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Grosse Pointe's choice when it comes to individualized portraits for high school seniors, babies, children and families!

Grosse Pointe's choice when it comes to individualized portraits for high school seniors, families and business executives as well as photo restoration services.

10/15/2026

Grosse Pointe South Homecoming Parade - we hope you enjoy and share these images with friends and family - look for three or four batches of images!!

10/08/2026

One of the great things about having a business on Mack Avenue all these years (between Studio Camera, Speedi Photo and now, The Portrait Place it's been 56 years) is that we get to work with high school students and help them learn about real work and running a business as I was lucky enough to do when I started working for Carl Joyner at Studio Camera in 1967.

To date, over all those years, we have had 642 students come to work at Mack and Hunt Club. They have shared their aspirations and ideas for making our business better with me just as I did with Carl Joyner when I was in 9th grade at Parcells.

Every once in a while, a truly stellar student comes along who I know in my heart will do great things with their lives. Jon Lysik, Gavin Smith, Luke Schaupeter, and Atticus Henry come to mind in this group of what I refer to as "Ahmed's SuperStars".

This year, I have been blessed to work with another SuperStar, Serafina Maras, a senior at my alma mater, Grosse Pointe North. Just like the other students I mentioned, there is no question in my mind that Serafina will do great things in her life and will make all of us who know her proud.

We ventured onto Belle Isle this evening, and here are some of my favorites from the session. What a blessing it has been to work with this very special member of the Class of 2027!

08/17/2026

We're in the middle of senior portrait season! If you want portraits of who your senior REALLY is their senior year, we're here for you!

10/25/2025

I had a parent call this morning as she couldn't open our GPS Choir Broadway 2025 album. I just checked this link and it seems to be working fine. Please let me know if you have a problem opening it. Thank you!