Welcome

Welcome to Christine Long Photography! I am an on-location, natural light photographer in the Metro Detroit region. I live in Novi with my husband and three children - Sophie, Graham, and Claire. Here you'll find photographs from my most recent sessions and promotional information. Please contact me at christine@christinelongphotography.com for information on sessions and products! I look forward to capturing your family in the future!
I'm currently scheduling sessions for January through March.
Contact me to schedule your session soon.

Parents' Pick Awards - 2010

I feel honored to be in the running for the 2010 Parentsconnect.com Parents' Picks Awards for Best Family photographer in Detroit.  To become one of the five official Parents' Picks Nominees, I have to get enough votes before June 17th.  Please head here to vote!  You do have to sign up to vote, but you don't have to receive any unwanted emails.  You can vote once a day and there are 20 days left for voting!  Thanks for supporting me!

New Facebook Page!

So, I finally took the plunge and created a Facebook page for Christine Long Photography.  I'm not much of a Facebook user, but I'm definitely looking forward to sharing more of my photography through FB.  Click here to get to my page!

And, because no post is complete without photos, here are a couple of my two cuties from last week.  We were enjoying the sun and warmth in our backyard!

Mother-Daughter

After several reschedules, we were finally able to complete this mommy and me mini session last Saturday.  What struck me the most about this session was just how much joy and love was visible between mom and daughter.  Before we even started shooting, four year old "M" told her mommy that she loved her, and I really think that that sentiment comes through in the photographs.

Isn't "M" beautiful? She was such a joy to photograph.  


Here are two photographs from a 3-part series, but you get the idea.  I especially love how "M"'s hand is on her mom's heart.



And what little girl could resist dancing in the gazebo, spinning her dress around, in pink glittery shoes?  
I hope you enjoy the preview, Mom.  It was such a pleasure to photograph you and "M"!

I Heart Faces: Faces and Flowers

This week's photo challenge at I Heart Faces is "Faces and Flowers."  So, I pulled out one of the photos of Sophie that I took for our family's holiday card.  Set in a greenhouse full of poinsettias, I also love the tutu and with red flower.  You can also see more photos from this session here.

Mother, Daughter, Sister

More photos from the "mommy and me" mini sessions, this time with older daughters. We did both family shots and individual images.  I really love the dramatic quality of the chocolate black and whites.
I don't think the youngest "A" realizes just how photogenic she is...

Mommy and Me

Whoever coined "April showers bring May flowers" evidently wasn't talking about southeast Michigan. This year it's more like "Early May showers bring late May flowers." So even though the weather didn't fully cooperate for all of my mommy and me sessions last weekend, we were able to get a couple sessions completed. I'm still making up a few more, so I'll have even more mommy and me photos in the next couple weeks. Until then, check out these cuties...

Sisters

These lovely sisters were so wonderful to photograph last weekend. And, I'm very excited to share just a few of the great images that we captured!
And, the weather held off just long enough to play a fun - run and get the photographer - game.
Hope you enjoy the preview -- Happy Mother's Day!