Tempe
Had a really fun shoot today with Jessica and her family. We started in studio in her dance outfit and made our way over to the Groves for an outdoor session. Jessica was a trooper doing her moves on the dirt with her bare feet and sticks and whatever fruit or nuts were all over the ground... guess that's why they call it the Groves. Looking forward to her Western outfit session. Enjoy.
After filtering pics for proofing from my last two Senior Sessions, I just couldnt help myself... tweak'n photos is so hard to stay away from.
Ashley wanted 'rustic', not Western mind you and definately not desert... more like Country shiek (lol). Beleive it or not, here in Chandler/Gilbert Arizona rustic is actually kinda hard to come by with all this urban sprawl. Her mom told me they spent hours scouting the town thinking Agritopia was the spot but realized she didn't like it after all... boy was she sweating it out the day before the shoot. Hopefully the spot I got fit the bill. Here's a sneak peak of a few of my fav's...
So we met up today at Goldfield Ghost Town in Apache Junction to shoot Elysia's Senior Pics and boy am I glad she suggested this location because there were so many phenominal 'spots' to choose from, we barely scratched the surface. We were there for nearly 3 hours eventually ran out of daylight. Elysia was a trooper cause it was quite warm and a pretty exhausting shoot. Although I wish I could've had a re-do on some of them, there were quite a bit of keepers... here's a teaser of a few of my fav's
After weeks of asking when we're going to do this and under tremendous pressure of making it her own (aka "don't screw this up dad"), I finally settled on when and where... MANY, many thanks to Barry and Maritza for helping/assisting the shoot. I had a nice surprise when my son decided to drop by and help out as well.
Here's some fav's of my daughter's shoot...
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Senior Portrait session in Downtown Phx. Loving the Bokeh!
