SOPHEY – CLASS OF 2011 {PLANO, ILLINOIS SENIOR PHOTOGRAPHER}

 

Another amazingly awesome Senior Session.

 

Sophey, Sophey, Sophey.

 

 

I have known her for years.

 

 

Watching her grown into a BEAUTIFUL young woman has been a pleasure.

 

 

Sophey has always had a great sense of style.

Her style.

No one can duplicate it.

 

 

I couldn’t wait to shoot her session.

I knew she would be amazing.

 

 

A grungy abandoned worksite and a little black dress.

PERFECTION.

 

Then we headed to the country to get eaten alive by mosquitos.

We love pain.

 

 

But you would never know it.

 

You did a fantastic job Soph!!

Loved working with you and spending time with you and your beautiful, wonderful mom!

 

Wait a minute.

I know.

For those of you who know Sophey, you are probably thinking that these photos are beautiful, but….

Where is the Sophey we know and love.

 

Here she is!

 

 

I LOVE THAT GIRL!!

 

BREAKFAST WITH FRIENDS

 

An amazing way to start the day.

 

friends

coffee

laughter

gossip

food

cameras

sharing

hugs

 

 

What could be better?

 

Me, Anne Marie, Tracey, Jeanne, Jen and Amy.

 

I am so lucky to have met these amazing women through our blogs.

A connection of spirits, creativity, admiration and love.

 

Thanks ladies for being a part of my life!!

 

HILLARY – CLASS OF 2011 {oswego, illinois senior photographer}

 

I first met Hillary when I photographed her wonderful family last fall.

They are the sweetest, all 6 of them.

 

I am so honored that they called me to shoot Hillary’s Senior Session.

She is such a beauty!!

And she did and amazing job.

Really knew how to work the camera.

I had a very hard time picking my favorites for the blog.

 

But here goes:

 

 

It was a gorgeous day and the lighting was fantastic even though we were out right in the middle of it when the sun can be too harsh.

We found the sweet spots.

 

 

Every one of her facial expressions is golden.

I am extremely partial to her laughing shots though.

 

 
 

Like the one above.

Priceless.

 

Oh and this next one is a gem too.

Are ya ready?

 

 

She’s even cute when she’s making goofy faces.

That’s my kind of girl.

 

Thanks so much Hillary and Michelle!!

I had so much fun.  You guys are great. 

 

 

RANDOM HAPPENINGS

 

Busy, busy, busy this week.

3 AWESOME senior sessions.

I have so much fun shooting these.

I could honestly do it every day!!

 

Plus I have been watching the puppies.

Karlie and Dusty went to Tennessee for a week.

They will be home tonight.

Yea!!

I miss her terribly.

But the puppies have kept me occupied.

 

 

They are really good.

 

 

They lay around a lot.

Then they fight with each other.

Then they sleep.

 

 

I am really going to miss them when they go back home tonight.

So will Uncle Eric.

 

 

I think he has a week spot for Molly.

 

I have been also switching my studio space back to the big room in the back of my house.

I will try to take some pictures in the next couple of days. 

My stuff is down here and in place but so is all of Karlie’s stuff that needs to go up to her room.

So as soon as that’s moved, I will snap some.

I have to say, I am glad to be back down here. 

 

Remember when I went to the cabin a couple of weeks ago.

Well, I did do some work.

I painted the porch, which we had some work done on.

 

{before}

 

{after}

It needed to be straightened out and we had new posts underneath it. 

It was tweaked in a tornado a few years before we bought it and it really bothered Roger that it was out of shape.

All good now.

 

I also had a visitor while I was there.

She came out to play almost every evening.

 

 

Isn’t she cute.

She played out there for over and hour.

Prancing around.

She knew I was there, but didn’t seem to mind.

I just sat on my swing with the camera.

(The images were taken through the screen, that’s why they aren’t really clear.)

I am having lunch with girlfriends today.
Looking forward to it.
Always a highlight to my day.

Have a wonderful day.
xo!

JAKE – CLASS OF 2011 {BIG ROCK, IL SENIOR PHOTOGRAPHER}

 

It was an honor to meet Jake, his mom and his brother.

A wonderful family.

 

We explored a couple of my favorite farms.

Jake was a natural.

 

 

I loved that Jake was up for anything.

And his mom had a photographer’s eye!

I asked her if she wanted to be my assistant.

Really!

 

 

Love that one!

His expression and the sunflare.

Beautiful!!

 

 

 

We even got Jake’s brother in on a few shots.

 

 

Such handsome young men.

 

Thanks to Jake and his family.  I enjoyed our evening.

 

Well everything except for the mosquitos.

They were bad!