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I just LOVE how this session turned out. Everything just seemed to fall into place so well. The sun was gorgeous, the leaves were just the right color, this grad student dressed in soft colors which worked perfectly with the softness of the light, and she was super photogenic. Thanks for making everything so easy!
This family is awesome. Their momma, Melissa Chapman of White Lotus Photography, is a photographer friend of mine, and this was the first time I got to meet her husband and kids. We headed out to my inlaws farmyard to shoot their session, and these city kids just thought the tractor was the best! We had a great time shooting, until heads collided and the session came to a crashing halt with two black eyes. Thankfully, we were just wrapping up anyway, but there were some pretty colorful faces for the ride home. :( Hopefully everyone is all healed up!
Grad casuals are back in swing now this fall. These girls came together on a frigid september evening. It looks deceptively pretty out in these shots, but you’ll see in the picture of Casey on the bail that it was far from a warm night! Thanks for being tough girls!
I know it’s a little early for a grad casual session, but it beats the fall rush! We had gone out to shoot last night, and the weather of course didn’t cooperate. After hiding out under an awning for a bit, the rain finally let up and we went to main street to try and get some shots with the super dark sky. Just like the wedding from last weekend, her blue dress worked so well with the sky! We did alot of experimenting and goofing around, and I like the results. Alot different than I usually shoot, as I’m not normally still shooting as the sun is sitting on the horizon. It was fun to fool around and just see what happened. That’s often when I learn the most and get some of the best images. Thanks for your patience Shaelyn!
****Side note to grads**** I’m fairly booked up for the fall already. I won’t likely be able to take any more evening sessions in September, but I can probably squeeze in a few during the day. So if you’re wanting fall casuals, let me know so I can book you into October sometime.
Most people in the Grenfell area know that Kaitlyn is my cousin. So yes, she will get an extra large blog post. She was 4ish when I moved to Grenfell. Never did I imagine I’d be photographing her grad! She and her siblings were my practice models when I first started getting into photography. I have so many terrible pictures of them from back in the film days when I was still figuring out studio lighting. Some turned out, alot didn’t. So I can say thank you for letting me experiment with you, and learn with cute subjects. 
Thank goodness I improved drastically from those days, otherwise your grad pictures would have sucked!
We had to do some fun ones at the end, and I’ve had this trampoline idea in my head all grad season, but never got a chance to do it. Thanks for being a good sport Scott. 
This session had originally been planned for a few weeks ago, but the night she was supposed to come, it was horrible weather. Because I’ve photographed a few of her older sister’s grads, she wanted to have outdoor pictures like they did. We decided to wait and reschedule. I’m sooooo glad we did, because they night she came, it was perfect. Her gorgeous dress was so elegant on her. Loved it! I have to give a BIG thank you again to Gallingers in town. They have let me wander into their yard countless times to use their garden and stone home as a backdrop for my grad students. If you were lucky enough to explore their yard this past weekend on the Garden Tour during the centennial celebrations in Grenfell, you’ll know why I love shooting here so much!
Grad season has now finally come to a close, but not the blogging of them. I’ve still got a couple yet to post. This guy was awesome. He thought everything I said was hilarious, so I liked him!
I’m sort of behind a bit on blog posting, but last friday I had a couple students from the Lemberg class come down for pictures. The day had started off so ugly and rainy, but by the afternoon, thank goodness, all had cleared off.
Last week I photographed another beautiful grad, on a beautiful evening. I loved the way the light hit the ruffles on her dress. And she had AWESOME heels! I included one shot with them, but I should have done a closer one, because they were great.
It was only fitting that with a sunny yellow grad dress, that we’d have a sunny, golden evening to shoot in. I also have to say thanks to the Art Club ladies in town for painting such a cool mural on the town office building. I got to try it out with this student, as the colors worked perfectly!
