Let's start this blog with...what an adorable family!!!

Jenny, Jerry, Nathan and Maddie traveled to the beach for some amazing portraits of their super cute family!

Nathan has become a little photogenic man! He was such a good sport for the entire shoot. Miss Maddie wasn't so sure about pictures at first, but after Chris found some chipmunk food (acrons), Maddie warmed up and started to find the experience fun! As the shoot went on, Chris piled sticks, duck feathers, and other beach paraphernalia on Stef's head to get Maddie and Nathan both to have even more fun. As you can see, Stef's revenge came at the end of the shoot when the kids gave Chris a taste of what it was like!

What a fun evening, and what a cute family with great portraits!

This summer is going great! We actually moved bunk beds into the studio now, and we are working on getting a stove...lol! So maybe that's a bit dramatic, but we have actually been at the studio more than home so we have considered moving in! The thing is, we are not complaining at all because we have had so many great sessions that we LOVE being here! Here are some more examples of recent seniors!

Lindsay actually said that she was going to gift her purple shirt to Chris after her oldtown session...still waiting for that. And Caitlyn is going to send us some of her mom's beautiful homemade jewelry for Christmas, so we are really looking forward to the holidays. It is currently 12:30AM and I am blogging, so I might have made that up but it would be nice (hint, hint...lol). It was bittersweet to see NeYane in the studio as a senior...we are so used to seeing her in dance outfits once a year when she comes in with the local dance studio...this time she is all grown up *tear*. P.S. To book your dance studio's portraits, please contact us at 989.777.6831. Operators are standing by. =)

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!! ♥