Ashley graduated this past year, but wanted to squeeze in a senior session before her upcoming graduation party. She is a total sweetheart who was an absolute pleasure to photograph. I am totally trying to talk her into a modeling career, she is a photographer's dream. :)
I snuck in a few polaroids.
Darienne and her family came all the way from Pennsylvania so that I could photograph her senior pictures. They planned their family vacation around the session. Way to make a girl feel loved! :) Darienne's mother started following my blog after seeing photos I took at Amber and Brian's wedding last year. She is the sweetest, I was blown away when she sent me the nicest condolence email when my dog passed last year. How thoughtful! Since Darienne and her family have never really had a chance to see Cincinnati I wanted to show off our wonderful city with a little tour. We went to Ault Park, Sawyer Point and Downtown for photos. It was a great time. Darienne is a huge animal lover with a heart of gold. She has a wonderful future ahead of her! Huge thanks to Kelly of Cinci Makeup for dolling Darienne up for these very special pictures! :)
I had the pleasure of photographing this gorgeous young lady last week. Sydni is approaching the end of her senior year, but wanted to make sure to sneak in a photo session before she is off to college on a basketball scholarship next year. A self proclaimed tomboy, Sydni wanted to her session to be girly and fun. She is a total natural in front of the camera. 
This is my step sister Crystal. Her plan is to grow up to be "the coolest special education teacher you have ever met". She loves to read and to hang out with her BFFs when she is not studying or working. Crystal has an "I don't take any crap" kind of attitude and I just love it!
I think these turned out great! Crystal looks beautiful and her personality came through in every one of her images.
Coolest senior pictures ever!!
Im not going to lie, once in a while I pop out my senior memories book for a night of reminiscing. I was a senior in 1996, which for me was a year of great times I will always remember, but also a year of bad hair, high waisted jeans, scrunchies, and clod hopping military boots.
My senior pictures were taken at the "it" studio that everybody was going to at the time. On picture day I gathered up all of my favorite outfits and my best friend and we headed to the studio. I thought it was so cool to have my pictures taken by a professional photographer. I felt so special that day. In 1996 I loved my pictures and I wanted everyone of them, today I cringe at my pictures and feel awful that my dad spent so much money on prints that are still in the box. No CDS back in those days... The studio used cheesy gold studio lighting and metallic backdrops. They had ladders and a fake graffiti wall with '96 spray painted on it. My pictures were just corny. One day when I am brave enough I will post them...though I will say this, the zipper on my jeans was at least 12 inches long. I was wearing "mom jeans" at 17. :)
When Adrienne's mother contacted me about setting up a Senior photo session, she said she wanted something personal and special for Adrienne. She wanted to shoot in Devou Park and Mainstrasse. I love that more and more seniors want to take their pictures outside of the studio. It makes the experience so much more exciting and unique. Senior pictures don't have to be corny studio pictures anymore. They can actually be pretty creative and cool pictures, instead of pictures you want to hide from 15 years later. :) We ran all over Covington. I honestly felt like a 17 year old in a 32 year olds body that day. It was a lot of fun. Adrienne is very pretty and so, so sweet. She was a natural in front of the camera. She brought along her best friend, Polly to be our performing artist/comedian and she did a great job keeping us laughing all evening. :) Thanks Polly! And thank you Adrienne for choosing me to take your senior pictures! :)
