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.
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.
Since a picture is worth a thousand words we decided to sum 2011 up with some of our favorite pics of the year, professional and personal. In addition to shooting our usual portion of weddings and portraits, we moved into our first house, got our first dog, and had our first baby. It...
Adorable, animated Addyson, who you may remember from her 1 year session last summer, is now age 2. I love Addyson because even though she’s a total girlie girl who doesn’t like to get her pretty little feet dirty, she does like to get crazy and party down. (As evidenced in her mad-hatter-Flintstones-tea-party-dance-off photos...
Meet the Cyrkiels: Alison, Aaron, the adorable little Aliana (complete with kissable dimples) and their sweet n’ scruffy little pup. They are a kind, fun-loving and laid-back family who I loved spending time with on a super-warm spring day. Photographed at Van Hoosen Farms in Rochester, everything was in full bloom and...
