Senior Portrait
To spend time in Bellingham, WA in the winter is to flirt with rain. To combine an alleyway (my favorite!) with fabulous and quirky sweaters (Beau’s favorites!) and a classy pipe (Beau’s favorite!) with backlit raindrops (my favorite!), these photos are basically – well – AWESOME. (Said with all the humility possible, of course. :-P)…
She walked into my classroom. Maybe a teeny bit timid, maybe a huge bit excited, and most definitely a lot overwhelmed. Thirty other second graders clamored for attention, the boys antagonizing the pretty girls and the girls gossiping among themselves — usually talking about boys. (Patterns start young, thats what I learned). I was her…
It all started on a beautiful spring evening. A walk in the woods. A camera. A beautiful dress. Then my lovely assistant saw an opportunity. Ran back to the car (through thorns and poison ivy, mind you). Returned with the perfect prop. And there it was: the Alice in Wonderland pocketwatch. Except her name isn’t…
When I’m taking photos – especially when I’m taking Senior Portraits – my goal is to not just take a picture of a face, but to take an photograph of a person. Not just what they are, but who they are. I’ve always said that anyone can take a snapshot, anyone can click a button…
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…
DSC_0287, originally uploaded by jenniferpinkerton. Because I can’t get enough of that smile, here’s another shot from my afternoon with Yvonne. Keep it up, girl!