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.

My little ones! {Metro Detroit Children's Portrait Photographer}

It's been a while since I posted any photos of my own children on this blog, and I'll admit - I haven't been the best at photographing these two in the last 6 months.  Sophie's at a stage where she'll only willingly have her picture taken for about 10 minutes, and Graham is always on the move.  His sitting or standing still only lasts about 5 seconds, which makes photographing him so hard.  And while I seem to have no trouble chasing other people's kids around for photographs, I often find myself struggling with my own kids.  Anyway,  here are a few photos from the weekend.  We took some time to explore downtown Howell, and what do you know? - there's a great little alleyway behind their main street that's perfect for photos - red brick walls, colorful doors, brick paved street, and no need to corral kids away from a bustling vehicular street.  Here are a few of my favorites from our post-lunch "mini session"!








August Mini-Session Reveal {Northville, MI, Ann Arbor, MI Portrait Photographer}

A couple of weeks ago I held mini-sessions at the Matthaei Botanical gardens in Ann Arbor.  The kids seemed to have a lot of fun - looking at flowers, searching for turtles in the creek, blowing bubbles, and catching butterflies.  And I certainly did my best to keep up and capture their explorations and personalities throughout the gardens, despite the crazy humidity and heat we were having.   Here's just a little reveal of some of the fun we had.  Parents, thank you so much for joining me in the gardens for these mini-sessions.  I hope you're as happy as I am with the results!









P.S. Stay tuned to the blog and my Facebook page for an exciting announcement and change to my service and product offerings.  I can't wait to share what I have planned - I really think it's going to be a fun way to cap off your custom portrait experience with Christine Long Photography.

Justine and Troy - Class of 2012: Jefferson High School {Monroe, MI, Northville, MI, Metro Detroit Senior Portrait Photographer}

A couple of weeks ago I had the pleasure of capturing a joint senior session with Justine and Troy.  They'll be seniors this year at Jefferson High School in Monroe, MI, but we decided to venture down to the Toledo Botanical Gardens for their session.  It was beautiful  -- hot.... but an absolutely beautiful location with lots of great settings for photographs. 

Thank you guys for such a great session and for being so willing to follow me all over the gardens, especially in the summer heat.  I hope you both have a wonderful senior year!  











Aren't they so adorable together?!!

Thinking about a senior session?  Why not grab your boyfriend or girlfriend, or even a group of friends and do a joint session and capture this special moment in your life!  Contact me for more information - christine@christinelongphotography.com

What to Wear - August! {Metro Detroit Children's, Family, Senior Photographer}

What to wear inspiration for August and September!


Senior Sneak Peek -- Ellen (Northville High School)! {Northville, Ann Arbor Senior Portrait Photographer}

I met up with Ellen last week at the Matthaei Botanical Gardens in Ann Arbor for this very fun and stylish session.  I don't know how I get so lucky to photograph such beautiful and sweet people.  Add in that Ellen has an incredible sense of fashion and that the evening sunlight was just perfect, and I was in photography heaven!  The light, the colors from the gardens....everything was wonderful.  I had such a hard time narrowing down Ellen's session into just a quick sneak peek, so I'm sharing quite a few.... I hope you enjoy!!

~P.S. I still have limited availability for August and am offering all senior sessions held before August 31st a 20% discount off of the session fee.  Contact me for more information.