when they are this stunningly gorgeous, that never hurt either. ;) 
We started off at the home studio because her outfit matched the scenery perfectly. I was really hoping she might just accidentally forget that jacket and boots at my place.... but she didn't. haha ;) 
Next we hopped over to the Fort Gratiot Park. I know, as a photographer, that park gets a lot of "camera" use and I hate it when it's super obvious we're at a location that gets used often, by everyone, so we made sure we played in little hidden path ways to keep the shoot unique.
After that we swung down town and used the back streets of Port Huron and the new River Walk. Eventually I forced myself to stop, because in all reality, she was so natural, we probably could have kept going all day.
And you saw those eyes, right? They just draw you right in. 

Hair and Makeup by Jen Zimmerman of Inspire Hair Studio
Port Huron Senior Photographer AJBC Photography