Sneak Peek: Jullianna's Senior Session

It was a grey and cloudy day when we shot these images... not that you would know from the end results! Had a great time with Jullianna and a friend out in a beautiful garden. We wandered around and stopped here and there, wherever we liked the scene.




What I love the most about Jullianna's session (aside from her gorgeous hair and wonderful natural posing) was the amazing number of looks we got -- in one hour of shooting! There are some serious, slightly edgy modern grunge feeling images, fun and playful shots with the dandelion, and some "classic" senior poses highlighting her natural beauty against the green leaves and trees. It was rather difficult to pick out just a few for this highlight reel!

Plus... the rain held off until we were done! Yay! I snapped the last shot of Jullianna playing with the silk scarf in the field, just as the first little drops began to fall.

Enjoy the video!

Sneak Peek: Fashion Shoot at Simpson House Mansion! Part 1

Had a fantastic time shooting at the Simpson House Mansion right down off the Plaza last week. Brock, the site manager, could not have been a nicer guy to set us up and turn us loose on this gorgeous property all day!

For those of you unfamiliar with the Simpson House, it is a three story, stone mansion built in 1909 and lovingly restored to all its turn-of-the-century manor glory. Gorgeous chandeliers, crown moulding on the walls and ceilings, a dramatic staircase and a really stunning garden with a fountain and a beautiful piece of sculpture. Hello, brides! :)

In fact, while we were on lunch break and relaxing on the lush grassy front lawn, I had an older gentleman and his wife approach me and ask if I knew anything about the property because their daughter had just booked it for her wedding this October.

And just to complete the romance of this place, I have to share the best story of the shoot... Our last model of the day, Brek, arrived to shoot a little earlier than expected. He seemed unusually nervous and fidgety, which as anyone who knows Brek will say, is not his usual M.O. He's normally a very laid back guy, as well as an incredibly talented model in front of the camera.

So Brek keeps pressing me, "How long did you say this was going to take? When do you think we will be finished here?" etc. So I kinda looked at him funny and asked in a friendly way, "What's up? Do you need to be somewhere important?" And then he responds (very very quietly) "Well, they just called and said that they have the ring ready, and so I was hoping to go and pick it up before they closed today..." Turns out my man Brek was planning to propose to his sweetheart just a couple days after the shoot!!! As they are both absolutely wonderful people, I could not have been happier for them, and it added even more awesomeness to what was already a pretty kickin' shoot.

(P.S. Brek did in fact get the ring in time and she said yes! )