Have I mentioned that my clients are awesome? A few hundred times, you say? Well, it's because they ARE. And Hillary is no exception. We had a BLAST taking photos downtown at Tanner Springs Park....
...and then we headed out to the family farm her mom grew up on!
Her adorable baby cousin was there for some moral support...
We then headed to the neighboring farms and took advantage of some AWESOME sunset light!
There were too many great photos to blog, so just check out the slideshow to see them all!
Congratulations Hillary! Have an awesome Senior year!!
If you read this blog, you know that I am very blessed to have wonderful clients. I'm also blessed to have wonderful friends, and this photo session combined the best of both worlds. The Garrisons are dear friends, and when they asked me to take family shots, it didn't take long for me to think of a great (and meaningful) place to go. A lot of these images were taken at the Alpenrose Dairy in Portland, where Tanner has spent many an evening performing on stage in the Opera House with the drama group at Westside Christian High. We finished up the session on the deck of their new home, and they even let me climb on the roof to get some shots. I told you my clients were awesome!
I had the awesome privilege of taking Melissa's Senior photos this past week. Melissa will be a Senior at West Linn High School this fall and I'm so excited that she has agreed to be a Senior Rep for me! If you are a Senior at another Portland-area High School and are interested in earning free prints, please let me know!
This session was so much fun, and Melissa had a great time too. It's so great when your client is relaxed, having a great time, and is willing to try different poses. The coolest part was that I barely had to give her any direction. She's a natural in front of the camera!
Enjoy some of my favorites below and, as always, don't forget the mega-slideshow!
Congratulations Melissa!
I call this one "The Album Cover". Somewhere at this very moment, Taylor Swift is jealous. :)
I love this blue door!
Melissa was just full of expression and laughter and I thought these 4 images captured all of that!
Aqua Chuck Taylors, baby!!
We were fortunate (although our ears weren't!) to have a train go by while shooting down in the warehouse district and it gave us a perfect "rotating" backdrop!
I love it when clients let loose! :)
A little Photoshop fun...
We headed over to the waterfront to finish the evening... These are two of my favorites from that setting.
Here's a little sneak peek of a recent Senior shoot that was more fun than should be allowed! I'm super excited about the rest of the images from her set, but here's one of my favorites in the meantime. Enjoy, and watch for the rest coming soon to a blog near you!
Last Saturday, the children's department in our church (http://www.pfcn.org) hosted a Princess Breakfast for the girls. I setup a backdrop to get some portraits of the princesses in their dresses and it was a LOT of fun! These are just a few of my favorites (Abby, the standard poodle, was the hit of the morning) and I, of course, had to include one of my own special little princess at the end.
I had the honor a few Saturdays ago to take some publicity photos of Rand, who will be receiving the Professional Achievement Award at Northwest Nazarene University, which honors an alumnus whose distinguished record of achievement has brought honor and recognition to the university. Here are just a couple of his images. Congratulations Rand!
