Yvonne, Again
Because I can’t get enough of that smile, here’s another shot from my afternoon with Yvonne. Keep it up, girl!
Because I can’t get enough of that smile, here’s another shot from my afternoon with Yvonne. Keep it up, girl!
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…
He admitted it freely: he didn’t want his picture taken. But he was a good sport, obliging his sentimental mother and tolerating me. Me? I saw him as a challenge. I wanted to prove to him that I could make picture-time fun and not pure torture. He was, in my opinion, my Mona Lisa, waiting…
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…
When Kristen picked out her insta-glam dress (sorry, was that a bad play on words?), Ashley made the easiest and best decision of her day: boldly red lipstick. Jiminy crickets! Between the dress’s jewels, the popping makeup, and the addition of fabulous gloves by Stephanie, Kristen could’ve sauntered down any red carpet with ease. See?…
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….
I’ve known few people so capable of bringing instant energy and joy into a room. But that’s Jayna. She bounced into Gown and Glove and had just experienced the commute worth forgetting — bad directions on GPS, getting lost in a confuzling town, a one-way-street that didn’t need to be there, and then FINALLY safely…