And yet another senior boy... no girls for me yet!!

"C" was my third senior session - another soccer player! I should be a pro at "guy poses" soon!!

We scheduled this session for 9 a.m. on a Friday the kids didn't have school... which was a bit on the early side. I promised to make it as short and painless as possible so he could crawl back in bed!

His mom (also put to work holding my reflector!) was hoping for some great fall colors at the forest preserve, but we just didn't get many reds this year. Here's one with a hint of color...

And even though I forgot to stamp it as such, this one is my fave from the session...

My First Senior Session!

This past weekend I had a session with my first Class of 2008 senior, "J". We decided to do some casual photos around town - at my newfound fave urban location and the forest preserve.

It was a fun session! "J" was a good sport - putting up with my corny behavior and occasionally talking to him like he was a toddler (anything to try to get a REAL smile and not the cheesy fake grin)... to his mom's best attempts to blind him (and passing traffic) with my reflector! But with some practice, she became quite proficient with the reflector... I may be giving her a call when I need an assistant in the future!

Here's one where mom was getting a bit wild with the reflector and "J" was supposed to be my lookout in case any cars came flying around the corner while I was trying to get the best angle by standing in the road... (anything to get the shot, right?!)

And what is (so far) my fave from the session... of course, in B/W!

Urban session with a teenage girl

I can't believe it's been a month since I added anything new... time has just gotten away from me and I apologize to anyone who's been waiting!

My 14-yr old neighbor "K" wanted to model for me, so we tried out some "urban" shots and it was really fun!! I took these a little late in the day (plus it had been raining off and on all day), so some turned out a bit darker than I was hoping... guess I'll know better for next time!

This one is "K's" fave... the little sign says "Heater Perfection"! We didn't know what that meant, but thought it was interesting enough to include in the picture :)

And mine... :)

And a fun one from earlier in the day with little Ollie...

I definitely like these locations and you will see them again! I think "K" had a good time modeling, too...