On Saturday (9/15/18), we attended the Focus On Detroit Photography Festival. It was held just outside of Highland Park on Woodrow Wilson Street in Detroit. The theme of the festival was “Celebrating Detroit’s Past, Present and Future Through the Lens of a Camera” and the festival featured various photography exhibits from organizations such as the… Read More A Few Captures of the Focus On Detroit Photography Festival
Now that Murals in the Market (MITM) has started did you know that you can also purchase beautiful artwork and some pretty cool merch created by the MITM artists? If you check out the official MITM website, you will find a variety of art by the artists and other merchandise you can purchase. From art… Read More How to Own Artwork by the Murals in the Market Artists + the 2017 Our Issue Mural T-Shirt
I realized something the other day: I haven’t really used my camera to take pictures of the kids and our family outings. I’ve been using my smartphone and posting our adventures on my Instagram Stories. As much as I love using the Insta-Stories feature, the images and short videos I capture cannot be printed out… Read More I Promise to Take My Camera Wherever I Go
How was your holiday weekend? Did you do celebrate Easter or do anything fun with your family? We celebrate Holy Week and Easter, but unfortunately, we didn’t make it to church yesterday. We did have plans to attend Easter service. I even woke up early to prepare for it. I had the kids’ outfits ready… Read More An Easter TV Segment on WXYZ Detroit & Easter Family Photos
You know what I wish? I wish that time could slow down for just a little bit so my sweet baby boy doesn’t grow up so fast! Zephaniah will be SIX-MONTHS-OLD next week! Where did the time go? I was talking to my mom about this the other day and I told her I feel… Read More Turn Your Baby’s Photographs into Canvas Wall Art
I had just wrapped up a maternity photo shoot at the Z Lot in Downtown Detroit. This was a unique experience for me because this time I wasn’t the one behind the camera. I was the subject and the photographer was Jason Walker, a Metro Detroit-based photographer who specializes in portrait photography. I had never… Read More Detroit Behind the Lens: Interview with @thisaintjason
Street photography is one of my greatest passions. I love capturing candid moments of city life. You can get very creative with street photography and create photographs in your own style. I know there are certain “rules” when it comes to street photography, but I feel like if you capture an image or moment that really… Read More 5 Reasons Festivals are the Perfect Place for Street Photography
Happy 4th of July! If you love celebrating the 4th of July with sparklers, then I have a fun 4th of July family craft for you: light painting! My kids LOVE the 4th of July! They love going to carnivals and watching the fireworks. Another activity they look forward to every year is sparklers. We usually… Read More 4th of July Family Craft: Light Painting with Sparklers
I enjoy exploring the city and taking photographs of city life and from time to time I share my photographs on the blog. For today’s post, I am sharing photographs of the Soul Roll, not to be confused with the Slow Roll. It was my first time seeing a large group of bicyclists get together.… Read More Soul Roll Detroit: Bike Life in the D
If you follow me on Instagram, you know how much I love my head wraps! Since moving to Detroit, I have collected an assortment of wraps. Detroit is very popular for the head wrap fashion style because many men and women wear head wraps for cultural and spiritual reasons. I have found vendors at the… Read More Highlights from the Beautifully Wrapped Headwrap Expo
Last week, I was looking through my Instagram feed and saw a post from the Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA) announcing the unveiling of a new mural in Detroit’s Osborn neighborhood, located on the east side of the city. The mural, painted by local artists Phillip Simpson and Tony Rave, is part of the “Welcome to Osborn” project.… Read More “I Love You Osborn Community” Mural Unveiling
