michigan

October 16th was my last day at my 'day job.' Since I had lots of extra free time, I went to Michigan to spend the week with my parents and sister. I ended up getting sick the day I got there and actually had to stay 2 extra days until I was well enough to drive the 6 hours home. I'm still not feeling 100%, but thankfully I'm much better. Even though I lost my voice and could barely get out a whisper, we  still managed to squeeze in a few mini-shoots  :) My mom makes a wonderful assistant and I sure do wish she could come with me to all of my shoots!  

First up was the family dog, Zeke. He is the most perfect dog in the whole world, and also happens to be super cute! (Be prepared for image overload! I had a hard time narrowing down 

my favorites.)

This one is my absolute favorite!

Later that day, it was bath time. As you can tell, Zeke was not too happy about it. 

My parents have been hosting a foreign exchange student from Korea since she was a senior in high school. Christine is now a sophomore in college, and was kind enough to let me use her as a model for my portfolio. A few of the shots we got are some of my favorites I've ever captured! We had gorgeous fall leaves as a backdrop and perfect light. 

Wow. Wow. Wow! I loved her sassy attitude in this one!
The next day, we headed out on my parents' property to get a few images of Christine in her traditional Korean outfit. We all braved the slippery hill around the lake to get to the dock. Christine even got a shoe full of muddy water! But it was certainly worth it to get these beautiful images. I loved the contrast of the pink against the fall leaves.

We ran out of time to get a full session with my sister, but we were able to get a few pictures in between outfit and location changes during Christine's session. Those will be coming in a separate post because I think I have filled this one to capacity :) Do I win an award for longest blog post ever??