Gigi Bott VanderWeele is my guest writer today. She’s the pen behind Your Personal Memoir LLC, a Pleasant Ridge based company that is dedicated to recording personal or family histories and preserving them, either in audio or heirloom books for future generations. Gigi is also a client of Angela Brown Photography. Read on for her […]

It’s true what they say. Kids grow up SO fast! And when kids are tweens, they are perhaps at their most unique stage, yet rarely photographed by a professional. I absolutely adore capturing tweens and believe every tween should be professionally photographed. Here are four reasons why you do not want to wait to have […]

It’s true what they say. This generation of kids will be the most photographed generation in history, yet they will have fewer photos of themselves than our generation. That’s because their photos live on their phones, compounding daily, hourly even. All the selfies of today will become buried among their selfies of next month, or […]

I hear it all the time….the excuses why you’re not doing a family portrait session. Yes, I’m talking to you! The mom with kids who are growing quickly and a husband who would rather eat dirt than do a family portrait. The mom that needs to lose 20 pounds before she can even THINK about […]

This family patriarch was gifted a portrait session from his kids for his birthday and I was lucky enough to be chosen for this momentous occasion. I’ve known Rick and Cindy for several years, I even did a professional portrait of him years ago for another project. But I hadn’t met the rest of his […]