Her high school senior photo session was absolutely incredible. I mean, wow, everything came together perfectly…a lovely young lady who really let her personality sparkle, perfect weather, beautiful light, amazing hair and makeup (as always) by Katie with Modern Muse Beauty, and the height of wildflower season. Could not ask for anything more to feed my creative soul!

Lensbaby, you did not disappoint:

I think she resembles Lana Del Rey a little here?

Oh, this dress was divine! And the back, too! Wow!

By the time we got done with the bluebonnets, it was dark :-(. But not to worry. The greenhouse and a little off-camera lighting made for some really cool nighttime portraits:

You can see the setup here.

Not sure I could pick a fav from this session, however. I mean *maybe* this one HERE, but really, she kinda nailed them all!

Thank you all for your sweet comments and sharing in my enthusiasm when I shared that I had *finally* printed an album from our huge west coast trip last summer! Many people asked where the album was from and also wanted to see more pics of the book, so here ya go!!! The album is an 8×10 Signature Album from Miller’s Lab and they did not disappoint! The pages are just e-surface, but I see now that they are offering deep matte, which might be nice to try sometime. I do want to point out that instead of using InDesign to do the layout, I just used Miller’s D+ software and it was really, really, really easy to do! I have been putting off learning the software for quite a while because I *just* figured out InDesign, but I’m glad I forced myself to give D+ a try.

Acknowledgments:

• Before creating the album, I interviewed each of the kiddos about the trip and was able to easily incorporate some of their quotes throughout the pages. You should also note that I watched The Secret Life of Walter Mitty and was totally inspired by that movie, hence the cover design and some movie quotes thrown in there ;-).
• I also want to send a HUGE shout out and giant hug to my dear friend Michelle Nicoloff (um, she’s kindofabigdealoninstagram) for so graciously taking some amazing images of us as a family on the beach in Southern California. Seriously, I treasure those images and it was amazing to have our time captured by her. xoxoxox, Michelle!
• I need to mention another good friend Jen Taylor in Seattle, Washington. You see, I had the amazing opportunity to photograph her BEAUTIFUL family by a pretty spectacular lighthouse during a pretty spectacular sunset one night and she could tell I was just dying to photograph my own daughter there. And so she lent my daughter a pretty spectacular dress so I could do just that.
• Finally, I want to thank all of our incredible workshop hostesses for working so hard and doing such an amazing job of pulling together housing and meals and models: Caroline Martin for our time in Cardiff-by-the-Sea, CA; Melody White in Mendocino, CA; and Casey Ray in Olympia, WA.  I mean seriously, what a JOY getting to hang out with each of you and spend so much time working together last summer. I am so thankful to know each of you and to call you friends.

This book was a biggie (I think it ended up being 90 pages), but I do love that even the “thin” pages on Miller’s Signature Albums are actually quite thick. I am very, very pleased with my album and I encourage EVERYONE (especially fellow photographers) to have albums made of your personal images and photo sessions. This is truly the best way to tell the story of your family and events and is guaranteed to be looked at and adored by YOU and your family. Definitely much more than simply leaving your images in digital form (valuable to have, but they just don’t get seen as much as when they are printed). In fact, to encourage more of my clients to have albums made from their sessions, I would like to make a special offer to just to you…see the bottom of this post for details 😉

The Special Offer:

Any client of mine (whether from 9 years ago or if you have a session coming up with me sometime this year) – leave a comment on this post sometime before April 15th and I will create an album from one of our sessions (or if you did a Baby’s First Year plan, we can combine images from all of those sessions) at 40% off my regular album price! Again, just leave me a comment on this post before April 15th and I will contact you with all of the album specs and details to get the process started.

I want to take a moment to brag on USB Memory Direct. I’ve been using them as my source for USBs for my client photo sessions for almost a year now. After I was lamenting a couple of negative experiences from another distributor, my good friend Lena (a talented photographer in Ridgewood, NJ) told me about USB Memory Direct and said I should give them a try. I am SOOOO happy I took her advice! The representatives were so helpful and incredibly fast with communication, quotes, mock ups, and delivery. I have not had any issues with the drives malfunctioning and I love the quality and the options. Sometimes I find myself too quick to complain online when something isn’t going right, but this time, I thought I’d jump at the chance to PRAISE USB Memory Direct online about something that is just right!

There is NO denying that these three are sisters. There is no question that they are STUNNING. There is NO doubt in my mind that dad is going to have his hands full when they are of dating age ;-). But for now, I think we can just appreciate this perfect, beautiful little milestone session just as the Texas wildflowers were starting to bloom (the last time I saw them, the caboose was just a few days old). These little beauties rocked it in every way possible and brought their A game to the fields! LOVED this image, but THIS might be my personal fav.

I mean how is it possible that his newborn session was an entire year ago? One thing I never imagined this job of mine would make me feel was old, but watching these kids grow up at the speed of light definitely has that effect on me. He was SO joyful and smiley at his session and he loved exploring the wildflower fields! He wanted everyone to share in his excitement, too, even me 😉.

I hope you had a Happy Birthday, little buddy, and it’s been pretty cool seeing  your little personality emerge!