We got a call from a young lady named Emily who was actually a friend of a friend (don't you just love how those connections work?!). When Chelsie spoke with Emily, she had a definite idea on where she wanted her senior portraits taken. When Chelsie told me the spot, what I said was "Okay." But what I was thinking was "Oh no!" because what I remembered of the spot is lots and lots of grass and some woods. Not very exciting or unique as far as picture settings.
But I should have trusted both mine and Chelsie's instincts as well as our abilities to pull something out of our surroundings. Lesson learned, once again. We started with the rocking chair that Emily requested. By the way, there's a whole other story to that rocking chair that we may share sometime in the future ;-)
As we are lugging the rocking chair from one spot to another, we noticed this old tree set about 20 or 30 feet back in the woods. We asked Emily if she was game for traipsing back through some weeds and a few brambles and, trooper that she is, she said yes.
Okay, the cameras are all "warmed up" and apparently so were our noggin's because we looked around for another angle and sitting there in front of us, plain and simple, was a couple of picnic tables. We put them to good use and I think they worked pretty well.
Emily had a couple of other spots that she wanted to visit and we were all for it as long as we still had the daylight to shoot. As soon as we pulled into the parking lot of this small lake, I knew I'd have to come back here sometime with a little bit of spare time (Hah!) and a good book. And it was apparent that this place was special to Emily too. Yep, she loves to come out here with a blanket and a book and just relax.
The other place that Emily had in mind was a farm that belongs to her Aunt and Uncle. There is an old abandoned house (jackpot!) that we used to try a few different images. And bless her heart, Emily was all for trying whatever we suggested. We found this old horseshoe lying right at the base of the porch so we stuck it up on the railing to add a little something interesting.
As soon as we pulled into the barn yard, this little fellow came barreling out of the barn and followed at Emily's heels everywhere we went. FYI, she went back a day or two later and scooped him up to take home as her new pet. ;-)
We can't thank you enough, Emily, for choosing us to document your senior year as well as for how much fun it was to photograph you. We wish you all the best as you finish your last year in high school and prepare to head out on your own path in life.
Can you come to Washington in 6 years to do my daughters senior pics? These are beautiful and seem to capture so much of this young woman! Great job!
ReplyDeleteHey Roxi!! I would LOVE to come to WA and I'd love to meet your family. Hope they are as ornery as you are ;-) And thank you so much for the support and kind words.
ReplyDeleteHow have you been? Drop me an email and catch me up.