I absolutely loved working with the stunning Maria from Alisal High for her senior portraits. Scheduling your senior session can sometimes be a little tricky, because we're working with the school yearbook's deadline. Those senior photos (and quotes) need to be submitted on time to make it into the yearbook! But thankfully Maria called me with plenty of time to have her favorite portrait turned in.
Like many high schools, Alisal High has particular guidelines that we need to follow for choosing a yearbook photo. It should be a closely cropped portrait of your face, not a full body pose. But during my senior sessions I love to get a variety of all types of poses. After all, you only get to submit one photo to your school yearbook, but you can order as many other photos for youself as you want! I always recommend ordering one of my Senior Collection print packages that include plenty of wallet-size photos. Wallet sizes are great for giving to friends, as well as including inside your graduation announcements to extended family.

Recently I had the awesome opportunity to work with my good friend Cynthia, who has been working on her YouTube channel Giving Into Cyn, where she tries out and reviews lots of delicious and creative recipies for your viewing and mouth-watering pleasure. Cynthia realized the one major thing missing from her channel was her own face! So she called me up for some professional headshots that reflected not only her love of cooking and baking, but also her whimsical side. I set up a couple of different backdrops in her backyard, and Cynthia came armed with a super cute black chef's hat and a killer smile. We just had tons of fun playing with different props. From mixing bowls, sugar skull salt and pepper shakers, to cupakes that we decorated together!

After last month's Model Call, I started planning what I hoped would be a beautiful session in a field of tall grass. I knew I wanted my model to wear a long flowing dress and for the session to have an elegant feel.... and that was about it. Yet when all was said and done I feel I got so much more than that out of it. That's one of the things I love about photography. A session can start with the simplest of ideas or concepts. And then that idea evolves into something even better, depending on where you go and who you get to work with.