Yvonne, Again

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?…

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….

    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…

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)…

Josie got the short end of the stick. Halfway through a week of shoots at Gown and Glove with no rain at all (nearly miraculous for a Bellingham winter), we were just about ready to call it another successful rain-free day and then – kersplat – the first of the raindrops started falling.  Josie is…