Deedra and Tori – Sr. Portraits

Believe it or not, Deedra and Tori are TWINS!

They are soon to be Lakes High School graduates.

Deedra is a volleyball player, a black belt, water polo player and beautiful.

Tori is a volleyball player and harpist and also beautiful. This is one of Amanda’s favorite pictures. She always helps me pick the blog photos.

I love the yellow moss on the stones of this staircase.

I use the graffiti garages a lot, since I just love them so much and it’s a great place to go if it rains. There are just so many different ideas to try out. Believe me, when you go to the same place over and over again you are forced to think out of the box… you don’t want it to look like it did the last time you were there.

OK, these next ones have to be my favorite of the shoot. Click on them to enlarge and you just MUST enlarge!
Deedra’s eyes are stunning.

Tori’s eyes are so inviting and love the pink on her.

We laughed a lot. Deedra had a bit of trouble getting the concept of how the scarf needed to lay. hehe 😀

Tori got it right away :).

Really, if the weather cooperates, you can take photos ANYWHERE! I have always wanted to challenge my scavenger hunt peeps to pick one square block and do an entire photo shoot within that square block. I bet you would be surprised how creative you suddenly get!

We sneaked into store fronts…

Used cool doors…

Found cool stones and added a little texture…

Used blankets and scarves… all to add interest and show that you can make ANYWHERE a cool place!

Tori even looks good with one eye! 😀

Eyelashes are just so pretty to me.

I think happiness is colorful. Don’t you?

Nothing better than people enjoying life and laughing together. This is when their heart’s are at peace.

Just a few more I want to share since I am having fun showing you.

OK, last one… promise. For those that have been on a shoot with me, you know it is always hard for me to stop… famous last words – “just one more”…

Thanks for letting me share with you… and if you have a challenge for me, let me know, maybe I’ll do it – just for YOU!

I need to also thank Caryn for the referral, you ROCK Caryn. I got to meet 2 very special seniors because of you! 😀

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Amy – Senior Portrait

Amy is a Kentridge High School Senior and is FULL of laughter. It was not hard to get her smiling, in fact, is was harder to get a serious look out of her.

Even though it was raining we had a great time and got most of the shots before the rain really started coming down.

Amy took advantage of the mini-session offer during December and used it for her senior session.

Amy’s green eyes just stood out to me… goes along with her personality!

Makes me smile!

So cute!

Love this of Amy!

Angel Amy…

Hood images are some of my favorite.

I had to include this one… do you see the shoe? Amy’s Mom, Julie, threw that at her to get her to laugh even more and I didn’t even see it when I took the shot! Too funny!

Another fun shoot! Joe was such huge help too, holding the umbrella for me, making suggestions, making us laugh… love that man!

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Karly E. – Senior Portrait

Funny how many Karly’s I have photographed in the last year :). Meet my newest Karly… she is a Bonny Lake High School senior; beautiful, talented and fun to hang out with.

Karly brought along her boyfriend, Aaron to watch the fun and help us make her laugh. It is always a good idea to bring someone along on the shoot. They wanted one of the two of them… but I wanted one of just Aaron too… so…

I talked him into giving me a shot… it was a hard sell… but worth it! 🙂 I know his mom will thank me!

Karly has these incredible eye lashes!

I love the richness of the colors in this one and Karly looks so beautiful and natural.

Love the reflection…

Karly just jumps out of this image… scarves make all the difference in an image, this one is my daughter’s, she is a scarf girl like her mom!

Fields can be found along any rural road. This is one of my newest favorite spots and it’s different every time I visit it.

Karly is a volleyball player and brought her letterman’s jacket with her. Love all the blue in these shots…

The many faces of Karly…

I feel so fortunate to finally be pursuing a love I have had for many, many years. Photography is more than just using the camera technically correct. It is capturing someones spirit and soul. It is having fun with people and creating art. Thanks for sharing my love with me.

I will leave you with one of my favorites… xoxoxo

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