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Paige is another fabulous senior from Woodinville Highschool.  We met up in the Seattle area last night for her photoshoot, at Carkeek Park.  She is just stunning, and I have total envy over her long legs and amazing hair.  She is such a sweetheart, and I had so much fun with her, and her Mom, and bestie Michelle.

I loved these trees that we found….so unique…a very cool piece of art.  We just had to use them!

This water shot is a fav of mine! I love how the light captured the water curving up from her feet!

I <3 this one as well…LOVE the lush greenery.

They are too cute together!

I just adore this girl, and everything about this session!  I love that she really put thought into incorporating things that were really special to her!  From her traveling trunk, her Paris map and tower from her summer trip, to her grandmothers hat.   This is the first half of Rachels session, to be continued very soon!  Entire shoot done with my new 50mm 1.2 (for the photogs wondering), and apertures ranging from 1.2-2.0.  I just love shooting wide open and we had the prettiest light to work with last night to make it possible.

Here is your sneak peek girly! Hope you love them, and can’t wait to shoot your next session!

A little sneak peek for the stunning Miss Taylor!  She has the most beautiful smile and dimples that anybody would envy.  Not to mention the sweetest personality to go with them!

FAV!  I think she is just stunning here!

I found this antique desk last month and had a little vision of this set up.  Anything vintage, especially books, I just adore.  Taylor mentioned she loves to read, so I thought it was the perfect compliment!

I think the theme for seniors girls for 2011 is going to be the water shot!  They are all crazy and brave the freezing water here.  It makes for beautiful images though!

Had a blast with Gianna last night at the waterfall and lake!  She is just so much fun!  I just love her energy…so independent and confident.   I loved that on our way there she asked me NOT to retouch her skin, because she is proud of her freckles!Although her skin certainly needs no retouching at all!  It is just refreshing to hear, in a world where  I am asked almost on a daily basis to retouch things. We started at the waterfall, with some fun lighting. I can’t get enough of  the rich blues and greens that I always get in our landscapes here.  It made for the perfect compliment to her dress.   I adore sunset out on the lake….the little haze that settles in with the warm sunset tones coming through…..perfection!  Here is your sneak peek Gianna!

Jared is my first 2011 senior guy! I was excited for this shoot because he chose the coolest location.  He and his dad met me bright and early at the junkyard for our shoot.  I think I could have honestly shot there all day and not run out of things to shoot or locations. I just love all of the texture and colors and rust!  Jared is a drummer, so we of course had to do some drum shots!  I love that he brought the whole set up along and set it up with the junk yard as his back drop.  A perfect example of making your senior pics unique to you!  Jared (and Lonnie, since I know you wanted to be there and are excited to see the results) here is you sneak peek!

For photographers, I shot all of these with a range of lenses…some 24mm 1.4 L, some 70-200 2.8 L, some 50mm 1.4
I used OCF for almost all just because it was quite overcast and I wanted them to have just that little pop and good lighting contrast!