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Since moving to the Costco neighborhood of Eugene, we’ve started to get a lot more seniors from nearby Sheldon High School. Josh was one of the first Sheldon students from the class of 2010 and I’m glad to have known him. Our time felt more like I was hanging out with a younger brother than a formal portrait shoot. We had a great session and the time flew by!

As you’ll see in the photos, Josh is heavily involved in music and wanted to portray this in his portfolio. While choir is his main emphasis at school and he hopes to be a choir instructor some day, he has also taught himself to play the guitar. I loved the dazzling red tones of his guitar and made a point to feature it at different angles with various poses and backgrounds.

Forrest’s senior portrait session was a much different experience than many of my other senior shoots, and that was a welcome change. As much as I enjoy capturing fashionable photos, hanging out with a guy like Forrest was great. He was a guy’s guy and I had a good time working with him and his dad to get some unique photos. We photographed along a creek in Springfield in order to obtain the outdoors feel that would match his shotgun and Carhartts.

I couldn’t have been happier with the results and smiled when I read the following response to Forrest’s photos: “We want you to know we LOVE the pictures.  Those are the best photos I’ve ever had of Forrest. Thank you so much.”

Maureen’s smile and easy going personality made for a nice afternoon and I’m grateful to their family for the opportunity to take her senior portraits. I wish her the best in the last half of her senior year at South Eugene High School.

Maureen’s grandmother emailed our studio from California to set up a senior session for her granddaughter. From what I hear, she’s an avid Facebook user. I hope she enjoys seeing Maureen’s beautiful portraits and sharing them with others! We also put together a beautiful 3 photo print collage that I’m sure she’ll love. I always enjoy helping families get the photos they want in order to remember their kids and grand kids.

We had done a senior session with Ali back in May and it went so well that we were ecstatic to visit their family ranch outside Scio for a second portrait shoot. As much as we enjoy taking senior photos in downtown Eugene, getting out into the country is a welcome change. Sitting on some 3,000 acres, the ranch afforded us unlimited shooting opportunities. We could’ve been there for weeks! Our favorite locations to photograph were a small, serene pond with an old bridge and a covered bridge at the entrance to the ranch. As usual, Ali was phenomenal as a model and made the day a lot of fun.

After the session, her family was kind enough to invite us inside and feed us chili while we loaded photos and went through them with Ali. What a great experience and we can’t wait to go on location again!