Yojaira's Senior Lake Session {Alta Lake}

I don’t know if I just feel this way every fall or if it really is just more brilliantly colorful this year, but regardless I’m absolutely loving how much color I have found in my area!  Everywhere I look there are the brightest most amazing scenes and the fact that I get to take advantage of those colors makes me really happy!  I’m just soaking it all up now so that I can remember this during the drab days of winter when it’s so monotone.

When I think of my time with Yojaira one of the words that I would use to describe the time with her was, peaceful, she was so laid back and calm, the entire time. I think the pictures we did in this setting capture that essence perfectly.  She is loving her time in her last high school season of volleyball and the part she is the most excited for this year is graduation (which tends to be the trend with my seniors this year! :))  

This time of year just happens to be really busy for my entire family with Kyle coaching in the evenings and weekends so more often than not I end up toting my little ones along for the ride and usually they are very content with that arrangement since it means they get to explore while I work.  For this session Yojaira brought along two of her best friends and my kids thought that just meant she brought along playmates ;) so we were all happy with that arrangement!  I loved my time with the most beautiful Yojaira and couldn’t have asked for a more perfect evening!

Karina's Fall Lake and Brewster Senior Session {Alta Lake and Brewster}

 If there was one word to describe these sessions, it would be colorful!  Both locations that we worked in were amazing with the light, especially on the first night in Brewster by the river.  This time of year is the best time for many reasons but the range of colors is by far my favorite.  I'm always stalking my favorite places for weeks as the leaves start to go from green to more of a lime to a yellow or whatever other color they will be so that I can pack in as many sessions as possible once this array of beauty fully hits!  I have known the beautiful Karina since she was in middle school and transferred to Brewster so it doesn't seem possible that she will be graduating in a few short months!

While we were doing her sessions I found out that she is planning to pursue dental hygiene after high school at my personal favorite, Eastern Washington University!  She will be joining quite a few of Brewster's past graduates there and I know she is going to thrive in that environment!  No matter what I asked her to do, (even accidentally asking her to walk through goat heads!)  she was willing to make her senior pictures the best possible, I loved every minute with her and am thrilled with how these turned out!!

Kaitlyn Ingram Okanogan River Session {Brewster}

This river session is just the perfect bridge between summer and fall, a little bit of everything and with the neutrals that Kaitlyn chose she just seems to pop out of the setting in the most beautiful way.  I have actually known of Kaitlyn since we first moved to Brewster and that just shows you how long we've been here because she was in elementary school when I first met her mom!  From the very beginning everything was so easy and enjoyable, even if we did hike all over the place, and she never once complained. Most people probably don't get as excited as I do by pretty weeds but in reality those are my favorite places because of the wild adventure it just seems to add.  So, thanks for putting up with me Kaitlyn! I can't actually think of a session recently that hasn't at some time landed everyone in the weeds and they never disappoint!

Kaitlyn is planning to pursue education like her mom and that is just another reason why I loved my time with her, teaching and education are so important to my family and it's always great to know that there are going to be amazing new teachers coming up!

Daniel's Senior Session {Chelan}

I live in one of the most beautiful places in Washington so it's really exciting to me when people ask me to be their photographer while on vacation!  This senior was visiting from the west side of the state and we used his favorite locations for this session.  Daniel had a vision and some ideas for his senior pictures but at the same time was so easygoing and fun to work with.  I always love getting to know a little bit about the seniors I'm working with and I learned that Daniel is really passionate about Young Life and wanted to make sure that his pictures reflected that.  From my time with him I could tell that he values relationships and even participates in track to have another place to hang out with friends!