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Senior Portraits- Zoey

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In the two years I have known Zoey it never occurred to me that she isn’t originally from Massachusetts!. Turns out…nope…she is actually from Texas and her heart is still very much is drawn to her family and friends who live there. Then an even bigger and better revelation occurred (drum roll please) her family runs a Texas Barbecue business complete with a fancy smoker and everything! Well this was music to my ears and I just couldn’t stop asking about it. (Anyone who knows me knows that my partner is a BBQ lover and we have honestly booked trips solely based around BBQ joints) So now I must try Pollard’s Texas Cue as soon as humanly possible. Her mom, Stephanie and her dad, “cool dad” ( let’s say because I don’t know his name) spearhead the business in addition to their day jobs, and the entire family pitches in for events. Sounds like a great gig to me!!!

But back to Zoey…if you did not see her headshot post, check it out here because I gush about how brilliant she is at so many different things.

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Senior Portraits- Matthew

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Personally, I find photographing traditional young men a very fun, creative challenge. With women, 99% of the time I can throw them a pose, they nail it, and it looks great. With men, however, it’s more of a trial and error dance to locate the most flattering position for their body. It’s not like I can ask Matthew to sit on a rock with his knees to the side “ a la a mermaid” like I did with Kaylie or “one leg popped “ like Kate . That would be ridiculous!

So…while my clients might think I am just staring off into space or pelting them with questions for my own amusement, what I am really doing is watching their body language for clues to help me put them in positions that will be comfortable and natural looking. Ok, and sometimes I am just staring off to space praying to jesus that she would just send me some darn clouds!!!

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Mother + Son - Too much joy to not share

Mother + Son - Too much joy to not share

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