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I call them clovers {just a peek}

I did a photo shoot of William and Braylin in some clovers (weeds?).  Is it alright to say that I totally Love my own photos?  Cause I do, these at least, and I think I just said it.  Here's a peek:

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lil ones, personal, portraitsShelleyJuly 13, 2010
Ferndale, MI 48220
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Shelley Torgerson is a family photographer specializing in documentary family photography. She lives in Ferndale, MI and serves the Metro Detroit area including, but not limited to Birmingham, Beverly Hills, Bloomfield Hills, Detroit, Ferndale, Grosse Pointe, Rochester, Royal Oak, Troy, West Bloomfield and other cities in Oakland, Macomb, or Wayne Counties. Also available to travel. She also spends time in the Tampa and Naples Florida areas. 

 

Services available include: Metro Detroit Moments of Motherhood™ sessions, Metro Detroit Day in the Life sessions, Metro Detroit Documentary Family Photography, Metro Detroit Family Photography. 

Documentary sessions aren't only for families who have children! I loved so much spending time with this couple. They truly inspire me to remember that being with a partner means to really love and appreciate each other. Looking at these photos again, months later, I am grinning and so happy to know them and to have been let in to record a bit of their love. Want to see more? Check out the amazingness that is Haley and Hans on my blog. Follow the link in my profile. I'd follow you anywhere. December 2018 ************************** This is the second year in a row that I've photographed this family and I can honestly say it's an honor to be in the presence of so much love. The awe for this little guy just oozes from his parents and I am so in love with how they love. Now if you're sitting there thinking, "Well I shouldn't have pictures made! My kids are driving me nuts! I don't feel very lovingly, oozing about them right now," trust me, these moments are there, in all of your families. Sure there are the other kind of real moments too. The rough, crying, tantrum, eye rolling (by the parents or the kids) kind of moments. But they're all important, they're all YOURS. They all make up this beautiful record of what this exact time in your life and your children's life is like. As always, it's such a pleasure to hang out with you Andria & Troy & Declan. xo Planning the escape. November 2018 Real life parent moments. Trying to grab a moment of rest while also trying to keep the cutest, dimpled baby bum from getting away. This is the stuff to remember forever. Something about this moment, I love it so. Forehead Prints - November 2018 By the end of this family's Day in the Life session, I was completely smitten with this little man. Seriously, let me just say we connected and I may have wanted to stay just to hang out with him and his awesome parents! AND I have not one, but TWO sessions from this family to share with you soon! **Right now though, I'm just dropping in to let you know that as of right now I have THREE OPEN SPOTS for sessions in February.** One of these can be yours! This time with our little ones is so fleeting. There is no better time than right now to have me capture all the little bits that make up who your family is together, exactly as they are, right in this moment. Email me at shelley@shelleytorgerson.com or drop your email in the comments and I'll send you more info. Patiently waiting for baby. July 2018 My two guys. August 2017. I'm going through some of my photographs choosing some to enter into a competition and came across this and feel like I've never even seen it before! How did that happen?! I've got to say, I kinda love it. These two are seriously two peas in a pod. Milo will shove me aside in a second for his Dada. And I am okay with it. I actually wouldn't have it any other way. Inexplainable pure love, inexplainable pure feeling. You cannot believe how much you love this creature, this tiny human. You expected a feeling something like this, this love, and if you have other kids you've experienced it before. But that doesn't change that once again you cannot believe it's force or put it into words. It is so raw and from within. It is such a part of human nature. This feeling is unfathomable and also everything you have ever known. This, this is the love we have for our children. These are the moments. Grayson & Alima. July 2018. If you've followed me for any amount of time, or ever talked to me about my work, you probably know I'm all about how kids look at their parents. The look of love, of adoration, of trust. I love these looks. These looks are everything. A pretty accurate representation of my kids attitude and behavior when we’re out to eat and he’s over tired. For some reason, we still keep going though. It’s those damn delicious tacos and margaritas! Parents, what about your kids? Do they make the greatest faces when they are so full of attitude and personality that you can’t even help enjoying it a little bit sometimes? Tell me we’re not the only ones! How is it already almost July?! What have you guys done so far to celebrate summer? ***** We have a vintage camper that we adore and we usually go camping at least a few times in that and then also take it up to my moms and stay on her property a few times. This pic was from last summer when we went on an epic camping trip in the UP with Our Global Kids and kids from The Greening of Detroit. We stayed in cabins over looking the lake, it was like we were in a movie. The trip was full of learning and adventure and connections. The kids that were with us were some of the best we've ever met. Milo was in heaven there, surrounded by all these big kids who were so kind to him. And outside of camping, we also usually do picnics and the beach at Belle Isle and for the past few summers we were going to the beach in Port Huron almost once a week. We have some catching up to do! I'm ready to soak up all the sun and adventure and relaxing that summer seems to be perfect for. What's your favorite way to enjoy these summer days? Share with me below, maybe I’ll add them to my list ;) How great is it that this kid gets to see these pictures and remember how funny and cool his parents thought he was at this age? I love that I get to give this to each family I make pictures for. The gift of this FEELING. The pictures you have made aren't just for you. They're for your kids too. They get to look back and remember what it felt like to be in their house, with you, growing up. I just think that is so f'n cool. Sometime you just need to go and find a picture of your kid from that day he played with his cousins in the rain. That day they found an area of the park hidden under an umbrella of trees and decided to meditate in the long wet grass. ***** Why, because to be honest, these days since school let out haven’t been the easiest. There are moments of extreme loving and sweetness and fun, mixed with moments of OMG can you really be this fussy and difficult and argumentative?! Of course Tim and I are speculating about all the possible reasons. The transition from school to summer time? Less time with his friends, less structure, him picking up on some of our stressors even when we think we are hiding them from him? Is it his age? Is he not feeling well? Are we not responding correctly? (The answer is no, sometimes we are not.) Really, it’s probably a combination of all of these things. I do know that always, when Milo is having a hard time, we can look at ourselves and what we are doing and it usually get’s better, almost immediately. This time seems to have kind of slapped us in the face out of nowhere, but we are ready to show up with more love. Cause isn’t the answer always LOVE. ***** Tonight Milo gave Tim such a hard time about bed, that Tim left and I went up.“Hug me mama, hold me mama,” Milo says as I lie down with him, cause he really is the sweetest. After Milo finally fell asleep, I came downstairs and started looking at pictures of him. Immediately, Tim looks over my shoulder and says “Oh my gosh, he really is so sweet, I need to do better.” Cause, LOVE. ***** How about you? How are your kids doing now that school is out and summer has begun? Are we the only ones struggling a bit?! When I was pregnant, before Milo was even born, I was told by someone who I trust completely and who has told me things you couldn’t believe a person could know or tell you, that Milo and Tim’s souls were connected in a way that she has never seen before. This has proven to be true every day since Milo was born. I could not ask for a better more involved father. He is there, showing up, every single day. He parents equally along side of me and when necessary, parents more than I do. Tim has changed his life, changed his ways, worked on himself, and grown so much as a man and a person in order to be a better dada for Milo. He puts in the hard work to be able to show up and give Milo the life and the love he wants Milo to know is his and that he wants Milo to know each and everyday that he deserves. ***** Tim, I couldn’t ask for a better Dada for Milo ever. We love and appreciate you so much. Happy Father’s Day Babe! @timmeyp Milo and Leo. June 2018 ***** My little animal lover. Sometimes Tim and I think that Milo, being the rambunctious five year old that he is, might be too much for our animals. We tell him to take it easy, not to scare them, not to chase the kittens. But really, they are totally fine. They love him. Two older dogs, an elderly cat, and two kittens, and they all really love him. It's like they know, they know that he's on their side, in their corner, in the corner of all animals really. Murphy, Lucy, Loki, Leo, and Donny, they all seek him out. They are constantly lying by him, or climbing on him. The kittens play chase and fetch with him. When Milo goes to bed at night most of them come into his room and get into bed with him. They snuggle up, lick his arms and hands, and then fall asleep with him. And then almost everyday at 4am the kittens come and kiss him and try and get him to play. And they do it so lovingly. They really trust him. They are his animals and he is their human. They know it and he knows it. First. May 2018 ***** You were the first child born into our family, to any of us four siblings. The first son, the first grandchild, the first nephew. You lived across the street from me when you were born and I saw you everyday. I held you everyday. Cared for you for at least a moment probably everyday. In a lot of ways you were my first baby too. When I had my own first born child you were barely over one year old and you were so used to me being yours, upon seeing me holding this other baby, you hit him right in the face. We weren’t angry. We understood. All this time we had all been yours and yours alone. Now you are one of three, my Milo, yourself, and your sister Eliza, with another baby sibling soon to be here too. You take it all in stride and love them fiercely. You know yourself and what you need. You know when you want a moment alone or when you want an extra hug from your Aunt Shelley. You are strong in your beliefs and will quickly speak up for the animals and against the use of plastic straws. You know what you want to wear and will rock plaid pants or button down shirt like nobody’s business. I am a proud aunt and I love you forever. Little brother, big tackle. 2018 ***** Did you know that you can also have a Day in the Life Session with me? A session with the whole family together. Both partners and the kiddos and all the beautiful, raw beauty and laughter that is your day. To date this session was an absolute favorite of mine. Want to see more of it? Follow the link in my profile. The other common denominator with all families are the funny moments. Kids can do some weird and funny stuff sometimes and their parents reactions are often hilarious. (And so relatable!) I don’t think I could choose one type of moment, the love or the laughter. They both make up so much of our days with our kids, so many good memories to cherish. I love that I get to witness and capture them all. 💕@leoratapper One of the best parts of my job is that I get to see what it’s like for all different moms and all different families, we all do this thing called parenting a little different, but the beauty that I get to see is that we are all really so much alike. Do you know what is always there, no matter who’s house I’m in? So much LOVE. ***** You can see more of this mama and her babies on my blog. Link’s in my profile. “Mama, I love it here, I am going to stay here forever.” May 2018 ****** I loved it in both b&w and color, and could not decide which to share! Which do you like better? Sometimes you just need to make sure everything is coming out as it should. February 2018
 
 

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