(not) Just Your Average Teenager (true story)

So, there's more to high school photography than just seniors. I was lucky enough to be able to photograph my two younger siblings, Donnie and Gabby, last month when they visited me. The result was sooo cool. Thanks lil bro and lil sis for letting me play. But, here's proof that photographs don't just have to be for seniors. Photographs reveal the personality - at any age, at any time of life. True story.





































Donnie

A High School Senior Moment

My photographic passion runs deeper than just taking poignant pictures of the world around me. True to my nature, never resting in one spot, my interest lie in many places. One of these places is portrait photography. I do not know how it came to be, but the truth is this - I want to tell stories with my photographs. I want to lead people to see that everyone is unique and has something to share. I want to capture the essence of the person, the true soul beneath, and not just the scrape the surface. If only I could communicate this to people looking at my website. If only I could say that I'm different - it's not just about the money, the status (what status?) or even about the challenge, though it is certainly challenging. It's about people. About YOU. About who you are. Who you want to be. Who I can help you see when you look at the images I've created using just the light of your very nature as the paint on my canvas of photographic paper. It's about the personality of the child, the woman, the couple, the teenager - shining true for all to see.

One of the times of life that I really, really (did I say really?) love to photograph is that of the high school senior. If you are a soon to be senior, reading these words, know this - you are amazing, fascinating and so much older and wiser than I was at your age, though not so long ago. You are slowly coming into your own, getting ready to break finally free from the binds (though not the financial support) of your parental structure. And as a result you are such a contradiction between independence and the everlasting dependence of a daughter or son on his or her parent. And though you're not entirely sure of who you are or who you hope to be, you are at least sure that you have your lives ahead of you.

As a photographer, my most challenging task and the most rewarding part of my work is identifying the "you" who lies behind the smile. I am up for the challenge! Are you?

Some of my favorite seniors!

Lane (aug 08)












Erin (summer 07 and again 08)














Matt (spring 07)








Lauren (summer 07)














Chris (summer 06)




Veronica (spring 06)








Shane (spring 07)




Kaley (summer 07)






Carter (fall 06)




Macie (summer 07)