Sam's Grad

This Sunday Evening I went out with Sam and his friend Jessica. We did some shots around City Hall, hoping to get into Riverside Park. Unfortunately the park was full of people as there was church service going on. After finishing at City hall, we went over to Finlay Bridge. I always find the bridge to be challenging to me creatively. There are lots of photographers that shoot the bridge in pretty much all the same way. I really like to personalize each session so coming up with new ideas at the bridge can be challenging. I did go for some of the standard shots on the bridge, because all the elements seem to come together. Jessica is not from here, so here we had a "fresh view" so to speak with an awesome sky and warm setting sunlight. So it may be standard shot, but you can't recreate the mood or the sky so I believe that takes it out of the ordinary.

After the park we headed over to Kin Coulee to do some family shots complete with grandparents. IT was nice to see an extended family such as theirs all together to celebrate Sam's graduation from high school!

Natalie

Thia Saturday Natalie, her mother and I headed downtown to do some relaxed graduations shots. Why not, we all know tha parent spend more than enough on dress that should be worn more than once. Natalie is so easy to photograph as she has a sparkling personality and a carefree spirit. It was pretty warm and only a few clouds shaded us, so when it came time for Natalie to get into the fountain I think it came as a nice relief to the heat!

Grad 2008 is over!

AS the summer has finally began, grad season is officially over. The young adults that I shot this year will start their last somewhat worry free summer with their friends from high school. It's hard to believe that in a few short months they will be back at the books starting to make a place for themselves within the world. I ended grad season this year with a bang. in fact I had three grad shoots within 36 hours. Here is a sampling of the fun from last week.


The First of my grads last week was Jocelyn. My son accompanied me on the shoot and I must say he is quite enamored with her at the age of five. She was super sweet, of course gorgeous and was super courteous. She had such a pleasant demeanor and that made her very easy to photograph. Good luck at U of C next year Jocelyn!






The next grad I shot was Belinda and her date. I must say that they are a very sweet couple. They both made me laugh. In this shoot we went through it all, spiders, catapillars, gust of wind and of course a bees nest. What grad shoot isn't complete without the appearance of a nice bees nest. Thank you for allowing me the oppourunty to shoot your grad day, it was fabulous getting to know you and your families!






The last shoot on Friday was with Natalie and some of her friends. It was great to see the excitement as everyone arrived and saw eachother all "gussied" up for the first time that day. It took quite a bit of organizing, but we did get everyone involved at the end, and the girls did some great "sex and the city walking" to finish off the shoot in style. I can't wait until Natalie and I get together next week to really give my camera a work out!

Grad in Blue.

first off I want to apologize again to Kaitie and her mother for being so late for their shoot. Kaitie was awesome as she came up with a ton of ideas and concepts for her photos. I love it when people have input. Her dress was great too, it was the prettiest shade of blue.

A Purpose for the Future

This Sunday I did a Grad session with Chalynn. She is a remarkable young woman who has her eyes set on the future. For personal reason she had chosen to go into the field of Nuclear Medicine. It was a pleasure working with her as she was a natural in front of the camera both in the studio and outside.

Grad Weekend Part 2

I have been speaking with Janice off and on for some time now regarding her upcoming nuptials. I am unable to photograph her wedding on the 28th of June, but if you are a photographer who is available, please contact me!

This weekend I got to finally meet Janice and Her daughter Lauren. Everyone in this group looked fantastic as they were going to the grad banquet. Again I want to state that 2008 was the year that all my grads were so mature and so gracious it makes me very optimistic about the future that they are all walking into. Here are some of my favorites from the shoot.

Grad Weekend part one

This Friday I got to meet two great Grads. They were both sweet and mature young ladies. I met the this family through a previous client. Thanks for the referral Judy, you now have a 30.00 credit on your account here at the studio to use as you wish. I photographed Bailey in her Grad gown the previous day. It was a nice change from the regular cap and gown photos as we were outside instead of some stuffy studio. Baiey was nice and easy going and completely refreshing as she was "just being herself" We didn't put her into any stiff poses, but instead used her personality to guide the photos. The next day she showed up in the fabulous green gown which made the outdoors only prettier.

Samantha

Yesterday I got to meet Samantha, she needed grad photos done to celebrate the end ofh er years at McCoy High School. she had brought along her date for a few shots as well. We started off inside as the weather was very unpredictable yesterday. It was fantastic to get to meet her. She has amazing brown eyes and super creamy fair skin. We did manage to get outside for the end of the shoot. The overcast lighting really brought out those great features!

Grad Season Starts

Wedding Season is around the corner, but my the grad season has already started. I must say that Courtney was the perfect start to that season. She is amazing young woman and I feel blessed to have met her and her mother. She looked gorgeous and her dress was to die for. I hope she had a great time at the banquet and I wish her all the luck in the future!

Ashley's Grad Photos

Back in April I had the priveledge of shooting a lovely girl named Ashley. The portraits were taken to replace the grad photos that she had taken at school. This was my first shoot with my studio lights. I think everything went well and It was a lot of fun. I am excited that we finally went through the photos and chose some images so that we could finally close the file.

Brett & Tiana

Brett had asked me to do some photos of his girlfriend Tiana for her grad. The two of them are a wonderful couple and were very natural in front of the camera. They seemed to have a lot of fun during the shoot, as did I. Her dress was fabulous with a corset lacing up the back. We ended the shoot by taking a couple of photographs with his gorgeous red truck.