FROG ON A LOG BLOG

There once was a frog
He was on a log
So we wrote a blog...here it is.

The photographer was Stef. The camera bag holder was Chris. The subject was Kelsey...well it was until...dun dun dun...the frog appeared. We were on the top of a cliff in a rain forest next to the Nile (aka...on a hill while it was sprinkling next to a stream) when all of a sudden the Loch Ness Monster (frog) appeared! We rushed over to the safari where a gazelle jump over the moon (a grassy area...bunny hopped over a rock). We busted out the Kodak Fugi Cannon Nine Thousand Edition Two (a camera) and conducted the most amazing shoot of the Loch Ness. Our Super Next Top Model (Kelsey) put her entire life on hold for the amazing nature shoot (she waited a minute while we photographed the frog)...she's such a good sport! We finished the shoot of the frog, and the shoot with Kelsey. She jumped in her Supercharged 20-cylinder Jag Mercedes Mustang (her cute little silver car) and drove off into the sunset. We hopped into our jet (grand prix) and headed for the Mansion on the Hill (our studio in the plaza)....and we all lived happily ever after!!

P.S. The frog was on a stick, but stick does not rhyme with frog....or blog...so we went with log.

Tori shares her umbrella =)

New additions to our family...

...haha...our PROP family =)

Guess who went garage-saling!?! (Is that how you spell that...hmmmm?) Anyway...WE DID!!! And we found some beautiful disastrous chairs! They are roughed-up, painted poorly, and missing rungs...they are PERFECT for portraits! We love them and will welcome them into our family, and they will find comfort in the prop room alongside our other precious finds!

Junior Photographer Day Camp!

Hey y'all! We are suuuuper stoked for our First Annual Junior Photographer Day Camp!! We love to share our excitement for photography and you know we can be kids at heart sometimes, so we can't wait for all the fun festivities! For more details and to register your child online, check out the link on our website! http://hillierstudio.com/daycampinfo.html

WE LOVE OUR CLIENTS AND OUR JOBS!

We have been having so much fun lately! It seems we've been photographing non-stop!

We have had sooooo many babies in, and we LOVE it!! They are all adorable in every way....from their precious little toes to their adorable smiles....*sigh*....so cute!!!

We've also have had quite a few young ladies in for First Communion Portraits...it's such a beautiful sacrament, and we are blessed to be able to capture these ladies at such an important stage of their lives!

And puppies!!! Cute, cuddly, soft, snuggley puppies!! These Saint Bernards were amazingly well behaved....we wanted to dogknap them and never give them back...lol!

2010 SENIORS Caitlyn and Andrew!

We've been all over the place doing what we love! (photographing of course, in case you didn't know) =)

From Swan Valley High School, Andrew had his senior portraits taken at our Shields studio. Andrew did both indoor and outdoor portraits, and they turned out amazing! Sorry ladies, we forgot to get the scoop on whether or not he was single...hmmmmm??

From Clio High School, we have started photographing Caitlyn! Her first session was in Frankenmuth, and she'll be back for more portraits in the Bridgeport studio next week! We know...she's gorgeous...what can she say! =) Her portraits are looking fabulous so far; can't wait for her next session!

Babies!

A new baby is like the beginning of all things...wonder, hope, a dream of possibilities.
-- Eda J. Le Shan

We have several more baby appointments in the next couple of weeks, and here are a few of the tiny treasures who have already visited the studio recently...

Justin and Kelley

Well since it decided to rain on our Caseville parade, we headed to one of our favorite spots in Frankenmuth for this adorable couple's engagement portraits!! Kelley and Justin are so cute together - we can't wait to photograph their wedding in September!

BEACH PORTRAITS

Wow - where do we start....
BEACH PORTRAITS have been AMAZINGLY FUN!!







TRIP 1: Brandi, Michelle and Kya.
Brandi and Michelle decided since they were going to get wet doing their portraits anyway that they might as well have a water fight - lol. Luckily we always have a camera ready to capture these types of moments...as you can see.
Kya had fun drawing in the sand...lol...she wrote our names too (insert awwww). We feel so special ;).



































































TRIP 2: Kelsie, Karlee, Tori and Loren
Our trip believe it or not, was a bit cold. The girls all got soaked and probably froze, but so far no phone calls asking us to bring them cough meds so I think all is good.
Tori's mom made us some delicious treats for the drive home and we're hoping to bribe the recipe out of her soon.
Kelsie (aka Independent Woman) decided to make the road trip on her own. Her drive home may have brought some regrets to that decision...lol. First was the raccoon family that we had to abruptly stop for. Not only did Kelsie almost end up with the front of her car in our backseat, she also had to watch as the baby raccons dodged our back tires. Then came the roundabout that we had to drive through...nuff said...lol.
Karlee left before we had a chance to say goodbye (I think she was freezing in those wet clothes)...so Karlee if you're out there and well, please reply!


































































TRIP 3: Sarah, Jakob and Tony
On the way there, Tony decided to show off in his Mustang. He did miraculously win the race between his Mustang and our Grand Prix (go figure)...however, our revenge came when he was in front of us and had to have Sarah text us because he had no clue where to go...lol.
Jakob and Tony spent most of the trip skipping rocks in the lake...we hear they are trying out for the Professional Rock Skippers of Michigan Competition in July...can't wait to see how they do!
Sarah filled us in on the history and operations of FedEx Ground, which we strangly found to be an interesting topic of discussion among ourselves for the ride home.
Speaking of ride home...poor Tony spent a lot of time shining his ride, only for it to be blood-spattered by Little Bunny Foo Foo hoppin down Bradleyville Rd. RIP Bunny Foo Foo.


















































































Next trip: Justin & Kelley (our lovely Mr. & Mrs.-to-be) to do engagement portraits!
We still have limited room for a few future trips...call or email to take part in the fun!

had our first BEACH SESSION tonight!! It was tons of FUN! Michelle and Brandi got into a water fight, and Kya had fun drawing in the sand...lol. Keep an eye out for some pics in the next couple of days!! ♥

6th Annual Bridgeport Pageant

Opening Number starts at 5:00pm
Bridgeport High School Auditorium
$5.00 admission (4 & under free)

Come enjoy the show, and support the nineteen lovely ladies who will be competing for the titles of Little Miss Bridgeport, Junior Miss Bridgeport, and Miss Bridgeport.

All of the ladies will be competing in swimwear and evening wear. Junior and Miss contestants will also be competing in a talent portion. Miss will additionally be competing in an on-stage interview.

Co-chairperson: Stefanie Licht-Popp

Co-chairperson: Sally Bull

Emcee: Christina Erway-Licht

Judges: Cindy Horn (Bridgeport School District), Heather Skabardis (Mary KayCosmetics), Heather Wilson (Citadel Communications)

2008 Miss Bridgeport: Allison Schroeder

2008 Little Miss Bridgeport: Mekenzie Hawes

Entrance Attendant: Mary Lysagorski

Contestant Attendant: Michelle Bull

Lighting: Garrett Skabardis

Sound: Robert Licht Jr.

Special thanks to all of the businesses and individuals who have made this year's pageant possible!

Bridgeport Pageant

We are getting ready for the Bridgeport Pageant on Friday!!! 5:00 at the High School auditorium. $5.00 admission (children 4 and under FREE). Come support the ladies who are working so hard to become the next Little Miss Bridgeport, Junior Miss Bridgeport, and Miss Bridgeport!!!!

It's raining, it's pouring...Stefanie is snoring. lol.. just kidding. Well it is raining hard, but we are FAR from snoring! Life at Hillier is BUSY BUSY (we love our clients!!!)!! We are gearing up for beach portraits! Hoping for better weather than today. We still have one spot left in June, and a couple in July. It is sooooo much fun, and the portraits are always beautiful! Can't wait!

2010 SENIORS - ONE DAY SPECIAL

FREE 100 extra wallets if you book your senior session TODAY for June or July!! All you have to do is call TODAY and set your date, pay your $50 booking deposit (which goes as credit towards your order), and you GET 100 FREE WALLETS added on to whichever package you choose!!

Bridgeport: 989.777.6831
Shields: 989.274.9916
smile@hillierstudio.com


This plus our June/July Special = an awesome senior portrait package!
For example, you could get...

1 Outfit Indoor Session
1 Outfit Old Town Session
2 Outfits Beach Session
1-8x10, 2-5x7, 132-wallets
for only $320 plus tax

HURRY - CALL!!

2010 Seniors! Check out our new commercial!

Yay for no rain today!!

We are super excited it held off for Karlee's oldtown session! Karlee is the newest addition to our Model Buddy Team...and we are so glad she joined us!! She is absolutely adorable, and so easy to work with!

This little Dancing Queen has about 4,985 dance costumes and trophies and dance shoes that she took some super cute pics with before heading outside.

Once we got to oldtown, we were stoked to be able to try out a spot that we'd never photographed with before (please refer to the amazing portrait to the left/above for an example)! Karlee's outfit was perfect for the spot and the portraits turned out really cool!

We were also pretty happy that there was another train in the area, and we were able to photograph with that again!
2010 Seniors - book your oldtown sessions for June or July and get special discounts. We'll be heading to the beach soon too, and we also have discounts on joining us on one of our beach trips! What are you waiting for!?!? BOOK TODAY!!!

ANN HERZBERG DANCERS...

...AWESOME job at the recital last night!!!! You all did a really good job, and we were so proud that we know so many of you from having had the opportunity to take your portraits! We will see some of you soon for Senior Portraits!

OLD TOWN IS AMAZING!!!

This week has kept us extremely busy!! In between a Model Meeting, a career fair, a business expo, in-studio sessions, and the typical tasks of editing, ordering, sales, and marketing... we managed to make it to OLDTOWN!!!



Model Kelsey and Model Sarah were looking fabulous as always!! They both had a good collaboration of glamour and rockstar....AND...they somehow made it through the uneven streets of brick in high heels!!


Our newest member of the Model Team, Jakob, did a fantastic job at his first session...and he rocked the railroad tracks. He is for SURE Model Status!


And then there is Model Buddy Tony....lol...Tony is as funny as he is studdly! He kept us laughing as we got to learn his real personality and very entertaining humor! We couldn't help but put up one of Tony's many laughing pictures.


............................2010 SENIORS...if you want to go to oldtown (which you do!) you'll want to take advantage of the $50 OFF in May!! It's basically like you get to go to oldtown for FREE!!






......................smile@hillierstudio.com. Or call 989.777.6831 (Bport) or 989.274.9916 (Shields)

Senior Model Meeting

Soooooo....we had our 2nd Senior Model meeting tonight! The girls did an awesome job at marketing for us, as we sent them on a scavenger hunt through the mall! We had a couple 'hiccups' with the scavenger hunt, but the important thing was...........the girls got their bags they have been working so hard for!

After they got their bags, it was on to Olive Garden for some amazing Italian donuts that have a special name, but we have no idea how to spell it! lol!

THANK YOU girls for all of your hard work!

Kelsey has now completed her oldtown session (before the meeting tonight) and we have Sarah, Toni, and Jakob to go (hopefully tomorrow if we don't get rained out AGAIN)......and then we're off to the beach - can't wait!!

The Best Day...