Happy Wednesday!! Can you believe that tomorrow is already Thanksgiving? I can’t that’s for sure.  This year has FLOWN by and at a crazy speed.  I wrapped up my final 2016 autumn season with Elliott.  Elliott is a senior at McDowell and he was just awesome.  Right when we met at Presque Isle I knew it was going to be a great session.  He was cracking jokes and so easy going.  Elliott and his mom decided to break his senior session into parts- one part during the fall and then later this winter we will do the second half.  I am loving this way of doing a senior session recently. It gives SO much more individuality to my seniors’ experience, and it gives us more time to hang out and get to know one another. I have found that the more I know about my seniors, the more I can really tailor their sessions to them! Who doesn’t want a super fun, personal senior portrait experience? I don’t think there are many.  

Monday is here…and so is the snow! It’s crazy to think that we had a few days last week that were in the 70’s and now it’s snowing. So in honor of those few days, let’s take a look at Emma’s autumn senior session!

Happy Monday!! It was starting to feel a bit more like fall I thought, and then yesterday it was 72 degrees! Crazy Erie weather. I want to share Part 2 of Nathan’s senior session with you guys and share a bit more about him

Happy humpday!! Today I get to introduce you to my last senior rep!! This is Nathan 🙂 Nathan or “Nateycakes” is a senior at Girard High School.  He also happens to be one of my cousins so I may a bit biased in this post. I’ll try not to, but I can’t promise anything!

I was a marching band kid…no shame there.  I loved the family feeling I got in every practice and being able to go to football games for free was kind of cool.  To have one of my senior reps in their own marching band made my heart sing with joy.  Nathan is entering his final year in marching band.  It’s bittersweet and beautiful.  We decided to do something special with all of the seniors in Girard High School’s marching band and do some fun photos for them. They have their band camp during the summer at Camp Notre Dame in Fairview, Pa and oh my goodness it was perfection.  Take a look at all of these awesome kids!

Happy Monday everyone!! I’m so excited to tell you a bit about Nikki’s second half of her senior session.  We went on an off road adventure looking for a specific road.  We may have passed it 2 times trying to find it, and we found tons of beautiful places while looking, but we finally made it with time to spare! There’s just something about back country roads that makes my inner country girl giggle.  I love it.  We even made a pit stop on the way in the middle of the road for a few photos.  It was one for the books you guys.  Nikki made everything effortless; working all the angles and bringing the smiles on without me asking.  She even let me in on her goofy side and we caught a few moments of her just being herself.  

Hey there gorgeous!! I am getting so excited to be wrapping up my senior rep sessions (not because I want to be done with them, but because I want to show you all of them!!) Nikki met me in downtown Erie to play around in a super cool courtyard.  She is so full of laughter […]

Climbing up the side of a cliff with the lake below….sounds fun right? Not when you’re afraid of heights and carrying your second baby in your hands! 😉 We had a super fun time at Jared’s senior rep session and that included some climbing!  I saw the clips on this private little beach and thought […]

Jared had his senior session last week!  I am so happy to be getting all of my reps in – it’s so amazing to be working with these kids.  So Jared is a lifeguard at Camp Sherwin in Lake City PA.  He knew of a secluded beach right at the camp that was absolutely stunning.  So we started at camp super casual.  We had to climb down this crazy staircase made of old wood to get down there, and if you know anything about me it’s that I’m not graceful at all.  It was a bit scary, but 100% worth it.  There were a few trees that lined the beach and some cool slate rock steps.  We even climbed up the side of a cliff to grab a few higher shots.  After we had gotten about halfway through his session we decided to take a 5 minute ride down the road to Avonia Park.  It’s right on the lake and there is a gorgeous little set up to watch the sunset from.  We walked around there for a more formal feel and I think we nailed it! Take a look at some of my favorites 🙂

We really packed in a trip during Emma’s senior session last week! WE had 2 hours and managed to get in 4 locations! I love when we have the ability to really make your session unique.  We had a GREAT time at a jet-ski rental building right in the bay.  I personally just love the look of the building , but once I told Emma and her mom about it they informed me that they know the owner! How crazy is that? So we got an all-access pass so to say.  The images we shot there might be my favorite from her session-I mean how many people can say they just shot on a boat with little to no planning involved? When we walked down to the row of boats there was a young boy working.  He was the cutest little gentleman holding Emma’s hand onto the boat making sure she made it on okay.  I just wanted to hug him! (Is that weird?)