Although weddings have come to take the major piece of pie in the pie chart for us, when we aren’t shooting love stories we are still taking family and senior sessions. It’s a major part of what we started out doing, and so there’s a big part of my heart that won’t let it go. Enjoy a few of our favorite portrait session shots!
Well, it seems like every year gets busier and busier. For the photography industry, being busy is good. Not just because of a number or a status. No, it’s more than that…it means that people admire, respect and trust our work. More still, it means they value what we strive to provide them – memories. When my mother passed away suddenly just over a year ago, one of the first things I did was to go through her home and look for photos of her. At first I struggled looking through them. It was hard knowing that this was
Brandi just graduated from Cookeville High School a few weeks ago, and it’s time to show off some of her senior portraits. She is a super student with a sweet countenance and a passion in her spirit. She sings like an angel and such has a brightness about her when she’s around that she lights up people around her. Brandon and I have been honored to get to know her through Sunday School, and I was honored to do some portraits of her in honor of her senior year in high school. Here are a few favorites from the afternoon
So, I realize it’s halfway through February and that I’m a tad late on my “best of” posts. But better late than never, right? Well, here goes! I didn’t think it was possible to have even more fun than we did in 2010, but 2011 proved me wrong. Brandon and I met even more amazing families, babies and seniors in ’11 and we were seriously so blessed to create such fun and memorable photos for our new friends. We had more sessions than any prior year, and worked our cameras hard to keep up with everyone. But man,
I met Julia when she was a bridesmaid during one of my weddings earlier this year. She has the most gorgeous red hair and blue eyes. She is a quiet beauty and we had a fun time out in the country for her senior session. It was a fabulous fall day and the leaves and sun gave a perfect background for this sweet young lady. Here are a few of my favorites…
Blythe’s mom called me to schedule her daughter’s senior photos, and told me this session would be a bit “different.” You see, Blythe shows cattle, and has won many prizes in doing so, so they wanted some shots of her with her cows. I was immediately excited because I always love shooting on farms, and this sounded like a very interesting session. On the day we had scheduled for photos the sky was grey, it was cold, and the rain was looming. Nonetheless, we traveled to Crossville and poor Blythe braved the cold and misty rain that had started and
Grace is an absolutely beautiful young lady – inside and out! She is, as you can tell, a dancer. She and I have been discussing doing some outdoor portraits of her, and I was stoked to do them! Here are a few of my favorites…
Staci – what a cutie pie! I really love working with seniors, and Staci didn’t disappoint. She had such a beautiful radiance about her. Plus, she’s a gymnast, so automatically I felt like I knew her. Us gymnasts gotta stick together (even if I am an old has-been)!! She recently had surgery for an ankle injury, but she still was willing to tromp around the railroad tracks, creek and field. She even did some handstands for me 🙂 What a trooper! I hope you guys love these shots of her – I sure do! One of my favorite senior shots
Danielle started off her senior portrait session telling me she was “super shy.” She’s a beautiful young lady and she was willing to follow my lead the whole day, but I knew I had to break her of this shy spell. After just a little while she started letting loose and giving me a great smile, and we had a very fun time! It was a gorgeous day, so we played with the flowers and the golden sunlight, giving for some great shots of this pretty girl. Enjoy your preview!
BJ is a senior at Cookeville High. He’s quite an athlete as well. He excelled in both football and lacrosse during his time at CHS and I can’t wait to see what the future holds for this young man. Since spring has sprung and we finally have pleasant enough weather to be outside, we scheduled BJ’s senior session and had a blast last weekend capturing these shots. Here’s the preview – isn’t he a cool dude?!
