Developments of Life 

Last year I was out with friends one Saturday evening, and one of them was discussing just how much it cost at the local studio that her daughter’s high school had contracted with for a Senior Lifestyle Portrait session. I nearly spit out my drink. **NEWFLASH** You DO NOT, I repeat, you DO NOT, have to have your teen’s senior photos taken by the studio that was selected by their school. The Yearbook photo? Yes, that has to be taken by contracted company. However, did you know

Yesterday morning (very early) I got the pleasure of capturing some senior photos for Seth. I met Seth a couple years ago, after helping his mom Amy convince Seth and his two brothers that they really did want to take family pictures with mom. If you have ever dealt with teenage boys, you know this was no small feat, but the young men were troopers. Seth is now graduating high school, and has very much grown into a polite, strong young man. The first time I met him, I was str

It was a crazy busy summer and time got away from me. But the experience of taking these photos was so special that I had to share it now, even if Miss Allie is already off on her East Coast adventure at Wentworth Institute of Technology. A few weeks, before Rosie (Allie’s mom) called me, I saw these pictures done by another photographer of a softball player in her prom dress. I thought the concept was so rad and it gave me all kinds of ideas, but I knew that I needed just th