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Happy Birthday Megan!

admin — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 19:37:54 +0000

My wife, Megan is celebrating a birthday today! Megan is just as funny, uplifting, encouraging, and beautiful as she was when I met her in 2005. I’m incredibly proud of her and all the things she has accomplished at such a young age.

I love you lots and lots and lots, forever and ever babe, to the moooooooon and back!
Durka! Durka! Durka!
Good things! Good things!
Mazeltov!

Happy birthday wifey, I love you!

Here’s two of my favorite wedding pictures of my bride. Photos courtesy of my good photo friend, Miranda of Inner Circle Photography.

Relay For Life Survivors Photography

admin — Sat, 21 May 2011 02:33:24 +0000

This is the first photo series of cancer survivor’s candid portraits at Relay For Life events in Mid-Michigan. Each survivor has a different cancer story which is unique to them. However, each survivor shares a similar story of hope, celebration, remembrance, and fighting back. The purpose of my sharing these images are to show how the local community celebrates, remembers, and fights back to create a world with less cancer and more birthdays.

To all the survivors at the Relay For Life of Clio Michigan, Happy Birthday!

Relay For Life is a fun-filled overnight event designed to celebrate survivorship and raise money for research and programs of your American Cancer Society. During the event, teams of people gather at schools, fairgrounds, or parks and take turns walking or running laps. Each team tries to keep at least one team member on the track at all times.

Relay starts with a Survivors Lap – a inspirational time when survivors are invited to circle the track together and help everyone celebrate the victories we’ve achieved over cancer. The Survivors Lap is an emotional example of how Relay participants are ensuring that more lives are saved each year – like those of each individual on the track.

The American Cancer Society Relay For Life is a life-changing event that gives everyone in communities across the globe a chance to celebrate the lives of people who have battled cancer, remember loved ones lost, and fight back against the disease.

Source: The American Cancer Society

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Flint Michigan Nature Photography

admin — Mon, 02 May 2011 23:05:43 +0000

I recently purchased the Canon 50mm f1.2, this baby is like butter! It’s a heavy piece of glass and so far has performed great. I am looking forward to shooting my first engagement session next weekend with it.

Spring is in the air, new life, is growing all around us. Enjoy a few nature pictures from our backyard.

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Miss Curwood Festival Pageant Album

admin — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 20:37:03 +0000

I want all my clients whether I’m retained or volunteering my time to have great service and products. My Curwood family is no exception. It’s my hope to have all of the 2011 Miss Curwood Festival Pageant candidates have something to remember their special day. An album is perfect for this! The album features a Curwood red cover, a patterned cloth bag, pictures of each candidate, new and exiting royalty.

The album is available as a 8×8 or 10×10 sizes. I am pricing these albums at cost to my Curwood family! I am so happy with the results that I want everyone to have one!

The price for a 8×8 is $135 and for a 10×10 $165, this includes tax and shipping. Because I am offering these at cost, I am taking pre-orders starting today! Please email me the size and how many you would like.

To view more pictures from this year’s pageant or to place a print order, please visit instaproofs.jeffreysimms.com.

You may also view the entire set of pageant pictures on our Jeffrey Simms Photography Facebook Page.

Check out the video below for a brief overview of what the album looks like.

Miss Curwood Festival Pageant 2011 Album from Jeff Simms on Vimeo.

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Relay For Life Hope

admin — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 14:00:58 +0000

Last weekend, The University of Michigan-Flint held their Relay For Life. I snapped this picture from the upper level track as the relayers were taking a few laps in memory of those who have passed because of cancer. I’ve been involved with Relay For Life for a couple of years. It was nice to visit a college event and see the support of students in creating a world with less cancer and more birthdays. Have you been to a Relay before? Leave a comment if you’ve participated in Relay For Life!

Owosso Michigan Curwood Festival Pageant 2011

admin — Sun, 20 Mar 2011 17:49:54 +0000

The 31st Annual Miss Curwood Festival Queen & Princess Pageant was held on March 12, 2011 in the Baker College of Owosso Welcome Center. Six women were in the running for Miss Curwood Festival 2011 and 10 girls for Curwood Princess.

To view more pictures from this year’s pageant or to place a print order, please visit instaproofs.jeffreysimms.com.

You may also view the entire set of pageant pictures on our Jeffrey Simms Photography Facebook Page. If you haven’t already Liked our page, now is the perfect time to do so. You are welcome to use any of the pictures as your profile picture on Facebook, however please do not crop, edit, or remove my logo.

I always have a great time photographing the Miss Curwood Festival Pageant, thanks to the Curwood Pageant Co-Chairs and Committee for letting me be part of the experience. I hope to see everyone next year for the annual Miss Curwood Festival Pageant in Owosso, Michigan!

Congratulations to Miss Curwood Festival 2011, Morgan Walters! Morgan is a sophomore at the University of Michigan and is studying communications. She is the daughter of Brad & Rene Walters and is a Corunna High School graduate. Her sponsor was Windmill Pro-Paint.

Miss Curwood Festival Queen Court 2011.

Congratulations to Miss Congeniality and a Miss Curwood Festival Court 2011 Member, Kristin VanStrate! Kristin is studying business administration at Baker College of Owosso. An Owosso High School graduate, she is the daughter of Janie & Edward VanStrate. Her sponsor was VanStrate & Son Plumbing.

Erin Fox is a Miss Curwood Festival Court 2011 Member! Erin is a freshman at the University of Michigan where she is studying communications with a fluency in Spanish and Italian. Erin is an Owosso High School graduate and is the daughter of Jim & Lisa Fox. Her sponsor was CLH Insurance-Mike Ardelean.

Congratulations to 2011 Curwood Princess, Harper Newell! Harper is the newly crowned 2011 Curwood Princess. Her parents are Jeff & Allison Newell. She enjoys soccer, basketball, gymnastics, and reading.

Curwood Princess & Court 2011.

Thank you to the 2010 Miss Curwood Festival & Court for a great year!

To view more pictures from this year’s pageant or to place a print order, please visit instaproofs.jeffreysimms.com.

You may also view the entire set of pageant pictures on our Jeffrey Simms Photography Facebook Page.

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Curwood 2011 Pageant

admin — Sun, 13 Mar 2011 05:35:55 +0000

Congrats to the 2011 Curwood Queen, Princess and their Courts!

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Snow Day!

admin — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 14:13:24 +0000

Happy Snow Day to many of my Mid and Southeastern Michigan friends!

Yesterday morning and afternoon we had green grass but around 2pm it started snowing. In Michigan, you have to roll with the ever changing weather minute by minute. As the saying goes, “if you don’t like the weather, wait a moment…”

Right outside of our front door we had about 10 inches of new snow. Less than 2 feet away, we had close to 16 inches, due drifting.

#SnowDay, #MIsnow, #backchannel

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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

admin — Sat, 25 Dec 2010 15:30:24 +0000

Greetings from Pikes Peak

admin — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 21:52:12 +0000

I wanted to share a little glimpse into my Colorado trip with Inner Circle Photography to photograph an awesome wedding! Today we went to Pikes Peak, which is 14,115 ft tall! It was a little cloudy during our trip but we had fun and took some landscape pictures. Enjoy a quick peek!

Michigan Upper Peninsula Engagement Photography

admin — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 18:37:44 +0000

Happy New Year from myself and Megan! We wish you the best in the new year. If you’ve packed away your dreams, dare to unpack them as you start this new year and decade. It’s time to enlarge your vision!

Below is a sneak peek from our weekend trip to Pickford, Michigan to shoot an engagement session with Megan’s cousin, Eric and his fiance Caitlin.

At the end of the day we had Eric take a picture of us.

Free Wedding

admin — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 20:16:24 +0000

My friend and fellow rockstar photographer, Miranda of Inner Circle Photography is running an awesome contest over at her blog. This contest involves a free wedding photography package from Miranda, pretty cool right? The 3 finalists are on her blog right now and YOU can vote for your favorite. The voting runs until December 31 with the winner announced on January 1, 2010.

Inner Circle Photography FREE WEDDING VOTING

U2

admin — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 23:38:06 +0000

In case you missed it, here’s last night’s live stream from The Rose Bowl Stadium of U2′s concert. Because I thought the concert started at 8:30, I was ready to rock out with U2, LIVE… however, I completely missed the fact that it was 8:30PT! The concert wasn’t scheduled to start until 11:30EST, wow, okay though. I waited until 11:30EST only to find a 30 minute countdown had just began, the actual coverage wasn’t starting until 12am EST! I was so bummed out.. I stayed up until 1am EST though and knew it was time to head off to sleep. I’m glad the entire concert is available on YouTube now though, makes me so much happier!

Enjoy U2 goodness to the maximum and check out rockstar photographers, The Youngrens experience at the concert… yes, I am jealous! Their post has a lot of great stories and pictures throughout the day. Yes, I am 100% positive that I also would have partook in the unattended cooler of beer!

Best Camera iPhone App

admin — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 00:59:44 +0000

I downloaded Chase Jarvis’ Best Camera iPhone App when I was on my honeymoon with Megan… it’s AWESOME! The ability to edit in more advanced ways is something that I genuinely love about the app. Below are my two favorites I’ve taken.

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New York iPhone Pics

admin — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 16:01:14 +0000

Here’s a few pics taken on my iPhone during our honeymoon.

ninetwelvezeronine

admin — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 16:33:26 +0000

Megan and I’s good friend, Miranda shot our wedding on Saturday, September 12, 2009. We were so glad to have her part of our day and even more excited to see her later in the evening hanging out with us and dancing! She is an awesome friend and we are grateful for what she’s done for us! Check out the sneak peak she posted on Facebook.

Memorable Entrance

admin — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 12:30:37 +0000

I found this little video gem from fellow photographer and CMU alumni, John Remus. I love the thought behind why a bride and groom would do this, what do you guys think?

Raindrops

admin — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 20:18:04 +0000

Since the Tiger’s swept the Cubs this afternoon, it’s been thunderstorming. During a small break of rain and thunder I jumped outside to snap a few pictures. I’ve never thought of myself as a nature photographer, or whatever that means… However, with my new 70-200 f2.8 mounted on my 5D, the pictures happen easily. I love the macro/close up of raindrops on plants. This is my new background for my laptop.

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Celebration at the State Capitol

admin — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 18:15:35 +0000

If you missed the Celebration at the State Capitol’s sneak peak post, check it out here. View the slideshow by clicking here. Thanks for Mike-E & AfroFlow for sharing a positive and uplifting message at Celebration at the State Capitol! Check out AfroFlow’s website and drop Mike-E a message of thanks for supporting the American Cancer Society! I talked to Mike-E and the other members of AfroFlow after the celebration and they are all down-to-earth guys with big hearts. I am looking forward to seeing these guys again live. They brought some serious energy to the celebration, if the legislator’s didn’t hear why we were outside relaying, then they did when Mike-E and AfroFlow came out. What a great way to get a message across then on the capitol steps! Thanks Mike-E & AfroFlow, see you guys hopefully again!

This is Alexa, she has been fighting melanoma for six years. Unfortunately, melanoma is genetic and will always be part of her life. I received an email from Alexa’s Mom, Nina after I posted the sneak peak. Nina shared some of her daughter’s story with me and I found out Alexa attends my high school alma mater, GO DRAGONS & keep fighting Alexa!

Kenny Watson of AfroFlow

DJ Invisible of AfroFlow

Kenny Watson, Alexa, and Mike-E

Kenny Watson, Alexa, Mike-E, and Sowandé Keita

Kenny Watson singing Happy Birthday

Mike-E sharing his background in Ethiopia

Pumping the crowd at the closing ceremonies of Relay For Life Celebration at the State Capitol

Sowandé Keita playing the djembe

The Michael Jordan of djembe playing?

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Celebration at the State Capitol {Sneak Peak}

admin — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 02:30:07 +0000

Today I was part of the American Cancer Society’s Relay For Life Celebration at the Michigan State Capitol. I brought along my camera and snapped a few shots towards the closing of the day. Here’s 4 pictures from what the celebration brought today. I’ll post more in a few days! Check out AfroFlow for some positivity!

Each year, your American Cancer Society brings together volunteers from across the state to learn about the latest legislative issues affecting cancer patients and their families, and encourage state legislators to make cancer a number one priority.

Source: http://www.acsgld.org/micelebration

State Capitol is taken over by the American Cancer Society's Relay For Life

Crowd of relay volunteers and survivors enjoying Mike-E and AfroFlow's music.

Sowandé Keita, rocks out a djembe solo.

Mike-E working the crowd at closing.

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