Rachel and Aaron

When I heard that Rachel was getting married I was sooooo excited! You see, I've been photographing Rachel since she was a little girl and I have had the opportunity to watch her grow to become a beautiful bride.

I only got to meet Aaron the day of the wedding, but as soon as I did I knew he was perfect for Rachel. Aaron (or Steve as the Greenbaum boys call him) is a warm, caring individual who is really an all around nice guy... a real credit to his parents.

The weather last Tuesday was absolutely perfect for the wedding at Shaarey Zedek in Southfield. So atypical for August in Michigan!

I can't wait to get back to editing the wedding images because I know Rachel and Aaron and their families are going to love them.

Amber and Jesse

We had the distinct pleasure of creating beautiful images of Amber and Jesse and their families as they were married at the Royal Park Hotel in Rochester last Friday.

The day was absolutely gorgeous and the hotel made for some really pretty portraits!

Tammi and I are so pleased that Karen (Jesse's mom) selected us to capture all of the excitement and romance of the day. That's quiet a compliment considering that she is a photographer herself.

Check out Karen's website.

I hope we have the opportunity to share more milestones with Amber and Jesse as they begin their new life together as husband and wife.

Gadi & Jeana

I love to watch families grow. I've had the privilege to photograph all of the Beneson's Sr. Portraits ... and now Jeana's wedding.

Jeana and Gadi were married at Shaarey Zedek in Southfield on a gorgeous summer afternoon. The ceremony took place outside on July 13th, which was a warm, sunny afternoon.

We really enjoyed working with the Beneson's & Rivkin's but really loved photographing Jeana & Gadi together... they're just so darn cute together!

Below are a few images from the day.

Ann Marie and Jim

I guess it was a really good thing that Ann Marie was looking for a job earlier this year. During her online job search, she stumbled across our website.

The wedding took place on July 11th at St. Mary's in Greek Town. One of those georgeous old churchs in downtown Detroit. The reception followed at the Detoit Yacht Club, on Belle Isle. The day was amazing! What a great backdrop for photos.

We also got to see one our favorite wedding bands, Simone Vitale. Simone actually taught Jim how to play guitar. How cool is that?

I was so excited after the wedding, that I couldn't wait to view the images and started working on them that night! WOW... we got some very cool images for Ann Marie and Jim. The love that they feel for each other was so easy to capture and is expressed in the images that we created. I'm soooooo happy that they allowed us to share in their special day.

Free Senior Portraits

Attention class of 2009!!

Our summer season is in full swing and NOW is the time to schedule your portriat session.
If you call and reserve your session time before August 5th, you can get your session for FREE!!

Even if you had your yearbook photos done at another studio, because you thoght you "had to" you can still take advantage of this awesome special!

Just give us a call for the details. Wanna see more? Check out our Senior Website.

Check out our Facebook page.

Jennifer and Steve

Last weekend we photographed Jennifer and Steve at one of my favorite locations in the metro

Detroit area, Kirk in the Hills. It has to be one of the most beautiful churches in Michigan.

The reception was at the Max M Fisher Music Center in Detroit.

(That's Max in the middle, by the way. Taken at his 90th birthday party)

We had the opportunity to work with Don & Joanne Pham from Take 1 Productions. Don and Joanne are not your typical videographers! They have a style that resembles a Hollywood/MTV production. They rightfully refer to themselves as cinematographers.

Check out their website and see if you agree!

Below are a few of the images we created for Jennifer and Steve. Enjoy!

Quote of the day

Imagination is more important than knowledge.
~Albert Einstein

...and this comes from a guy who sometimes couldn't remember which house was his.

Of course when we go out of town, I usually can't remember our hotel room... see the correlation???;)

Face Book

I'm amazed at the number of people using Facebook. There are over 80 Million active users!!
~Amazing

Black & White Conversion in Photoshop

Are you tired of converting your images to black and white only to find color casts in your prints when they come back from the lab?

This series of commands will result in black & white prints that have no color casts to them because you are deleting all color information before printing.

Open an Image and go to Image>Mode>Labcolor.
Under the Channels tab, delete channel b. Delete Alpha 2 channel.
Convert Mode to Greyscale. Image>Mode>Greyscale.
Convert Mode back to RGB color so the lab can print it Image>Mode>RGB Color.

That's it! Simply write an action for this and you can convert files to black and white with the push of a button!

Simple, huh?

Word Play

check out this cool wordle from our blog...



Check it out for yourself ... Wordle

Vote for us

We've been nominated as one of the best photographers in the Detroit Area (i'm sure a bunch of others have too).
Help us out by clicking the box and voting!
Thanks:)

Too Funny

Saw this on car in a parking lot when we went out for breakfast. Too funny:)

We're On Facebook!

Yep, that's right. I finally jumped into this decade with both feet :)

I'm curious. How many other people out there have a facebook page? If you do, please add me as a friend or post something to my page. My goal is to add photo's and video's from portraits and weddings for people to share all over the world.

Look me up! David M Deutsch.

CLASS OF 2009 - YOU HAVE BEEN SELECTED!!

I't time to start thinking outside the box. Our senior portraits are more creative than 95% of the photographers in the COUNTRY. Take a look at our Senior Website and see if you don't agree.

If you call now and reserve a session time for the month of July, we will create your portraits ABSOLUTELY FREE. All you need to do is pay a small deposit to reserve your time in the camera room and we will apply that amount to your finished portraits.

Read the card for more info... and call us today!

SENIOR PORTRAIT SLIDE SHOWS

I love photographing high school seniors! They're so energetic and optimistic. One of the cool products that we offer is a Sr. Slide Show.

I'm sure you've seen shows in the past where the images fade in and out to music. Those are nice but.......... I think our slide shows "kick it up a notch" with the addition of live video.

Check out the slide show from Erika's portrait session.

Images from GLIP

One of my passions is to teach others about the art of photography. I feel it is my duty to share what knowledge I have with anyone who is willing to listen.
With the industry exploding with new comer photographers, there are plenty of students out there eager to learn the ropes from a {sigh} seasoned veteran. I thought I would post a few of the images that I created while teaching at GLIP.

Comments are always welcomed!

Been Busy Lately

Wow! Does time fly. It's been a pretty active last few months for us, both personally and professionally.
I was away teaching again last week at the Great Lakes Institute of Photography (GLIP)
(the website is down for loooooooooooong overdue maintance ;).)
So, I thought I would post some images from A few of the events (weddings and bar mitzvahs) that we have recently photographed.

Amy & Mark




Jacki & Brent



Megan & Rick

Check out this great video trailor from KEEPSAKE VIDEO... It's awesome! Scott Bert did a great job. Check out his website at Keepsake Video Productions.

Staci, Bruce, Zack & Jordan