Shannon's Seniors

After doing her Senior Prom photos, Shannon asked me to do her Senior Portraits. It made my heart swell cause I knew this girl back when she was a little baby. Shannon has an older sister, Ashley, that is my age and Shannon is my sister's age. We all grew up in the same church so the four of us kind of hung out a bunch.  Doing her seniors was a little challenging. Earlier during the week, the weather guys predicted it would be just slightly breezy with lots of sun. Well a slight breeze turned into 20 miles an hour winds. We weren't prepared for this, but we made do! She was such a good sport about ti too. We were able to get some good shots out of it. Shannon will be attending Oklahoma University to pursue a major in Theater Tech and Costume Design.

Senior Sunday 2012

My home church is called Nor'Kirk Presbyterian Church. It is small, but comforting. Every year we celebrate the graduating class in the church. This is called Senior Sunday. The seniors walk down the church with an adult that impacted their life at the church. They are also presented with Moses Sticks. Moses sticks are long pieces of rounded wood (looks like a walking stick) with the 10 Commandments carved into them. Then after the service and presenting the seniors, a reception of cake and punch is held in their honor. Also a video with pictures and about the seniors is shown. The pictures are provided by the seniors and the video says what they plan to major in, school they want to go to, their family members names, high school, and other little things like that. It's just a sweet thing that is done for them. This year was special because my little sister was part of that class, also some other girls that I've watched grow up. I was asked to shoot the entire ceremony and give the photos to the church to be posted on the bulletin board. Of course I said yes because this was the only church I ever really knew and it was like another home that I could always return to.

Sam and Melissa

I knew Sam from back in high school. We had some of the same friends and we played volleyball together during the summer. During the summer of 2009, right before our Senior year, some friends and I started playing volleyball almost everyday. It was a wonderful summer before we all had to get jobs and start having real responsibilities. Sam attends UTD and that is where he met his girlfriend, Melissa. I asked them to do a shoot with me because I wanted to do couple photos in the bluebonnets. Sadly, when we got to the field, most of the bluebonnets were gone and in their place were wildflowers and grass. Oh well. When things don't go as planned, you just have to get over it and move on. The two were still adorable to photograph!

Ben and Lizzie

I met Ben and Lizzie at North Texas Celebration #2. Ben was a participant and Lizzie was a staff member. They went to the same church, and I started to get to know them as I went to their church for youth group. Ben became a little crush and Lizzie became my best friend. The crush on Ben eventually turned into nothing more than feelings toward a good friend. Ben is part of the coast guard and he came home on leave for a week. The three of us got back together to hang out like the old days. We went to the Shops at Legacy and just walked around (and of course took pictures ;)). We ended up eating at this little restaurant that acted as a night club at night. It was decent. When we went to eat dinner, it was pretty much dead. There were only a few other people eating. For some reason the water tasted like watered down alcohol. It was extremely watered down and it tasted horrible! So after like 15 minutes of trying to get past the taste I finally asked the waitress to get me another glass. She looked at me like I was one of those people. The second glass was at least a little better. Even though dinner was just decent, it was wonderful that the three of us all got to talk and hang out.

When they were younger, they took a photo like this and wanted
the recreate it.