Congrats to the class of 2013!

Can you believe yet another school year has come and gone! I recently completed my last senior session of 2013 and wanted to show off how beautiful and natural this young lady looked in the photographs. Abby was so comfortable in front of the camera and it shows! She moved around like she had been modelling for years. On top of having a beautiful subject it was also a gorgeous day. A brilliant blue sky and golden highlight that sparkled when they hit her hair just right. Makes my job a piece of cake!

You can check a few out here:

1-2-3...Jump!

I really enjoy the one on one posing of senior photos, but the true joy in these sessions is exploring why each child has chosen their path and then capturing it.

This past week I photographed Zach, a high school senior heading to college next year to dive. Of course I was intrigued by why he had chosen to become a diver. His answer, "I watched the Olympics, thought is looked fun and signed up." Quite the open minded, ready to literally jump, type of kid. I was able to capture some fun angles of him diving which were achieved by climbing to the top of the platform and hanging over the edge to watch Zach on platforms below. I was very happy to climb down the ladder after completing my task rather than jumping into the pool 10 meters below.

I left this session feeling invigorated and inspired to continue the quest to help my boys' find their passion. Life has so many unique twists and turns and sometimes in order to find what you are passionate about you have to look outside of the box and JUMP!

Celebrating new life at the center of it all...HOME.

This week I met Nathaniel. I've been photographing his sisters, Reagan and Charlotte, for years now, but this was his very first session with me. At just 2 weeks old and 7 lbs he was a little precious peanut. We decided to have the session at the family's home. First of all it is easy for mom who now has three kids to tote with all that newborn stuff, plus we were able to capture photos of the backyard where the girls have grown up. This included their wonderful playhouse that dad built and at three years old Reagan painted beautiful flowers on the posts.

You might think your home is not photo ready, not many people do, but I promise you there is always somewhere perfect for photos. Why not kill two birds with one stone and not only capture your kids, but also the place where you laid down their roots.

I love this one. Poor Nathaniel was so good the entire session and then we try and stuff him in a box. He clearly said enough is enough!