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About The Photographer

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: ‘wedding’



PETOSKEY WEDDING: Aliona and Sean

Thursday, January 14th, 2010

You may remember seeing these two on my blog from their engagement session this summer. Aliona made her own beautiful wedding dress. She is very talented. They had the nicest weather and super fun wedding party. I can never put a limit on the number of pictures I use for weddings posts… so here is a ton.

BAY HARBOR WEDDING: Andrea+Brandon

Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009

I posted a sneak peak a few weeks ago… here is the full post!
This bride and groom gave us a whole hour for formal pictures! We drove around Petoskey before heading back to Bay Harbor for the ceremony. We had so much fun with this wedding! Thanks so much for choosing us to shoot your special day. Warning…. lots of pictures!!

SNEAK PEAK WEDDING: Andrea+Brandon

Thursday, December 3rd, 2009

I have lots more of this super beautiful wedding to come but I wanted to give the newlyweds a sneak peak!

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WEDDING: Leigh-Anne and Jason

Monday, November 30th, 2009

Leigh-Anne and Jason had planned their wedding to be outside but the rain forced them to change their plans. That did not stop them from having a beautiful wedding and we even got outside when the rain let up. In the outside group pictures you can see they braved the cold and the falling rain for a couple fast pics! This is a long post! I always have a hard time narrowing them down!

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WEDDING: Heidi+Dirk

Tuesday, September 29th, 2009

Heidi and Dirk had one of the most beautiful days we had in July to be married on….. I usually have more outside/resort weddings but this year I will have a lot more church ceremonies. This wedding had so many great details… and there flowers were gorgeous! Dirk doesn’t like posey pictures but I slipped in a few for Heidi! :)

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WEDDING: Ashley+Case

Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009

I don’t have a lot of time to write about this wedding (it was sooo beautiful!) because I have not had power today… so I have so much to catch up on. I promised Ashley I would give her a sneak peak of her wedding so here are some of my favorites.

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Kim+John

Saturday, August 22nd, 2009

I showed you a sneak peak of this fabulous wedding right after we shot it… and now I have the full post for all of you. These two are soooo in love and when you look at these images you can just sense it. There was never a dull moment and the number of images we have for them to preview just proves it. Fun. Elegant. Modern. I have lots that I love so bare with the extremely long post :)

I am going to start listing vendors from the weddings I shoot.
I may not know all of them but if I do I will give them a shout-out!

DJ: Experience Electronica
Florist: Flowers From Sky’s The Limit
Tranportation: Mackinaw Trolley
Wedding Location: Emmanual Episcopal Church
Reception Location: Boyne Mountain

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Kim+John Wedding Sneak Peak

Friday, July 24th, 2009

I have been so busy with sessions here’s a little sneak peak for now…. I will have the full post up very soon up. I’m so excited that my wedding season has started!

I’m not sure if senior guys exist this year :) I have sooo many girls booked in the next couple months and only one guy. Are my pictures to girly??? I think guys wait until the last minute… I just was looking at my schedule and thought that it was funny.

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Wedding Advertisement

Friday, May 29th, 2009

I created a new wedding ad last night that I’m going to be using this summer. Wedding packages are now customized to each bride and groom! I have a busy day/week ahead of me so check back for lots of new sneak peaks….

WEDDING 2009- one week special

Wednesday, March 18th, 2009

This week ONLY book us for your 2009 wedding and take $50 off your package. I was planning on attending the Bridal Expo at Odawa Casino this year but I was a little bit too late. I planned on giving my brides one week to book me after the show and to receive $50 off their package.

Sorry for Oct-May brides! You already get a great deal so this does not apply for you….

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