Senior Session for Dalton

Im learning that writing is not exactly a strength of mine. Attempting to do so daily or regularly in my case, is showing me a lot but this post doesn’t need many words. I went to school with April, Dalton’s mom and have been blessed to not only watch him grow up but capture lots of photos of him in that time. These are my favorite of them all. He is a fantastic young man, respectful, photogenic, and also a 2 time ( currently aiming for #3 ) State Champion in football. He has the rings to prove it, but all the gold did not go to his head. I truly hope my boys can leave such an impact on those around them. I t think they are pretty great myself :)

Dalton is mid way thru his last year of high school. He is coming into himself and knows exactly who he is. He is always fun to be around and to work with but he also listens extremely well and trusts that I have his best interest in mind and hes right about that. His girlfriend Morgan always joins us and vice versa as I have been honored to work with her multiple times in the past as well. This session was even sweeter when Luke, Daltons little brother joined the fun.

All of the images are shot with my Canon EOS R3. Review coming pretty soon on that but lets get to the goods.

This last shot though..

Alexis Class of 2020

What a year this has been, and currently continues to be. It is a terrible shame that this years Seniors are not having the experience they deserve, the experience they have earned. I know no one could expect the rollercoaster that this calendar year would turn out to be and that the Class of 2020 would be the Class of a Quarantine as well. Most small businesses have suffered and some have all but had to shut down completely but I am happy to say that joy is still very much alive. That creativity will live on. When Alexis’ mom messaged me months ago discussing her senior portraits, well we clearly had a different plan but I am extremely pleased to say that I don’t think this session could have turned out any better. I have looked at these often and posted a few sneak peaks but I am happy to say her gallery is alive and its straight fire! A few samples now…

With all the disappointment that I can only imagine some seniors are feeling with the turn of events, I hope beyond those disappointments, they are able to see the cup half full so to speak. I hope they see all they accomplished and they see this down time as an opportunity to get a jump on their next adventure. I am sure some will give me crap for shooting during this time but you know what, Alexis deserved this and there was no way I was going to let her miss this milestone. There was zero chance we weren’t going to document this and man we did it well :) Thats all for now but I have another session coming soon..

Congratulations Alexis!!!

Trinity Senior Session

Trinity is one tough lady and I am glad to know her and even more ecstatic that her she is still writing her story. I won’t even attempt to tell her story, but I hope she does some day. Just know, Cancer has nothing on this girl. If you know me you know the C word has tore through my families world when Natasha was diagnosed with not 1 but 2 types of cancer. I think this combined with my having known Trinity for years, made this particular session hard for me. Not hard to do what I love. Not hard because she isn’t a wonderful young lady to spend the afternoon with. She was a rockstar in every definition of the word. I think this was hard because I put more pressure on myself to deliver. Not just pleasing photos but to deliver a message almost. I wanted these to mean something. I wanted these to bring joy to someone in this stupid pandemic we are all trying to navigate in our own ways. I wanted her to know, how amazing she is and how grateful this world is to have her still kicking ass in it.

We had chatted back and forth for weeks off and on to decide the mood she wanted for her images. She and I have similar interest as far as the mood of the work ( Dramatic ) so this was a blast for me to be apart of. She was open to any idea I had as long as that included a gross Sweet Tea from Pals in the end. Needless to say she got her Tea.

I love to find new ways to use areas i’ve shot in the past to create something different for my clients, and this can be a struggle, but if you know me at all, you know I am fiercely competitive so I am up for the task. Don’t believe me, check it out for yourself already.

This is just a sample of the gallery I will be releasing today or tomorrow but I coudln’t wait to share a few of these for her, and with you. I hope you enjoyed these images, all taken with the Canon Eos RP, Canon 35L and Good AD200. Do you have a High School or Collegiate Senior needing photos to document this monumental time in their life? I know a guy. Have a great Tuesday where ever you are.

J