First we have Auriel… her mother was my office manager for a few years and I’ve see Auriel grow up into a beautiful young lady!

Jillia had a gorgeous olive green dress and, as all my seniors – was so easy to photograph!

Landon preferred not to smile in his photos – but that was okay – he could be a model!  He was also very easy to photograph and relaxed in front of the camera.

Kaelyn is a very tall young lady – and the gown she chose to wear looked very medieval and I tried to photograph her with that style of posing and lighting – although I deviated from that, as you can see in the first image.  We also did some photos of her with her volleyball uniform – look at those legs!

I love it when these seniors are open to trying something fun! 

Kahlia was a dark haired beauty and her gown was a gorgeous pewter grey color – it looked great on the background we chose!

A very popular item that I was offering this year was the 4 image Storyboard…

Please note the middle image – my newest background in the Studio!

Then Kahlia changed into casual clothes and this was one of her favorite images – she loved the original piece of art on the wall over the sofa (it’s a photograph I took several years ago that looks like a painting and I had it mounted on a stretcher canvas gallery wrap – the image is titled “Timid Tulips”).

Next came Chelsea.  She brought in her boyfriend, Clifford – I really liked the way they’re interacting in this photo!

She had this awesome pink streak in her hair – I love it when girls make a statement with their hair! 

The last Grunthal Grad I photographed was Caden.  Wow – what a gentleman!   He chose a great light coloured suit and it looked stunning on him – he could easily be a fashion model – he’s a natural in front of the camera…

I love this shot of him on my outdoor “Western” set!

This is another favorite of mine (and his) …

He then changed into an outfit that his mother said is ‘totally Caden’ – doesn’t he look great?

Then he changed into his hockey jersey for a few shots.  He’s a great goalie (I’m told) and totally loves hockey.  You should have seen his face when I was ready to photograph him in this outfit and his mom said to him… “Oh, by the way, did you know Jonathan Toews is going to be at the event tomorrow night?”

Then we did one last outfit – love those shorts!!!!

Congrats all Grunthal Grads!

Anyway – now on to the first of many grads.

Josh Guenther came in on May 14 for his session.

I found Josh had his own style and I loved the suit he wore.  I had just received some beautiful fresh tulips from a friend’s garden and I asked if he would hold them … I think it completed his unique look! 

He had the most interesting sneakers and I made a point of photographing them.

Josh is also into sports and I did some shots of one of his favorite pasttimes…

He changed into his casual clothes and we did a few more shots.

Josh told me that he had just taken up running recently and that he was going to be competing in the Manitoba Marathon – which happened today – June 21st!  I just checked the results and he completed the Full Marathon in 4:31:09 – which is amazing in the 30+ temperatures we had today!   His Overall Position was 373/691.  Position Amongst Gender:  290/487 and Position in Age Group was 6/9.  Congratulations Josh!!!!

Two years ago I had the privilege of photographing Josh’s sister Ashlee.  Since I didn’t have a Blog at that time, I’ll post a few of her images!   Ashlee reminded me of a young Audrey Hepburn.

Stay tuned for more of my High School Seniors – Class of 2009!

Later.