Seniors

Senior: Jenny

Jenny and I took an adventure. An adventure in our very own town. Technically, we were taking senior pictures and talking about all her future plans and dreams. But since I love adventure and adventure loves me, and since Jenny saw the adventures, too, our day in Winston-Salem turned into an adventure.

First, we hiked up four flights of stairs. In a parking garage. Did you know that the downtown Winston parking garage floors are numbered by musical instruments? So if you park your car there, all you have to do is say “I am playing the trumpet when I go find my car” and you’ll remember where you parked!

Then, we took a wrong turn and ended up in a not-so-pleasant side of town. Lets just say we high tailed it outta there. Fast. And were NOT interested in stopping at the super photogenic spot we saw. (I promise, Mom. We didn’t.)

And, finally, we found a tunnel. Yes, a TUNNEL. In Winston Salem. Downtown. If that doesn’t make us cool, I don’t know what does.

So there we were. Two girls with the most amazing name in the world. Taking unboring Senior Pictures. And having adventures.

P.S. When Jenny heads abroad to study in Ireland, I’m going to go visit her. Then we’ll have real adventures. 😛

Seniors

Senior: Jessica

What makes a good day for taking Senior pictures in Winston Salem? Is it the weather? The location? The outfit? Is it an emotional – “today feels good” – decision? Is it objective? Or subjective? Call me cheesy, but I think any day I get to spend with my camera is an automatically good day….

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Senior: Molly

She stopped to pet the lion. No, it wasn’t dangerous. In fact, there was nothing in it to fear (except maybe the strange looks from other pedestrians). This lion was as still and as silent as a sculpture. Yes, really. It was a sculpture. But it was there, standing in her path simply…

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Ashton: the Senior

She was on her hands and knees in the middle of the barn floor doing what she does best: laughing. Laura‘s wedding day had (finally) arrived and Ashton was hard at work; helping, serving, assisting, scurrying, decorating, laughing. She was having fun working. Repeat: fun and working WERE in the same sentence. Because that’s…

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Senior: Allie

All day, it was threatening to rain. Well, actually, it did rain…leaving me a little concerned how my evening was going to go. But, I had a plan and once I made sure Allie was on board with a little improv, I created two shoot schedules: one with rain, one without rain. Even as we…

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Senior: Tiffany

Tiffany was heading toward me and the spot in I’d picked for our next series of shots. I was walking backwards (it takes talent, let me tell you) and explaining the concept of the hairbrained idea I had (it involved Taylor Swift – don’t ask) and why we were walking across the parking lot to the corner of a field….

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Ashley and Alibi [Journey’s End Training Center]

I drove down a very long dirt road, but I really wasn’t that far from a Wal-Mart and the mall and the interstate and all the other elements of civilization. I was in the middle of nowhere, yet near to everything. I wasn’t just driving down a road; I was heading to a retreat, a…