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Our Background

Husband and wife photography team, Gabe and Jennifer Hillebrand, have a combined 30-plus year history in fine art and photojournalistic photography.

Jennifer grew up in Metro Detroit and has a Bachelor of Arts from the fine and performing arts school, Emerson College located in Boston, Massachusetts. There, she studied Photography, Theatre, and Writing. No stranger to the entertainment industry and having worked commercially as a print model and actress, Jennifer began her photography career in Boston photographing celebrity musicians, album covers for bands, and portfolios for aspiring actors and models.

Born in and raised in one of the nation's most art-centric regions, the twin cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul, Gabe attended Bethel University where he earned a Bachelor of Arts in Studio Art and Art History. From there, he made his way to Michigan to attend the internationally renowned Cranbrook Academy of Art where he earned his Master of Fine Arts, was selected to have his photography featured at the Hudson Valley of Contemporary Art in New York, and married Jennifer.

Our Style of Photography

We specialize in wedding photojournalism, lifestyle portraiture, fashion and editorial-style photography.  Stepping into your world, we photograph you in your environment, your life, your style. We are inspired by art, fashion, nature and most importantly, our subjects. We love uncovering the elements that make each person, couple, or family distinct from the next. Using the camera, it's our goal to see and to show those profound and beautiful things.

The end result? Photographs that are unique. Photographs that are you.

Misty & John

A few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to do an engagement session in an incredibly beautiful location: Utah’s snow-capped mountains and the desert-like, infamous Bonneville Salt Flats, about an hour outside of Salt Lake City. Misty and John are like two halves of the same brain: they both have backgrounds in corporate training, they are both sensitive, tenderhearted types, and they both share the same hilariously dry sense of humor. (Think: The Office.) It was wonderful to get away and hang out with them in a new terrain for a few days. The photo opportunities were endless! I was also fortunate to have an awesome assistant for the weekend; the fun, fashionable and funky Loni Smith. It was an action-packed, non-stop weekend and a whirlwind of photography. I came home exhausted and with several hundred images. Once again, it was torture some to edit them down to my very favorites! (I’ve been told that “editing isn’t editing until it hurts.” SO true! Especially when you have images like these to cut down.) Below is just a handful of my favorites from Misty and John’s mountain session and their session on the salt flats, including a mini bridal “glam session” featuring Misty in her *gorgeous* wedding dress! For more images, don’t forget to check out their slide show at the end!

To see more images and to link to the full gallery, click here!! (Just click the “Order Pictures” icon in the slide show bar to be directed to the full gallery.)

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June 24, 2010 - 11:46 pm Pres. and Sis. Jensen - Pictures are beautiful. Congratulations! When is the wedding?

May 23, 2010 - 3:38 pm Sonny - Gosh...I absolutely love the location and the photos are truly breathtaking! Greetings from Germany....btw....we share the same family name ^^ xoxo

May 19, 2010 - 1:43 am Matt - WOW! .... still WOW! .... yep... WOW! .... ..... (...obviously stunned beyond words... ) You guys look wonderful! What I mean is - you are wonderful, and the pictures bring it out perfectly. Luv you guys! :D

May 11, 2010 - 8:56 pm kat - amazing. Misty-model or something would ya? You are SO gorgeous!

May 11, 2010 - 8:08 pm drew - GOR-GEOUS! a few of those shots are stunningly epic

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