Rebecca – Senior Portrait

Rebecca is my niece and I was so excited to hear that she wanted me to do her senior portraits. She attends Puyallup High School and is still deciding on the college she will attend in the Fall.

We had a fun day together and laughed a lot! LOVE that! I had her dancing in the streets while we dodged traffic … I don’t ask for much, really.

Isn’t she a doll? Marsha, Marsha, Marsha… ok, are you all too young to remember that?

I love the colors, textures and overall feeling in these next images.

It wouldn’t be one of my sessions without the graffiti garages. Clients have come to expect them and I love seeing the refreshed art. This one has to be one of my favorite pieces yet!

Joe loves this image. Just such a sweet face.

Classic portrait, but lots more fun!

Some of the places I stop at are not planned, they just happen naturally and this time that paid off because we had a little visitor. Rebecca is a lot like me when it comes to animals. They spark pure and innocent laughter and joy! I named this little 6 toed guy Bandit.

You can’t fake this kind of laughter.

To be young again and have long pretty hair.

The movement in her hair and the light shining through is just so beautiful and I love the mood it creates.

Is this not just the coolest, awesomest, warehouse you’ve ever seen? My favorite image of the shoot. It is much more impressive if you click to enlarge.

The texture of the plant growing on the side and the color… perfect! Helps to have a cute senior too .

Rebecca is a cheerleader, so I had to get her doing one of her jumps.. WOW! Ouch! She managed to not split her pants. One of Amanda’s favorites. We will have her in her cheerleading outfit for session 2 next month… so be looking for it! You might want to click on this one too. Impressive!

I always love wide angle images and should really use that lens more often. Remind me next time would ya! Connie, use the wide angle, that is all you have to say. Thanks.

Next stop, grasses and railroads.

Amanda tells me this is a classic mom image… having my client smile looking at the sky. I can hear the birds chirping in the distance and feel the light on my face.

I use this railroad a lot since it is no longer functioning. I used to use “live” ones but for some reason that made parents nervous. Not sure why, we always jumped out of the way in time .

I brought the vintage luggage along to take my scavenger hunt photo, but thought since I had it with me, we might as well use it.

Wright Park is such a great park… there is a new addition to the arboretum if you haven’t visited lately. Chihuly art glass, some of my favorite stuff and Tacoma has lots of it. Maybe next time I am there I will get a few photos to share with you. Remind me of that too .

Now that Spring is here, we can lay in the grass again without getting wet.

Ok, this will be my last image. I know I have already shown you a lot… but I could show you a lot more, so no complaining!

We had such a wonderful time, can’t wait until the next session. We don’t get to spend much time with each other, so if it takes having more photo sessions to do that, then that is what we will do!

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