Featured Video-{Michigan Child Photographer}

Recently I showed you the lovely little girls from the "B" family. There was some major image overload on that sneak peek..LOL, but could you really blame me :) Well today their proof gallery is being sent off and they also are going to be featured here on my blog. You probably have noticed that every once in awhile I pick a client that is featured at the top of my blog in one of the videos. Lately I've kept up my senior video, but it's time to start doing some features again...so this time it's the beautiful and adorable "B" girls. Their video will be at the top of my blog as a featured video for a few weeks. Just a little info on the videos. They include a collection of images from your session, not all of the images. They come in 2 formats, a low res file for things like facebook and also a high res version that you can watch on your computer, t.v., etc. They even look great on big screen t.v.'s. If you'd like more info on these DVDs, feel free to email me at hayleyjhamlin@hotmail.com.

REMEMBER -When viewing the video turn OFF main blog music at bottom of blog :) Also, this is a very low resolution video for blog use. I see now they are giving an option to view full screen but it's only going to distort the video and not recommended :)

And because I can't post without a picture, here's another fave from their session.

Find delight in the simple things...

Hope you enjoyed the featured family :) Thanks for stopping by!!

till next time...

Sneak Peek-The "D" Family {Michigan Child and Family Photographer}

I know mom is very excited to see this sneak peek and I have been excited to post it. Thank you for being so patient :) I had the pleasure of meeting up with the beautiful "D" family recently. Most of the session was for their little sweetie , "M" but we did some family pics too. Their little one is the cutest thing ever. I love this age, they are so full of discovery and are busy busy. She was full of smiles, but every so often she'd just look right at me with those big eyes, it just pierced right through me. It made for some very timeless images and with the location we had, it was perfect for my style. I was in heaven at their location, such cool stuff to work with.

Big smiles for the first one :)

This was that, "come on Hayley, chase me" glance. She was so fun.

Catch me if you can :)

Such a beautiful family, and I loved their front porch :)

This location was just perfect to create timeless pieces. And she was the perfect little model :)

Love these last 2 :)

And of course you all know me, these are my favorite kind of images. These are the images that speak volumes to me. :)

Hope you enjoyed your sneak peek!! Thank you for letting me capture these memories for your family. I really enjoyed spending the evening with you all :)

till next time...

2010 Wedding Season (Michigan Wedding Photographer)

I have been getting quite a few inquiries for the 2010 wedding season. If you are interested in having me capture your special day, you can contact me via the website or you can email me at hayleyjhamlin@hotmail.com. I take a limited amount of weddings each summer and dates are booking up fast. To see my work, you can visit the TRUE LOVE gallery on my MAIN WEBSITE.

And if you would like to hear first hand what it's like working with me, here is a wonderful letter I received from my most recent bride and groom. Honestly this letter brought tears...thanks again Jessie and Ryan, your letter meant so much!!

Hayley,

The pictures are amazing, they really captured our day and how wonderful it was! We're so happy we chose someone with the talent, heart and passion to create our memories. The wedding may be over but we'll have these photographs for the rest of our lives and for that we are very grateful. You really know how to put our love for each other on film; working with you was really our pleasure. The morning of our wedding was such a disaster with the weather, lack of power among other things, but you, through it all stayed positive and fulfilled my dream of having an outdoor wedding. You created a relationship with us that was so much more than a photographer, but someone who cared about the two of us. We felt so comfortable being ourselves around you, we never felt we had to pose for pictures and those are the best kind. We were having fun and being ourselves..."just being" :) Ryan and I just finished looking at the pictures for the first time and I can't even explain the emotion the two of us felt, we were laughing, I (not Ryan) got a little emotional at some points :) The day went by so quickly for the two of us, there were so many things that we couldn't pay attention to, but looking back at these pictures we were able to see everything else that was going on around us; people laughing, crying, smiling, cheering, all of the things we were hoping to achieve by having all of the people we love at our special day.We can't thank you enough and I can't wait to call you for our first set of baby pictures :)

Much Love, Ryan and Jessie DeHaan

The "just being" is something you will understand once you've worked with me :) I love that you guys included that :)

And it wouldn't be a post without a picture, so here is one of my faves from their wedding.

Till next time. Thanks for stopping by!!

Sneak Peek-The "B" Family {Michigan Child Photographer}

Okay...get ready for some major image overload!! Recently I had the pleasure of hanging out with these 2 little beauties. These girls are absolutely adorable and both of them have the most beautiful hair and eyes. My goodness, I could have taken pictures of them all day :) So needless to say I gave up on only posting a small sneak peek...LOL.

Look at that hair and those eyes. GORGEOUS!!

Yup, I am going to just have to show this in b&w too...even though I love it in color the b&w reaches right into the soul :)

She was so full of smiles :)

Perfect little pose...


And meet big sis, having a little playtime in her playhouse. The chalkboard had other things written on it (in case you are wondering where that is mom). It will be included and shown in the proofs, but I do not like to put names on my blog, so I cleared them off for my blog post :)

This just cracks me up. Hmmm...what should I do next :)

I caught this one when she was playing peek-a-boo with me between her 2 playhouse windows. So cute!!

More beautiful eyes!!

There was no way I was leaving with a shot of her gorgeous curls :) Okay, maybe I took a few...LOL.

I absolutely love this one, she has the cutest little "catch me if you can" grin on her face as she is walking away from me. :)

What is she putting in the carriage you ask...rocks, and lots of them :)

And the 2 little sweeties together.

Hope you enjoyed your sneak peek!! Thank you for letting me capture these special memories for your family!! If you are stopping by, feel free to leave a comment :)

Senior Sneak Peek {Michigan Senior Photographer}

Cayli got a bit of a preview of her session in the senior contest, but here is your official Sneak Peek my dear!! This loft is not a normal location for me. The mom asked to have the session done here as her best friends owns it. It was pretty cool though and the light was amazing in there. We ended up shooting a lot of Cayli's session here. Thanks again to Robin for the use of your loft!!

And one more from the loft...look at these windows. The light was gorgeous!!

Hope you enjoyed our sneak peek!! Thank you for letting me be apart of your senior year. Your gallery is almost ready. I'll be in touch soon!!

~Ithaca, Michigan Senior Photographer~

SENIOR CONTEST IS HERE!!! AND THE WINNER IS...{Michigan Senior Photographer}

I am back, thought it would be easier to update the contest in this same post :)
The votes have been counted and someone is walking away with ALL the goods!! Yes, she gets it all, the Senior Buzz Cards and the DVD!! So...who is it you ask....Click on the video to see :) BUT don't for get to turn OFF the main blog music first (located at bottom of blog)!!



Congrats!! You went right to work recruiting those votes!! I am trying not to use her name here in case someone is reading ahead without watching the video...LOL (don't want to ruin the suspense). But I wanted to mention, this senior is actually my most recent senior and has not even seen her sneak peek yet. I was going to post the DVD/video of the senior who won, but then I got to thinking...it might be nice for her to actually see her session and her sneak peek before showing her the DVD :) So...your sneak peek will be coming in the next day or so :) I'll be in touch with all the details of your prize!! Congrats again and a HUGE thank you to all the seniors who participated!! This was lots of fun!! You all are FABULOUS and I have enjoyed getting to know each and everyone of your very unique Senior Styles!! :)

Hey Seniors...I told you all there would be a cool contest coming and it's here!! Who wants to win some cool stuff?!? :) The first thing that is up for grabs are some awesome Senior Buzz Cards. These come in sets of 25 and I am giving away 2 sets. They are business card size, front and back and showcase your favorite pics from your session. They also have room to include things like your facebook, email, whatever you choose. But yes, it gets even better. The big prize, is what everyone is talking about. The rockin DVD's!! These awesome DVD's are a great way to showcase your senior session in style. They come to you in high res so you can use them for your open house, but you also get a low res file for things like facebook. So who's ready to play and win some cool stuff?!?

Below are samples of the senior buzz cards and the DVD. You will see lots of familiar faces on the buzz cards, as they are past seniors. And the lovely Miss Natalie from the Class of 2010 is my featured senior in the DVD :)

WHEN VIEWING VIDEO-REMEMBER TO TURN OFF MAIN BLOG MUSIC AT BOTTOM OF BLOG!!!

So...who wants to know how to play?!? Here's the scoop, below are the entries from the Class of 2010. These are some of the awesome seniors that I have had the pleasure of meeting this year. The senior with the most votes wins. So how do you vote you ask? It's simple...under this post there is a place to leave comments, all you have to do is leave a comment voting for the senior you want to walk away with goods. This is where YOU the seniors have to spread the word and get everyone you can think of to my blog to vote for you :) Anyone can participate, so send the link to friends, family, whoever you want!! Please do not send duplicate entries, your comments will be saved and I will NOT publish the comments until the end of voting. All duplicate entries will be deleted.

And no, you do not need to know these seniors to vote, my regular blog followers can play too ;)

At the end of the contest, the person with the most comments left in the comments section, gets 2 packs of senior buzz cards (total of 50). To make sure everyone out there is trying to win (wink wink) there is a catch to win the DVD. You must have at least 25 comments left for you. Just keeping it fair :) Prizes will be delivered once your senior photo order is complete.

Okay, that about covers it, if you have any questions...feel free to drop me an email. hayleyjhamlin@hotmail.com

Contest Begins NOW :)-Thursday September 10th and ends Wednesday Sept 16th. Winner will be announced by Friday Sept 18th!

Below are the entries, if you would like to see more of their sessions, you can scroll through the blog or simply visit the SENIOR WEBSITE. Good luck to all!! Now go start spreading the word and get voting!! :)


Also while I have you all here. I am starting to accept applications for Senior Reps for the Class of 2011. If you are interested in being a Rep for me and want some info on that, drop me a line. There are lots of perks for my reps :)

Till next time...

SENIOR NEWS, UPDATES...and an upcoming CONTEST :) {Michigan Senior Photographer}

Just a quick update to all SENIORS. I know some of you still have sessions on the books for this fall with me but many have their sessions complete at this time. A note about yearbook photos. Please keep your YEARBOOK PHOTO DEADLINE in mind when ordering. Every school is different ranging from as early as Sept to as late as Feb. If you do not know when it is, you need to find out. Also, you need to place your full order to receive your complimentary yearbook photo in time to meet your school's deadlines. Remember the turn around for orders is 3-4 weeks, so you need to make sure you leave yourself enough time to get yearbook photos in.
Just a reminder...proof galleries are only left up for 2 weeks.

Okay now onto some FUN stuff. Very soon I will be running a blog contest for the seniors. The winner will win some pretty cool stuff....So, keep checking back to the blog, because that's the only way you'll get the info on how to play :)

And it wouldn't be a post without a picture right :) Since senior season is still going strong here, here's a teaser from the latest senior I had the pleasure of meeting. The beautiful Miss "C". She has a unique style all her own...can't wait to show you more!! Also thank you to Robin for letting us use her loft for this session!! More to come soon :)

till next time....

Some exciting news...

that I wanted to share with you...
Every once in awhile things happen that are pretty exciting and you just have to share them :) A few weeks ago the photo lab I use called and told me they were getting ready to do a site upgrade and wanted to know if they could use some of my images on their home page slide show. Ummm...let me think about that for a second. I'm thinking...YES!!!!...LOL!! In all seriousness though, I can't even tell you how completely honored I am that my work is being displayed on their website. With all the work they see go through their lab on a daily basis, I am just beyond grateful and honored that they thought enough of my work to call me. A few days ago I saw the upgrade was complete and it was pretty cool to see my images on their site. I won't display all the images here that were chosen, but since it's peek senior season here, I will share 1 of them that they chose for their site. This is actually an older image of mine. She was a 2009 Grad, and this was one of my faves from her session, so much that you will recognize it as the entry image to my senior site. :)

Thanks for letting me share my excitement with you :) Hope you all are having a great weekend!! Till next time...

Senior Sneak Peek for "D" {Michigan Senior Photographer}

Yes it's another stunning senior!! I have been so lucky to meet so many awesome seniors this summer!! I had the pleasure of hanging out with the lovely Miss "D" the other day. We had a great time hanging around Alma and I have to say my dear you are Beautiful!!. I mean really look at these pics...

Okay, so I have to mention...this would be the point when if you were passing by you would see the crazy photographer lady laying in the alleyway to get these first 2 shots. Hey...what can I say, it was worth it...isn't she stunning!!

I loved them both, color and b&w :)

Um...hello, where are these girls getting these amazing eyes? I swear!!

LOVE...

Yup...the old truck is back!! LOVE the old truck!!

Thank you "D" for letting me be apart of your senior year!! Hope you enjoyed your sneak peek!!

If you are stopping by, feel free to leave a comment, I love to hear from you :)

~Alma Michigan Senior Photography~