I can’t believe that this upcoming week will be graduation for my 2014 seniors.  So many of these girls I met almost a year ago and it’s so sad to me how quickly that time has gone by.  I’m sure that they feel the same way as this week approaches and they look back at their senior year.

Back in February, on a very chilly morning, North Paulding High’s Lipi and I met for her senior portraits.  She and her mom drove over an hour to have me photograph her sunrise session and for that I’m so truly thankful!  We had been planning her senior portraits since last summer, but after 3 reschedules, here we were on that cold February morning.  You would never know looking at these images how truly chilly it was, because Lipi made it all look effortless.

I think that we can all agree how incredibly stunning Lipi is in her sari, but then I am equally as in awe of her images with each outfit change.

Seriously!!  Check out these!!   

And thanks to her mom for the last minute suggestion of using this hat – isn’t it perfect!?!?  ♥ ♥ ♥

I can’t finish up Lipi’s post without acknowledging her grandfather.  I often have grandparents at order sessions, but none as entertaining as Lipi’s grandfather.  He had me laughing the entire time!  At the same time though, I saw how much he adored his granddaughter and appreciated her beauty.  I’ll never forget him!  Just a sweet, sweet man.

Lipi, I hope the wait was worth it!  Every time I look back on your session, not only do I see gorgeous images, but I remember the fun we had that day!

Have a great week – and Happy Graduation to you!!!!!

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Makeup - Jennifer Zahler-Milz (Pure Makeup and Hair Artistry)

Are you all ready to see Brooke’s “Mad Men” inspired portion of her session?!   I felt like a boxing announcer just then for a second, ya know that whole, “Let’s get ready to rumbllllle!!”   I mean, I didn’t literally just yell it out loud, but in my head, that’s exactly how it sounded!  ;)  Seriously though, I have been so excited to share these with you all!

Before we look at all the images, just a little on the behind the scenes work that went into creating this fabulous shoot.  A few weeks into our planning the shoot, Brooke found the perfect dress.  Literally, it was perfect – perfect style for her vision and the perfect fit!!   I visited local antique shops and researched how to find period appropriate pieces.  I even enlisted the help of my mother to hit some antique shops on her side of town.  All of this was for the mission of finding the perfect 1950s-1960s style props to help with our shoot.  After binge watching hours and hours of Mad Men episodes, I couldn’t wait for this shoot!

The day of the shoot was perfect and Brooke, as you can tell, did an amazing job!   If this girl didn’t channel her inner Joan Holloway / Betty Draper, well my friends, no one can.  ;)

I cannot wait for another “Be Unique” portrait session like this!!!  It’ll be tough to beat this one, for sure, but I bet there is another fabulous senior girl out there that’s ready for the challenge!  ;)

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Makeup - Laura Briscoe Makeup Artistry

I have been dying to share this Harrison High School’s Class of 2014 Senior with you all!!

Brooke Armbrester is fabulous in every way!   I don’t say that to be over the top or jokingly either.  Brooke is super crafty and is a crazy mad planner.  She rivals anyone with her Pinterest skills!  ;)

I loved planning this session with Brooke, every last second of it.  Every little detail was so much fun preparing for and I’m so sad that it’s over.  Seriously.

For anyone wanting the “Be Unique” Portrait Session, this is going to be the one to beat.  Any “How I Met Your Mother” fans out there??  “Challenge Accepted!”   And if you don’t understand that reference, well then, I just feel silly.    ;)

If you aren’t familiar with the “Be Unique” Portrait Session that I offer, you get to have a Fabulously Styled Shoot in addition to your Senior Portrait Session!  You all know how much I love, love, love styled shoots!

We’ll get to Brooke’s styled portion in an upcoming blog post.  Because she just has so many images that I love, I couldn’t possibly fit them all into one post!

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Makeup - Laura Briscoe Makeup Artistry

Greater Atlanta Christian’s Natalie deLatour is probably one of the sweetest girls I’ve ever met.  She also has one of the nicest, most welcoming families ever.  Like one of those families that you could just sit down at the kitchen table with a cup of coffee and talk for hours.  I just adore all of them!

I remember at our first meeting thinking that Natalie had a fabulous sense of style and fashion.  Everyone knows how I love me some accessories, and shoes, and boots!  So day of her session, when her mom showed me her closet, I could have died and gone to accessory heaven right then and there!  ;)  I was in love!  We didn’t even need any of the accessories that I brought.  I had so much fun styling Natalie with her own wonderful accessories, that I could have spent all day doing just that!!  Maybe I was a stylist in a previous life, because I LOVEEEE it so much!

Anywhoo…let me get back to Natalie and her gorgeous senior portraits.

This is pretty much my dream senior session – beautiful locations, beautiful light – everything was perfect.

Don’t you just love her!  How perfect is Natalie in these?!  ♥ ♥ ♥

Keep an eye out for this super stylish senior!  You will be seeing her again real soon!  ;)

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Makeup – Laura Briscoe Makeup Artistry

Spending the day with Duluth High School’s Sydni Radle-Craft was sooo much fun!  Sydni and I pretty much have the exact same sense of humor, so she fit right into the mix – easily!

There’s no mistaking that Sydni is a beautiful girl, but I cannot get over her eyes!!  That was one of the first things that I noticed. They are such a unique color and everyone who saw her sneak peeks commented on them as well.  And seriously, can I have those arms, or what?!  Get me a pair of dumbbells immediately!  ;)

Some of you might already recognize Sydni, as she’s kind of “a big deal” in the competition cheerleading world.  I don’t know if she would actually say those words, but I’ll go ahead and say them – I don’t mind.  :D  She’s not only a member of Stingray Allstars Orange, but she’s also a World Champion.  I can’t wait to see how this year goes for her.  I don’t know about you guys, but I love watching competition cheerleading on ESPN, so this year will be way more exciting, being able to cheer on Sydni from afar!

There I go, getting all side tracked again…how about Sydni’s Senior Portraits?!

So let’s talk about these sunglasses for a second.  Sydni and I had just started talking when I first found them.  I didn’t know at the time, but I had a feeling that she was the perfect senior to wear these during her session.  And OH MY GOODNESS, was I right!?  I LOVE these on her!  Aren’t they just the most fun pair of sunglasses, ever?

If you love Sydni’s session, you’ll hopefully get to see her again really soon.  (wink, wink)  I can’t say why just yet, because what would be the fun in telling you when you could come back and find out later???  

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Makeup – Laura Briscoe Makeup Artistry

Parkview High School has been so good to me!  I’ve been so incredibly fortunate to have most of my seniors from Parkview and wow, aren’t they all just fabulous?!  ;)  I might be biased, but really I think it’s totally true!!

I met Class of 2014′s Casey DeArmon a while back.  We needed another model for our Once Upon a Summer styled shoot and I reached out to Devan, one of the other models, and said “Hey!  Do you have any friends who can help us out for this shoot?”  Casey was the perfect addition to our styled shoot and lucky for me, also became my very first Class of 2014 Senior!!

Meeting with Casey and her mom Becky was like meeting and hanging out with friends that you have known forever!  And it’s pretty much been like that ever since.   During that first meeting, like all my meetings with my seniors, I asked Casey “what can’t you leave the house without?”  Her answer, “My journal.”  Seriously?  I absolutely love that!  She also spends a lot of her spare time volunteering and helping others.  Casey just has the biggest heart and her kindness and generosity is so inspiring.  She is truly unique and, as you’ll see from her Senior Portraits, is just as beautiful on the outside as she is on the inside.

P.S.  Doesn’t she totally look like Nina Dobrev from CW’s “The Vampire Diaries?”   Umm…Casey, they film in Atlanta – just sayin’ Nina may need a body double sometime and you better take me to set with you if that day ever happens!  ;)

Makeup:  Laura Briscoe Makeup Artistry

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Greater Atlanta Christian’s Kayla Puzas is pretty fantastic!  When you first meet Kayla, you can’t help but notice her beauty.  Get to know her though and you learn that she is such an incredibly grounded and kind young woman with a truly bright future ahead of her.  She has the most wonderful family too.  Her parents, grandparents, brothers and her little dogs!  (I would scoop those little dogs up, if they let me!)  It’s rare that you meet an entire family and feel welcomed in by them all.   That’s truly how it is being around Kayla and her family.

Then there is the athlete side of Kayla…she happens to be a soccer superstar!  It would take this entire blog post to list all of her accomplishments in soccer, but then we wouldn’t have any room left for her incredibly gorgeous senior portraits!  ;)  Let’s just say that all of her hard work has really paid off and will take her to Mississippi State University in the fall.

Let’s talk a little bit about the day of our shoot.  It was a random cold morning…and by cold, I mean ridiculously cold!  Kayla was such a trooper though and from beginning to end, she stuck with it and didn’t complain a bit!  I don’t know how she did it, because her mom, grandmother, and myself were all bundled up.  Thanks for sticking with it Kayla, because I love everything about this session!

These next upcoming images really just blow me away!  

Little fun fact…these are her mom’s earrings, that she had back when she was 18!  Aren’t they perfect for this outfit!?!  Love it!

and this has got to be one of my all time, favorite images – just stunning!  

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Candace is my very first Prince Avenue Christian School Senior.  I first met her a little over a year ago though.  Back when I photographed my very first styled shoot, we had a model that had a last minute overseas trip come up.  She couldn’t pass up the opportunity and I didn’t blame her at all!  We needed another girl though.  One of the other model’s best friend happened to be available and was willing to step in and help.  To this day, Candace’s images from that day are my most requested looks from my current seniors.  I’m sure Candace probably thought we were a little crazy that day, but little did we know. we would end up where we are today.  :)

I can honestly say, Candace, her family, her boyfriend…some of the best, kindest, most genuine people that I have ever met!

I am so thankful that we met a year ago and I cannot wait to see all that Candace achieves after graduation.  She has such a bright future ahead of her!  :)

Makeup:  Laura Briscoe Makeup Artistry

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You have seen Parkview High School’s Devan Heyburn a time or two already!  I am not done sharing though.  :)  I was recently fortunate enough to have some of her images featured on the website Seniorologie.  You can view that feature here.   I did have a few more images from Devan’s senior session that I wanted to share though.  :)

Hair:  Lacy Wade

Makeup:  Laura Briscoe Makeup Artistry

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Alex was my very first Parkview High School senior and what an amazing one she is!

And her high school resume – Oh my goodness!  It’s incredible!

Varsity Soccer  (9th-11th)

Varsity Basketball (10th-11th)

Varsity Lacrosse (12th)

Class Vice President (9th)

Class President (10th-12th)

Gwinnett Student Leadership Team member

Company Commander Parkview Marine Corps JROTC  (11th)

Homecoming Court (9th)

Homecoming Queen (12th)

Recognized as “Most Involved in the Community”

AND in the fall – She’ll be attending the United States Air Force Academy with plans to become a pilot!!   

Honestly, can you believe it?!   To say I am immensely impressed with everything that Alex has accomplished is truly an understatement.   I have no doubt, we’ll be hearing about Alex in the future – mark my words, this young lady is going places! and I will be so happy to say “I knew her when…”    ;)

oh yeah…her Senior pictures!  All the above and such a beautiful lady on the inside and out!

*Can I tell you…I want to pack her mom and sister in my pocket and bring them with me on every shoot!  Love them!!*

Hair and Makeup by Shannon

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