Ann Arbor, Michigan Wedding Photographer | Dustin Francis Photography | Destination Wedding Photographer
If you’re wondering why I haven’t posted this yet, well, so am I. Josh and Laura wanted to wait until the annoncements were out, which I thought was a great idea, but that was weeks ago. Here is a slideshow from Leah’s week one session, this was done back on January 30th, exactly one week after her birthday. I just saw her last week and she sure is growing, but still a cutie…of course! Enjoy the slideshow…
Here is a pic of how she looks as of last week….gotta love those cheeks 🙂
My good friend Kelly came into town on Saturday to meet with some clients, so naturally we had to get together. Kelly is a photographer from the west side of the state and while we talk almost everyday, we don’t get to see one another much. Kelly needed to get a few head shots as well, as us photographers always need fabulous pictures of ourselves. I mean our clients can’t be the only ones getting all these great images 🙂 Needless to say, mother nature was mad at us and gave us nice light, but a very windy day. Now if we were doing shots of me, it would be fine, as my hair can’t really blow in the wind, but Kelly’s most definitely could AND did. We did manage to get a couple great pics and the all important headshot, so at least it wasn’t a total failure.
Kelly and I went to the Grizzly Peak for some yummy food and beverages as well as Sweetwaters later on for some much needed coffee yumminess. Thanks for coming out this way Kelly and trusting me with taking your pics…I’ll see you in a couple weeks!
Here’s a few of the images…
Gotta love some train track action!
And here’s the shot we ended up with for her headshot…
For you photographers out there, I shot all of the images of Kelly with the Nikon 85 f/1.8. I shot in Kelvin WB like I always do now and at 200 ISO. I used to own the Nikon 85 f/1.4 (actually a couple times) and I have to say, the performance of the 85 f/1.8 shot wide open (pretty much the whole reason for the lens) is WAY better! Pretty cool considereing the f/1.4 is $1200 and the f/1.8 is $450…yay for saving money and getting better quality!
Although it is Always difficult to be on the other side of the lens~you did a beautiful job! The Wind was completely crazy!!~but the light was amazing!! This is completely out of my comfort zone, but when I am 80yrs.old it will be nice to look back and think maybe I didn’t look half bad!haha
*thanks, friend.
Kelly’s absolutely stunning – I think my favorite is the black & white one on the tracks! Maybe her husband would like that in a canvas for over the fireplace??!! Love the one for her official headshot. Great work, Dustin!
Those are beautiful Dustin! Great work! Kelly you look gorgeous!
Great shots Dustin!
Ooohh, I love Sweetwaters. Beautiful photos!
These are great. The second one is my favorite. I’m so jealous of the train tracks. I’ve been searching for a location like that and can’t seem to find one. Great shots!
I love these shots of my girl Kelly! Totally fabulous! And it’s making me realize I need a shoot like this…I have no good headshots.
Great shots Dustin! I love the first one!
Hi Dustin … Found you site from a forum and I had to comment on the quality of your photos. Sharp & professional!!!
I had a suspicion this was the 85mm so I was delighted to find you added the info for photographers at the bottom of the post. It’s top on wish list so I recognised it.
Thanks for the info & tip about the lenses. It’s great to see photographers helping out other photographers in a tight lipped industry. Thanks for sharing.
Wow! These just POP off the page. Beautiful work!
Dustin, these are FANTASTIC! You know Kelly’s my girl, so naturally I’m going to love any pic she’s in. Despite the wind you got some really GORGEOUS shots of Kelly! You are SMOKIN girl!!!! 🙂
These are great, Dustin, and the tones in that black and white are killer!
Dustin,
Fabulous work. Thank you for the “Photographers” info you place in your posts. Much appreciated.
Brian
Just another shot of the Law Quad. The weather is finally getting nice again, so I hope to do a lot of shooting soon and will be sure to let locals know!
Dustin this photo is fantastic! It is co calm and inviting. The law quad looks amazing. I love your picture.
WOW I love the location. I look forward to seeing more photos.
This picture is so beautiful! It almost looks 3D, like you could just walk right into it. Gorgeous!
Oh wow, that image is very striking, I love it!
It’s about time…my new website just launched about 15 minutes ago, so go check it out! CLICK HERE! You’ll notice it is much different from my previous site and much more ME! The images are full screen and the design is much sleeker. Also, now my blog and website match and I’ll be able to keep the website up-to-date much easier. Over the next week or two, I will be adding galleries to it, but there are already a few hundred images to check out. I am very happy with how it turned out and I hope you enjoy it as much as I do.
Dustin-Your website looks great! Very nicely done!
Looks great! way to go!
I LOVE it! It looks awesome!!!!!
I LOVE the new site! Everything looks great~way to Rock It!!!
Oh my goodness. The new site is wonderful! I love it because I’ve never seen another like it.
Yah, thanks for the pics of me shooting! =) Some of them are funny, I’m all bent in half and stuff. I’ll check out your site soon but I don’t want to get distracted right now…looks great from the preview though!
good stuff!
Great work Dustin!
Oh totally LOVE your new site! CONGRATS. It is FABULOUS! Your images of you on the about page..haha..SOOO GRAND!!!!
Dustin ~ Love the new site!!!! It is definitely such an improvement. It is very you and the “about me” page is so cute. Congratulations, I am sure it was a lot of work.
Dustin,
My man the new site is super!
LOVE the site, its really stunning and shows your images so well!!
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Stevie - These are sooo beautful!! and what a little chunk she is now!! The best part is baby Leah Judith has a GLOW WORM!! Those things rocked my childhood and I’m so glad they are making a comeback.
Carol - Dustin, these pics are beautiful!! I got a lump in my throat while watching the slideshow, the Junes are very photogenic, Leah couldn’t be any cuter!
Wendy and Shawn - Love the pictures..what a beautiful family!!! The photography is wonderful!! Cant wait to see more..what a joy!!!
Laura - Oh what sweet, yummy goodness these photos capture! And to think 8 days prior Leah wasn’t even born yet. Dustin, these photos are so wonderful. And yes, I did cry. Love, Laura.
Velia - Love them all. What a beautiful baby.
Leah - Cute baby. Beautiful pictures. Great name 🙂