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Hi! My name is Erika Blackwell and I am photographer of Center of Attention Photography. Located in Northern Michigan. My blog is a way for everyone to view some of my favorite images from recent sessions and get to know me! I am the very VERY proud mommy to Braylan. I LOVE what I do and I hope you can tell! These are not JUST take pictures I take. I create memories... I pour my heart into my work. I genuinely care about my clients and get to know them and learn what they like and dislike. I am an artist. A business woman. I love to have fun. I love to sing. Dance. Make crazy sounds to get those smiles. I am very open! I work into the night even though my son hates to sleep. I LOVE oreos and soymilk. I dream big. I have tons of ideas. I cry during touching ceremonies and awesome reception speeches. I try not to be messy but it happens. I have so many new faces to meet this year and just thinking about it makes me excited!

Archive: ‘engagement’



Engagement

Thursday, July 9th, 2009

Let me start out by saying what a beautiful day we had! I was starting to wondering when it would feel like summer?? I can’t believe it’s already July…

Last week I got to meet my Dec. 31st bride and groom… Amy and Rob. We had their engagement session at the studio and I had fun shooting them. I feel so lucky to meet so many people and make memories for them to have forever. It will never get old! I have had a lot of engagement/couple shoots lately :)

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SNEAK PEAK: Engagement

Wednesday, July 8th, 2009

I had a great engagement shoot at Boyne Mt. yesterday with Jenessa and Bryan. We had so many awesome places to shoot… and they were so fun and natural in front of the camera. They are getting married at Boyne Mt. next June on the beach. Here are SOME of my favorites! There is so many that I love it was hard to pick.

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Just Because

Monday, July 6th, 2009

This weekend flew by sooo fast! My husband and I went to Boyne City for all the fun stuff. My brother-in-law’s dad always plays in the park with his band so we went and hung out there. I was walking around and I heard so many times from people I hardly know and people I do know but don’t talk to often “I look at your website and blog all the time.” WOW. I was so excited and happy to hear that. They also said they love reading about who I’m shooting… so I’m going to try to write a little more about my sessions.

Here is my cousin Brad and his girlfriend Amy….. oh and their two labs! Gizmo and Segar. Amy called me a couple weeks ago to take their pics so they had a Christmas present for Brad’s dad. We had a beautiful day (rather than the last week or so?) so we went down to the Boyne Falls pond and did a little shoot. The dogs were really excited to be down there. :) Brad on the other hand??? haha.

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family/children/engagement session :)

Wednesday, June 17th, 2009

I had a great time photographing this family at their beach home last Friday. The weather couldn’t have been better! Beautiful family and awesome backgrounds….

Engagement

Monday, February 16th, 2009

Right when I met Kim and John I knew we would have a really fun session! The weather was kinda bad outside so we decided to just go for all studio pics. These two rocked it and I can’t wait to do their wedding this July!
Here are my favs!

Bridal Show

Saturday, January 31st, 2009

So I attended a Bridal Show a couple weeks ago at Stafford’s in Petoskey.
I met with sooooo many brides and had lots of fun talking about their weddings. I’m getting really excited about 2009 and the journey’s I will be able to take and photograph. I was pleasantly surprised on how many grooms came with their brides. I give them props!
In the bottom picture you can probably see my mom. My mom, dad and husband helped me set up… and my husband stayed to sit with me :) He’s so sweet!
 

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