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brooke collier photography // grand rapids family photographer and filmmaker

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Hi, I'm Brooke!

I'm a Grand Rapids, MI photographer specializing in documentary and family photojournalism. I believe in the gift of family life, the power of beauty and the beauty of the raw and ordinary. 

I am also a birth photographer and film-maker. That work can be found at Sister Birth.



Recently:

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fresh 48 :: jacob lee
fresh 48 :: jacob lee
about 3 weeks ago
family film :: the davidsons
family film :: the davidsons
about a month ago
family photojournalism :: the deboni family (again)
family photojournalism :: the deboni family (again)
about a month ago
family photojournalism :: the howell family
family photojournalism :: the howell family
about a month ago
family photojournalism :: the diephouses
family photojournalism :: the diephouses
about a month ago
1st birthday :: miller
1st birthday :: miller
about 2 months ago
1st birthday :: felicity
1st birthday :: felicity
about 2 months ago

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As this awesome kiddo made a slow-mo video of me as I photographed his family, his dad commented, “That’s so meta.” 😂 Perfection.

#grandrapidsfamilyphotographer #brookecollierphotography #behindthescenes #visualstorytelling #grandrapidsphotographer #storytellingphotography #documentaryfamilyphotography #familyphotojournalism #familyphotojournalist #grandrapidsphotographer
I make art out of your ordinary.
(Yup, I have openings and am currently booking summer sessions at home or while out adventuring!)
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#familyphotography #familyphotojournalism #documentaryfamilyphotography #brookecollierphotography #visualstorytelling #grandrapidsphotographer #storytellingphotography #inhomesession #lifestylephotography #westmichiganphotographer
I’ve been using my camera on my own little family more often these days. Doing so often helps me to slow down and really see them, and to see the beauty of the gifts that make up this life I call mine/ours. I love knowing they will look at these one day and be flooded with memories — sounds, smells, sights and feelings — transported to their childhoods through images lovingly made. Or so I hope.
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I’m gearing up to teach my popular Light + Life workshop in July (4 spots left), and it occurs to me that that workshop really is about equipping other mamas to have exactly what I just described above ☝🏼. If that sounds good to you, and if you have a DSLR sitting around at your house that would get a whole lot more use if someone could show you how to use it, then it’s where you’ll want to be. {link in bio}.
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Sometimes I am lucky enough to witness through the lens of my camera not only a baby’s emergence at birth, but also his/her becoming a toddler, then a child. So it is with this little guy who turned one this weekend. Miller, then and now, your parents’ adoration of you and your irresistible cuteness take my breath away. I’ll forever honored to be your first and ongoing photographer. PS: can’t wait to show you the pictures from your birthday party, too!
#grandrapidsbirthphotography #grandrapidsbirthphotographer #firstbirthday #familyphotojournalism #brookecollierphotography #brookecollierphoto #birthjusthappened #justborn #sisterbirth #newbornbaby #firsttimemama #firstbaby
I’m so pleased to introduce a new offering: beautifully crafted, emotive short films of family life.⠀⠀
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Imagine your child and your home captured in time, not only in a still photograph but also in motion and with audio. ⠀⠀
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I sometimes make little sound clips of my kids in the voice memos app on my phone (do you do this, too?). After forgetting about them for months or years, I am always delighted and close to tears when I play them back. Similarly, I take tiny video clips on my phone (they aren’t very good, technically), and when on the occasion I go back to watch them, I am in awe at the ways their bodies and voices have changed and how their mannerisms have evolved while also remaining so characteristic of who they are. ⠀⠀
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We are all of us meant to be known and remembered with all the senses. And though nothing that I know of is yet able to capture scent or taste, film adds motion and sound to the visual element. ⠀⠀
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I’ve been making birth films for over a year now, and I thought it might be time to offer this genre of art to families. Much as in Family Photojournalism or Life with a Newborn sessions, these films will be made of any of the myriad ordinary daily elements of your family life together. The sky’s the limit.⠀⠀
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If you're interested in having YOUR family be one of the two portfolio-building priced sessions, head to the link in my profile to learn more and to apply.⠀⠀
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#familyfilms #familykeepsakefilms #portfoliobuilding #brookecollierphotography #familyphotojournalism #documenaryfamilyphotography #allthedetails #lifewithanewborn #grandrapidsfamilyphotographer
One. The parents celebrate just as much the joy that is their child as the victory that is having successfully made it this far.
#brookecollierphotography #firstbirthday #firstbirthdayparty #visualstorytelling #grandrapidsfamilyphotographer #grandrapidsphotographer #storytellingphotography

life with a newborn :: evelyn louise

January 31, 2019 in newborn photography

this sweet little girl and her full head of luscious black hair just slays me. Her older doggie siblings and the new house they’re calling home together makes the future look so bright. She is so wanted, so adored.

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