Another beautiful senior girl to show you from Falcon High School!  Heather chose Monument Valley Park for her shoot, and I’m so glad she did.  The morning we went out, it was dreary, foggy, and misting over most of the front range, with the exception of over Monument Valley Park!  The mostly overcast sky made for beautiful, even light, and the occasional sun ray poking through the clouds warmed us up from time to time.

Heather is a fun girl, and it just so happens that she’s BFFs with Harley.  Just like Harley, Heather is bubbly, fun and very sweet.  Heather’s mom came along and only barely had to look at Heather before she was cracking up.  It’s so much fun to see a mom and daughter be so close during the teenage years…I hope I’ll be so lucky!

Thanks so much Heather!  I had a great time with you.  :)

I had such a blast in Manitou Springs with Harley!  She’s a Falcon High School senior who loves to be on stage, smiles all the time, and is quick with a kindhearted laugh.  She’s probably one of the busiest kids I’ve ever encountered…I can’t even remember the laundry list of activities that she ran down when I asked her what she does…and she still manages to give some volunteer time to a Puppy Mill Rescue near her house.  Harley is planning on heading to UNC Greeley next year to study theater.  I can totally picture her being on Broadway someday!

Thanks so much, Harley…you’re so much fun!

In my years as a teacher, it was never hard for me to pick the kids who were my favorites.  It was always the seniors.  I know, I wasn’t supposed to have favorites, and it’s not to say that there were never any non-seniors that I didn’t adore, because that’s not true.  But I always loved the seniors.  What an awesome time in your life…and yet, so very potentially difficult at the same time.  It’s awesome to get to capture kids in the moments before they spread their wings and fly away from their home, away from their parents, and finally become the people they were meant to become.  It’s really no wonder that I always have so much fun shooting each of my senior sessions.

Robert was no different.  He is SO smart.  The whole time I was taking his picture he was talking to me about things that are so over my head that I can’t even remember an example.  Don’t get me wrong-I was fascinated.  He is FULL of knowledge.  It wouldn’t surprise me in the slightest if he were running the free world some day!  Robert is a senior at Falcon High School, and he’s hoping to attend the Air Force Academy here in Colorado Springs next year.  So it seemed fitting that we head to the beautiful USAFA for his senior pictures.

Thanks so much for driving me around Phil, Julie, and Robert!  I had so much fun.

Last weekend, Brittany and I headed to Red Rock Canyon Open Space and hiked around the beautiful area.  Brittany was a real trooper, and braved the bugs and other who knows what to adhere to my every request.  She’s the last of my Senior Reps for this year, and I had a great time with her.  Brittany will be attending Fort Lewis College in Durango in 2011.  This absolutely thrills me, as it’s my alma matter!  I know Brittany will LOVE Durango and Fort Lewis.  Talking with her about it made me itchy for a visit to my second home…  anyway, here’s another look at her pictures.

As soon as I saw Brittany get out of her car and saw this adorable dress she picked up from Gloss, I was having visions of vintage styled portraits with a hand-colored look to them, so I was thrilled with the way these came out.  :)

Brittany and her family were such a fun group to spend the evening with!  Thanks so much Brittany…I’m glad you love your pictures!

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As promised, here is a look at Marisa’s senior portraits.  Marisa will be a senior at an area high school in the fall.  She is an impressive 3 sport athlete, and she plans to go to school to be a veterinarian.  She is the second of my senior reps, and I had a blast doing her pictures at Fox Run Park last week.

Marisa’s favorite color is green, so for an added touch I got her the green balloons you see here.

As you can see, Marisa tried a variety of outfits and make-up for her pictures.  I never limit the number of clothing changes during your shoot, as long as we can still have enough time to shoot within the time frame allotted (2-3 hours).   I do this because I like the way it really reflects the client and their style!  (This is just as true for engagement and other portrait sessions…so don’t be afraid to be yourself!)

Marisa, I had a lot of fun with you!  Thanks so much.

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For just the the few minutes it will take you to read this, put the way you may feel about graffiti aside.  Why?   Because I had to do that when I was shooting Morgan’s senior portraits.  See, since Morgan was a freshman and discovered Rainbow Falls (or,more commonly and affectionately known as Graffiti Falls to Colorado Springs high school aged kids), she knew she wanted to have her senior pictures taken there.  Who was I to say no to that!?  I had never been there myself, but I’ll admit, I was a bit nervous to photograph there.  I looked up some pictures on the internet, and while nervous, I was intrigued.  I’m not big on graffiti, but I can certainly see the appeal, artistically and otherwise, especially when it’s done well.  So we hiked up the hill to the falls, and upon seeing it I caught my breath.  It was both overwhelming and unexpectedly pretty at the same time.   I was instantly excited, and when we started shooting my excitement quadrupled.

Morgan is the first of my Senior Reps.  I’ll have the second coming up next!  In the mean time, take a peek at Morgan’s Graffiti Falls Senior Portraits.

I played around with some textures for this picture in front of the falls.  Her mom was eager to have a few choices that weren’t drenched with graffiti, and I rather liked the way this one came out.

My two favorites:

Part of what made Morgan’s pictures so fun, aside from the unusual location of course, were that she didn’t say no to anything I suggested, and that she was able to continually be completely herself.  For example, with the falls being located right under Highway 24, there are some structural braces that I suggested Morgan climb up onto if she was comfortable doing so.  She said, SURE!, waded through the thigh high COLD creek and was up in the beams before I knew it.  She did a great job, and I had a lot of fun with her!  It helps that Morgan is a fairly successful runner, so she had the athletic ability to complete the tasks I requested!

Thanks so much, Morgan!  I had a great time with you.

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