OCD and the Labo Fam

I think I have a little touch of OCD.  I have a hard time with odd numbers.  When I turn up the radio, it has to be on an even number.  When I edit photos, any sliders have to be set on an even number. I also like things to be even, for example, if I plant a flower, I have to plant another to mirror it.  I prefer things to equal.   Silly right?  I know, I make fun of myself all the time and I try really hard to stop on odd numbers and I let my husband plant a LONE tree in the middle of the yard (I secretly want to rip it out, but he thinks we have compromised)  Now your wondering why do you care?  I just wanted to give you a peek into my brain.

As promised, some photos from my recent shoot.


You may remember Roland, I took his picture before he had a baby sister. They are totally leaving for New York at the end of this month and I am going to miss them!

Here you can see Roland is really not feeling a family photo.
and he wasn't feeling it here either.

Dad did get him to smile for me:


You should know that even though Roland is a mama's boy, he loves his daddy:



So to the Labo family, Thank you Roland for smiling for me, thank you Vayda for being so adorable, Thank you Matt for fighting for our country and be safe out there, and A HUGE thanks to Amber for continuing to come to me for her photos! Have a safe trip to New York and visit me when your in MI!!!

For the rest of you stay tuned, I am getting a new lens hopefully tomorrow--and I got a wide angle extension and fish eye extension--there will surely be some new photos just for the fun of it!

Super duper Senior PHotos

Though I have already shared Amanda's senior photos with you, I just ordered her prints.  We met up last Thursday after they went through the proof book with their family and then come to see me with their choices.  The exciting part about ordering prints for me is when that box gets here, I get to open it, and then approve those prints to leave my possession.
It is preferable for me to meet with my clients as they make their print choices and then meet with them again when the prints arrive to make sure that they are happy with them, because even though it's all about the photos in this business, it's also all about customer service, I want happy customers!

When I originally took Amanda's photos, she was sure she wanted something different and she wanted more than one location with her number one location being in the Graffiti Alley up in Ann Arbor, Michigan.  They had me at different!  I love making different!  Then we froze our butts off in the snow getting her some more different photos around our home town of Hillsdale, and we also had tons of fun!

The prints arrived here Tuesday, and let me tell you, The were GREAT!  If I loved them this much , I am sure Sue and Mandie were going love them.  So for two days I had to wait for my meeting with Sue, and when she arrived I showed her the wallets first and I have never had anyone so happy!  She ordered an 11X14 of:


and I am pretty sure that she was ready to cry with happiness. If only all my customers could be this happy. I mean I am sure going to get them the same results and make sure they are happy with their final result before they leave my care......
Here are some of my favorites from her shoot:






They also hired me to make their open house invitations which I will share at a later time but this is the idea of a previous open house invitations:

and I love making these so if you are interested please send me a message!