Category Archives: Families and Children

Sweet 16!! Here’s a free download!!

Yesterday marked SIXTEEN years of Terri Gillis Photography. I love celebrating this anniversary of the day I took a leap of faith.  I had a toddler on my hip as I walked accross the Calder Stage area  to the county building to register my business with a skip in my step and a dream in […]

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Leap Day 2016!

I wrestle with the fact (almost daily) that I haven’t blogged for over a year. Why haven’t I you ask? So many reasons…. mainly, I think I’m the only one who ever reads it. I was also a little burned out. Burned out on the hustle of photography, burned out from the schedule, exhausted from […]

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Family Photo Sessions| Terri Gillis Photography 2014 | West Michigan Family Photography

I photograph many family photo sessions every year and I deal with a lot of little people who are typically interested in getting their picture taken for the first 5 minutes of it.  After that the marathon begins….Me trying to engage them in any way I possibly can.   I have my standard tricks and […]

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14 years!! |Terri Gillis Photography

14 years ago today I took a leap of faith and made my hobby my job.  I didn’t mean to do it on St. Patrick’s Day, that just happened to be the day I could get there.  I went to register my business and signed up to pay taxes and make it (as my teens […]

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Sweet & Simple Little Me | Michigan Children Photography| Terri Gillis 2014

Happy Monday!!  Happy New Year!! We’re almost half way through January and I’ve had a wonderful long relaxing break.  Wow, did I ever need that! There’s always a winter slow down.   I’ve got a few sessions here and there but most of my time is spent reorganizing, planning for the year and the dreaded […]

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