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I’ve been having so much fun working with seniors lately and Kinsey here was no exception. Kinsey was game to try anything and the camera loved her — a winning combination.
Like many of my seniors lately, Kinsey kept things simple and I’m in love with what we created together. Here are some of my favorites from our time together.
Congrats and have fun at Tech, Kinsey!
Interested in your own senior session? Or maybe a session for the whole family?
Welp. Here we are again.
It’s been almost a year since my last blog post.
I’ve even had multiple post drafts this.close to being finished. But then more important work and life things will demand my time and attention, and next thing you know, the days turn into weeks and months.
So, here I am again. Trying to breathe some life back into this dusty old blog.
Okay, enough of that.
A few months ago, Adin’s mom got in touch about a senior session for her son before he headed off to Texas A&M in the fall. After talking about possible location ideas, we settled on an urban setting at a local college campus, and I really love the slightly industrial vibe of some of the photos, not to mention all the shadows and light, symmetry, and patterns we found.
While seniors can bring multiple outfits, Adin wanted to keep things simple and I love what we created. Here are some of my faves.
Congrats, Adin, not only on your high school graduation and admission to Texas A&M in the fall, but becoming an Eagle Scout, the highest rank attainable in the Scouts BSA program of the Boy Scouts of America.
All of my senior sessions include 10-15 minutes to take a few photos with parents and siblings, so before we got started with Adin, mom and dad hopped in front of the camera for a few frames.
Interested in your own senior session? Or maybe a session for the whole family?
This post is part of an ongoing series focused on getting you and your family ready for a photo session. Read other installments on the Do’s and Don’ts of What to Wear and 5 Stressing Relieving Tips To Not Have A Breakdown During Your Session, and check back for more soon.
It’s almost second nature for humans to be self-critical. We nitpick at our hair, our faces, our figure, our parenting, our relationships. You name it and we’re critical of it, and the sad truth is that we’re usually hardest on ourselves.
How is it that others can easily see the beauty in us, when we have such a hard time seeing it ourselves?
And while I don’t have the answer to that eternal question, I do know that, unfortunately, this mindset often means that we put off taking professional photos until we’ve lost those “last few pounds,” or until our hair grows out, or we find the perfect location and outfit, or until, until, until.
The problem with waiting until everything is “perfect” is that, well, you might be waiting for a while to finally get those pictures taken. There’s always an excuse not to if you have that mindset.
I might be a little biased, but indefinitely postponing portraits means you’re missing out on meaningful photographs that you and your family will ultimately treasure for many years to come. Or, it expand this idea further, professional photos might just be that extra oomph that sets your LinkedIn profile or small business website or social media apart from the competition.
So, to help you feel more comfortable during your next photo shoot — whenever it may be and whether it’s a family session, new headshots, or something else entirely — I’ve outlined a few things to keep in mind. Now, I know this won’t eliminate all your fears, but hopefully help ease some of your anxiety.
Bottom line. Don’t let your desire for perfection hold you back from this experience. Perfect doesn’t exist. Instead, let’s make some perfectly-imperfect magic together.
Did you know that those selfies we all take with cameras phones not only distort the way your face actually looks, but that it’s even lead to a rise in cosmetic surgery and treatments? Even non-professional DSLRs are known for distorting facial proportions or using on-camera flashes that lead to unflattering shadows.
As a professional, I not only have the best equipment to make you look amazing, but also know my way around the best lenses, light, angles, and all that good stuff. Like Vidal Sassoon used to say, “If you don’t look good, I don’t look good.”
I also have the experience and knowledge (going on 10+ yrs now) on how best to pose and direct you.
A very common thing I hear before a session is something to the effect of, “I don’t know how to stand. I’m always so awkward. I hate every photo of myself!” I say these things, too, y’all are not alone.
Trust me when I say that you won’t have to think about how to pose, what to do with your hands, how to tilt your head, or any of that during our session. I will walk you through it all, and you’ll look incredible.
I touched on this already, but it’s such a huge point that I feel like it deserves to be repeated.
Years from now you will be so glad that you took these photos. You’ll look back on the day and think about how much fun you had and get nostalgic about what that period in your life was like. Your family and friends will treasure those images, too.
If you still feel like you don’t want your picture taken, do it for future you and those you love.
A few weeks ago, I was in Ft. Worth for the senior session of one of my first clients. And I couldn’t stop thinking about how if it was surreal for me that this once little girl was now a young lady on her way to college and taking the world by storm, I can’t imagine how her parents must feel. Bittersweet emotions for sure.
Moments like this are why I love this job. It's truly an honor and privilege to capture these special milestones for families. So, thank you, thank you, Shafir-Sheehan family, for trusting me all these years.
Whether it’s family photos, headshots, or a big multi-generational family session, we always have so much fun together. Working with Ryan for her senior portraits was no different and as y’all can see, she’s a natural in front of the camera. Ryan wanted an urban setting for her shoot and here are a few of my favorites from our time together.
This delightful family is also very close knit and wanted to include a few shots with everyone, so before we got started on Ryan’s photos, we did a little mini family session. This vibrant pink wall was the perfect backdrop for their equally vibrant personalities and their monochromatic outfits.
Interested in your own family or senior portait session? Message me and let’s make it happen!
Once again it’s been forever and a day since I’ve blogged, but felt the bug bite today and here we are.
So to know the lovely Momma Carr here is to love her. She’s a special lady.
After years of talking about doing a session together, but it never quite working out with 5 busy kids, several of which had already flown the coop, I was so happy when she messaged me about a session a few months ago.
The silver-lining to the pandemic was that all her babies were home and I was running some of my Pop-Up Porch Session specials. It was kismet.
When I asked her what she wanted to focus on during our time together, she without hesitation said photos of the whole family together. And I couldn’t have been happier to oblige.
Here are a few of my faves our time together earlier this summer.
Interested in your own family session? Fall Session Specials are happening right now, snag a spot before they are gone!
Welp.
Somehow we’re halfway through February 2020 and I never did any of the end of the year posts I had planned. I couldn’t even manage to put together a short and sweet ‘Happy New Year’ post like I told myself I would.
Geez, woman, get it together.
But as is the case in many situations, better late than never, right?
Well, I hope so, because I don’t know about y’all, but throughout January, I struggled more than usual to get back into the swing of things after taking much-needed time off during the holidays.
And it was so frustrating.
I had a list of things to get done — besides the normal work and shoots, I’m working thru a photography workshop and a business bootcamp, then there’s my taxes (oy vey!), my feeble attempts to write a bunch a blog posts to help me be better at sharing more here throughout the coming year, planning a special headshots/portraits event, and working on a few new photography session offerings and services.
Whew. I’m exhausted just typing all that.
But wait, there’s more to do.
There are several family sessions I’ve done over the past few months I’d like to blog about and then there are some personal photos and posts I’d like to share.
Considering my horrible record on consistent blogging, it might be a while until I get to them, so here are some of my favorite client images from the second half of 2019 that I haven’t blogged about yet.
I’ve literally been photographing these babies since they were in their mama’s belly as the Christensen crew are my oldest and dearest friends and clients (fun fact: I’ve know this wonderful mama since we were 3). They’re one of my original muses and I don’t know if I’d be doing what I love without them. So without further ado, some of my faves from our yearly session together.
Interested in your own family session? Let’s make it happen, message me today!
