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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!

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6 MONTH OLD: Hadley

Friday, March 23rd, 2012

Look at this cute pie! She was giving me a run for my money when I was trying to get her to smile… I check my facebook the next day and her mommy said she was just FULL of smiles. Braylan and her would make great friends. haha. He hates the studio. We’ve already decided on a plan for her one year old session. Hadley Grace WILL smile for that one… I love getting to know people through my business. Alicia and Roger drive all the way from Cheboygan to have me take their pictures and I’m so happy they do! I even drove up there last week to take some pictures for the company they work for. It’s so fun to watch people babies grow and to learn about people! I LOVE the little outfit they got off esty! I’m thinking about doing a vendor spotlight on what to wear and where to find stuff…

SENIOR: Ashleigh

Wednesday, March 7th, 2012

This girl is soooo photogenic. It was so easy to do her shoot. I had the different places in mind that I wanted to go. Her cousin and aunt came along for her session too. Along the way we saw some other family/friends around town that also joined us. :) Honestly that is the exact reason I love living in a small town. Some people probably say the opposite… but I love catching up with people and we are such a little close knit community.

I’m trying to look through all my sessions from the past year I haven’t posted. I have a lot to go.

ENGAGMENT: Maggie and Allen

Friday, March 2nd, 2012


First off I would like to say Thank You to McLean & Eakin Booksellers and Symons General Store in Petoskey for letting us use their beautiful stores. I was excited when Maggie told me where she wanted to go. I don’t usually shoot in places like this but I’m def. going to start looking around and doing more of these type of shoots! They wanted more candid feeling engagement photos. They were so playful and loving and I’m really happy with how the turned out! We shot a few with their cute pie baby Easton. She also love pinterest just as much as me and we’ve seen a couple of these on there… I love the inspiration!

Curtis and Charlotte

Wednesday, April 14th, 2010

I finally got to use my vintage scale!! Mom and Aunt were so helpful…. took a little time but we got it. Curtis is a really content baby! He didn’t mind us messing with him at all. Charlotte was super good too… it’s boring for a 5 year old to wait around while we try to pose a newborn but she was great.

 

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