A Good Day For Shooting ...

Photography, that is!!  It's getting close to graduation time and unlike the days of cap and gown pics, todays senior portraits are another thing altogether.  I had one picture taken in the school gym ... nowadays seniors hire photographers to capture their senior year in any number of settings.  Usually outdoors, they range from casual to formal ... sorta dressy anyway!!  So on this gorgeous sunny 70 degree day, my friend Diane and I ventured out with Senior (we'll call her) Kate!  Diane stands in while I get camera settings ready and is the best assistant you could have.  She fixes the hair, the blouse wrinkles, gives up her shoes as a seat so the model doesn't get dirty, removes stray branches and cuts down trees ... well, you get the picture ... so "I" can get the picture!!

We have two favorite locations for shoots.  The Bloss House in Atwater has the best garage door ever.  We are hoping their efforts to collect money for paint are in vain!!

If the model looks familiar, she is.  This is the beautiful girl who did my "Chair" shoot.  Hard to believe she's a senior and heading to college already.  Wisteria vines at this location are also great for photos.  Thankfully all those vines Diane has cut off because they were in the way, haven't killed it ... yet!!

Two more location and clothing changes resulted in some great shots.  So these images are examples of todays "Senior Pics".  They use these for the invitations and the cards they hand out to friends and family.  The hard part is going through the 100 images I have marked as the best (versus the 300 I took).  Sorry Mom ... it's going to be tough to pick the one you like best!!!