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And more images from her session last month:
See? Lovely.
Okay. I’m going to point out the obvious here. He’s a natural. Duh. There. I said it. I don’t often get to photograph senior boys so it was a lot of fun getting to work with him. And even if he thought I was completely goofy (which I am), he was very patient with me and was willing to do whatever. Thanks, T! It was great to meet you and I hope you’re making the most out of your senior year!!!
We had to book it to catch the sunset (I tend to get distracted by pretty buildings and great clothes), but we made it…barely. A special thanks to her grandmother for trekking out into the field with us to help hold the light, in spite of the very real threat of fire ants (and I have the bites to prove it).
So far, she’s been the only senior who chose to get up before sunrise to take her senior pictures. And let me tell you, I think we’re both glad she did. Can you even believe this beautiful light and check out her wardrobe choices?! Well done!
She was the sweetest person in the world to work with and I had so much fun. Her beau even showed up to help out. Little did he know he’d be dragged into the photo session, too 😉 Here he his helping me take a test shot for my OCF:
In fact, those two were so darned cute together, I ended up practically doing a whole other mini session just for them. Those pics to come in part 2!
“I don’t know what regular senior portraits look like, but I want mine
to be full of laughter and look like I’m having fun. Not sitting by a
tree with my letter jacket on, like everyone else :P”
Now that made my day and I couldn’t wait for her session. She did not disappoint. Love her hair (I so wish I could pull that off) and loved the sparkle of her eyes. Indeed, I think she looks like she’s having fun. I know I was.
Back at the end of June, I had the honor of attending Nichole Van’s lighting workshop in Utah. I had never been to Utah before and let me tell you, it’s very tempting to pack up everything and move out there right now.
The workshop was wonderful and I learned so much about using off camera flash. Nichole is a very talented artist and teacher. So much to take in and I’m trying to force myself to practice it whenever I can. Truth be told, it makes me very nervous to try something new with my clients, but at the same time, I’ve got to constantly grow and challenge myself or things can get stale. I’m proud to say that I’ve used off camera flash at two of my sessions this week and I hope to incorporate it more as I can.
But perhaps the coolest thing was that I attended the workshop with a group of online friends from all over the country (and Canada)–only one of whom I had ever met in person and another who I got to visit with again just this week. We all started our journey into photography at about the same time and most of us gathered together on Flickr to share ideas, garner information, and learn from each other. In this day, a photography business can be very “online”…most of us work from our homes and depend on the internet to get our “water cooler conversations.” I had an absolute blast with these ladies and they made that trip so much fun for me. What a great opportunity to talk shop with some good friends, share stories, and laugh, laugh, laugh! I really hope we can all work together again someday.
[P.S. About 3 minutes after this, I sat in a fire ant mound. Nice. But I don’t care. Did you *see* this picture??!]