It's a Girl ! (Detroit, Michigan Event Photographer)

My beautiful cousin, Nicole, is expecting a little princess! Yay! She is due in mid December. My sisters, Mother and myself hosted a baby shower for her this past Saturday. It was lots of fun. We are so happy for her and hope she had a fabulous day. Although I was playing a hostess role, I did still try to grab lots of quick shots so that she could have them as a keepsake. Check out some of the images below.

The theme was It's a girl/Fantasy where we had a princess castle cake, hanging fairies, butterflies, pink boas and a glass bulb centerpiece. The colors were pink and silver. For games and lunch, the guests were seated at 4 large round tables (of 10) at my Mom's home.

And here is the amazing Princess Castle Cake, made by my Mom! Although it was hard to watch her cut and serve such a beautiful creation, the dessert tasted absolutely amazing. Loved this:

We wanted to have a couple of games where the guests could interact with Nicole without being too cheesy or complicated. The good ole "measure her belly" with pink yarn game was our first choice. I did offer a hint to the crowd that she was pretty tiny and not much yarn would be needed for the circumference of her waist ;)

In the end, there were two winners- and both of the 2 winning ladies guessed it exactly. wow!

The second game was a "Mom's favorite recipe" game whereby each guest received a Recipe Card and was asked to share a favorite recipe from their Mom (or as a mom themselves) with the Mom-to-be. The cards were collected and placed in a small book for the guest of honor. The winning guests at this party game were the three who included chicken as the main ingredient- because chicken is Nicole's favorite food. Winners of both games received leather photo albums, boxes of artistic note cards and a Yankee Candle jar.

After the games were completed, Nicole and her Mother sat together and opened gifts. There sure were a ton of them!!

And Megan acted so helpful by recording the gifts per guest so that Nicole would have an easier time with thank you cards. What a cutie she is. :)

When the gift opening was over the guests all enjoyed a late lunch. On the menu was chicken breasts, Caesar/Greek salads, potatoes, various fruits, fresh breads- chocolates, jello, and cake.

And here are a few more candids of the fam/guests-

Ok, there were no pics of me here so I yanked this one off of Facebook,cropped, changed to b/w. I am not positive which relative took it, but thanks! :)

A great day, it was. And we are all excited to meet this little princess of yours, Nicole....
Thanks for stopping by !!!! Stay tuned for future posts.

I will have some new model & boudoir stuff to share over the next week. :)

The lovely Allison.... (Detroit Mi Photographer)

Last week I meet up with Allsion H. She is a pre-med student at U of M and is also just starting to put together a modeling portfolio. We worked together on a mini-shoot and she did a terrific job. Oh. and those eyes are hers are just magical.

Check out some of the shots:

Again, she humored me with an artsy shot :)

Leesa, an aspiring photographer from Lansing also met up with us on this shoot. I agreed to let her shadow me for the evening- and she was a terrific assistant, too! She will most likely be accompanying me on some future shoots as well. Here is one taken by her (edited by me):

We all had lots of fun! So great to meet you, ladies! Keep in touch. :)

Ohio Beauty (Michigan Model Photographer)

Hello everyone! Thanks for dropping by. I cannot even believe that the month of November has started. WOW! The warmer months seemed to just fly by this year. Most of you know that I mainly do on location, natural light photography so this means that my sessions will be limited for the next 4 months or so. YES, I will still take clients- but not as many, LOL. I will mainly focus on newborns, boudoir, winter weddings and select family/child sessions during the "off season."

I will also be giving photo editing lessons via email. If you are interested in signing up, do so quickly- spots are limited. Send me a note at jenlynnalder@aol.com for more info.

For the month of November, I will mainly be working with models. I have half a dozen or so scheduled shoots with local models and am just super excited to start. It IS cold out there...but (at least for me) still tolerable, so keep your eyes open for new session previews over the next few weeks. Please have a look at some shots from my most recent session with Joan B. She is a gorgeous model from Ohio who hired me to take some updated head shots and some creative images of her.

And a couple more artsy/dramatic images....

Hope you enjoyed the show! Stay tuned this weekend for some upcoming shoot previews!