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Our Background

Husband and wife photography team, Gabe and Jennifer Hillebrand, have a combined 20-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 are Lifestyle Portrait Photographers and Wedding Photojournalists. Stepping into your world, we photograph you in your environment, your life, your style. We are inspired by art, fashion, nature and most importantly, you. 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.

Category Archives: Engagements

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...

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And the winners are…

We are happy to announce that we are one of the top 3 winners in The Bliss Blog’s 2nd Annual Engagement Photo of the Year Contest!! Many, many thanks to all who voted and supported us! We love what we do and are so excited to do more of it!

Here’s the...

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Best Engagement Photo of 2009!

We are SO excited to announce that out of 400 photos, TWO of our images have made it into the Top 11 for Best Engagement Photo of 2009!! Thank you so much to all of our inspiring clients for working with us to get amazing images! Vote for #3 or #5 by clicking...

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