Ladies Looking Fierce!

I haven't been able to do as many "friend" shoots as I would like, so I was overjoyed to shoot these three roommates! They haven't known each other for very long, but 1) needed photos for their dating apps and 2) wanted pictures together! This seems like the start of a beautiful friendship. And they were certainly beautiful for their pictures!

Early Start on Senior Sessions

Way back in my days of second shooting for my dad, spring was always senior portrait session. Something surprising to me here in Utah is how many seniors get their pictures done in the fall. I think it's got something to do with yearbook photo submissions (we couldn't submit our own in PA...I don't think...I moved right before senior year so I don't really remember. I think I am in two different Washington yearbooks as a senior, though. But that's another story). Anyway, today I delivered my first senior session of the year.

Pro tip: I told my senior before I took the first picture that I needed him to pretend that he had known me for a really long time, so his pictures didn't have that awkward glaze of "who is this strange girl taking my picture?" Totally worked!

Bonus round! Right after this one an elderly gentleman next to the slide asked if we were married. When I quickly responded, no, we're taking his senior portraits, he replies, "So you're the mom?" 

So apparently my age is incredibly flexible. 

Senior Portraits on a Windy Day

Normally, I get really excited to photograph people with long hair. Especially long, beautiful, dark red hair like Hailey's. But I feel terribly guilty as soon as we felt the first gust of wind, and all of that gorgeous hair went right into Hailey's face! Fortunately we had a good support, hair holding and brushing team (Go, Chris!) and with patience we got a great session.

Two Seniors, THREE Doggos

So when I thought about pet photography for the first time, I thought, I should maybe think twice before having more than one animal at a shoot. That was a good caveat for myself. Luckily, this multi-puppers shoot went just fine, but WOW, that was a lot of energy!