Are We Done Taking Pictures Yet?

One of the great things about having kids if you are in the business of taking pictures of children is that you always have an available model on hand to try out new equipment, lighting, poses etc.. Even better, they are under permanent contract - at least until they turn 18 - and they have to do what YOU say! That and they take cookies and suckers as a form of monetary payment....The only downside is when something "more important" comes up they quickly evince their loss of interest, as this picture of my 2-year old will attest.


Anyways it wasn't even a fair competition - the Wonder Pets were on! How am I supposed to to compete with a pet duck, guinea pig and gerbil that have speech impediments, can fly a rocket-powered toy sailboat, wear impossibly fashionable head-gear and save the world from imminent destruction on a daily basis?.....Exactly!


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Children's Portraiture | Saranac, Michigan

As a children's portrait photographer in the Grand Rapids area I am so blessed at being able to meet and take pictures of many uniquely adorable children. This little girl was no exception; Charlie and I had a great time photographing her yesterday! She made our job a cinch. Her little dress was so cute and the vibrant colors really made the pictures pop! My favorite is the top one of her peeking over the flower; she has beautiful eyes and for a child this young she seemed really comfortable in front of the camera!
-Tracy


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Children's Portraiture | Ionia, Michigan

One of my favorite things about photographing children is their beautiful piercing eyes! Whenever I have the opportunity to take a child's picture I'm always looking for that shot that seems to capture the essence of a child's innocence. This is one of my favorite recent pictures; the desaturation of the colors really makes the irises pop!
-Charlie

Angelina's Senior Recital Pictures | Frankenmuth, Michigan

As a photographer based in the Grand Rapids area it's always great when we have the opportunity to photograph college or high school students for their senior pictures. It's especially wonderful when we get to share in moments that are uniquely special for our clients. It's for this reason that Tracy and I had such a great time photographing Angelina this week! She needed some casual portraits for her upcoming senior music recital at Grand Valley State University (located in the Grand Rapids area of West Michigan) and we were excited to oblige. She's a beautiful girl with an amazing voice and a bright future after graduation! Good luck finishing up your senior year Angelina!

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Kudos to Tracy for setting up this awesome photograph on the piano...She has a wonderful eye!

Presque Isle Lighthouses | Up North, Michigan

It's October in Michigan which means it's time to get our butts Up North to enjoy the autumn colors!!! We stayed a couple nights in Atlanta, Michigan hoping to see some elk - it's supposed to be the elk capital of Michigan, but we struck out. The highlight of the weekend was our car ride across M-32 to Alpena, which has the nicest Big Boy I've ever been in by-the-way, and up the Lake Huron coast to the Presque Isle Lighthouses. We had heard that the old lighthouse was haunted so we wanted to check it out for ourselves.

The old 19th century lighthouse. This one was an easy climb!

The HAUNTED lighthouse cabin.

The more "modern" lighthouse.

This one took some sweat to climb up, but it was well worth it. I think we picked the perfect week to come, the views of Lake Huron and the fall colors were breathtaking.

-Tracy

New Wedding and Portrait Photography Website! | It's finally here!

The new Left Shoe Photography wedding and portrait photography website is finally LIVE and I'm thrilled to be able to finally share it with all of you! We've uploaded some of our most recent pictures from weddings we have photographed around the state of Michigan. Please check it out when you have a chance - I designed it entirely myself and it took a lot of blood, sweat and tears, but I'm so happy with how it turned out....hopefully you'll all agree! I was a little apprehensive when I first decided to tackle this beast myself since I hadn't done any HTML coding since I was an undergrad at the University of Michigan, but surprisingly it came back pretty easily. Also, I'll be adding a FLASH component shortly to sparkle up the slide shows, so it's still a work in progress. Some of the things that I've added that I'm really happy with:

1) A new client link (up on top) for direct logins to session images.
2) The new wedding photography and portrait pages for portfolio viewing.
3) The About Us page - I finally included some of my personal images.
4) Recommended vendors - I'll be adding these shortly after I finish compiling.
5) The new logo!


Here's a screen shot from the homepage that I took using Paparazzi!:


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