I am also excited to be photographing High School Senior/Grad Portraits in the next few months.  What a wonderful time of life - finishing high school and heading off to university or a job.  I remember when I was graduating - it was the end of an era (or so it seemed) - I was SO glad to be done my 12 years of school and the anticipation of what life was to bring - and that makes me smile as well!

And, since no blog post is complete without a photo, here are a few High School Senior Portraits taken of two that are going to be graduating this June.

This is Andrea - she came in with some fabulous outfits and she looked like a model!

I asked Colton to bring in a prop that had meaning to him and that he would look back on one day that really defined him at this time of his life.  He brought in a Bible and a large cross (you’ll have to wait to see those images).

So what makes you smile?

The children have grown and it was time for an update.  Heather told me that the twins were really shy and the chances were very good that one or the other would be clinging and the other crying.  But she would be happy with any results I could get!   What a challenge! 

Of course, as many of you know, children’s attention spans are about as long as what their age is - and I was surprised to see them co-operate for 27 minutes!  And we got some fabulous images!

This first image you can see how hesitant the girls were - very laid back and not sure about me as yet!

They’re starting to get more comfortable here - but what makes this image so wonderful is the moment between Dad and Jack!

Love, love - LOVE this image.  Look at the way that Macy is clinging to Dad!   And Jack - look what he did with his sweater - kids do that all the time!

Macy had to come closer to check me out - the first two times she put her hand over my face - I guess she wanted to see if I was a threat - and after that she really relaxed.

At one point when Daddy and Jack left the room - Mom gathered her girls into her for a hug…

But - the result was that she banged their heads together!  :-D   The girls didn’t seem to mind - but the expression on Mom’s face is just priceless!

We tried another family group - but at this point I knew it was not going to result in the look we were after.  But there is something about this image that is absolutely precious!   Can you imagine the story this will tell years from now?  I keep looking at it and it makes me smile and laugh.  Look at Macy reaching out for the feather Dad is holding and Mom’s expression!  Mallory is checking out Jack’s feather.  This depicts real life to me!

After that we tried to get some of the children together - at this point the kids had had enough - but I really like this image.  Shows their little personalities - in fact I see them shine through in all of these images!  One day Heather and Scott are going to look back on these and laugh.

This is the lobby for a local hair salon in Steinbach.  I’ve had the privilege of photographing all the stylists at this salon (see the photos behind the counter).   Recently I had a call from the owner to ask if I could do some photos for their upcoming brochure.  I jumped at the chance and last week three gorgeous women came into my studio!  Don’t you agree?

Thank you Nichole and Don and Bailey!  I can’t wait to see her grow up!

Thanks Jared and Sandi - for bringing little Brooke in when she was just just 5 days old!   Here are some of my favorite images from the session.

Ohhhh - she’s smiling!

And very alert!

“It was the tiniest thing I ever decided to put my whole life into.” ~ T. Guillemets