Senior Photography: Liz

Dancing makes her come alive. She's bubbly, fun and energetic. Liz is an amazing person. I had such an easy time photographing her. She's very natural in front of the camera. Can you tell?

Starting off with some of my favorites from the session.


I particularly love these because I have been trying to nail down a new lighting setup/techinique and Liz was willing to let me expermiment a bit with her to try and achieve these looks. Really stoked that I actually achieved what I saw in my minds eye.


These were all done right at about sunset. All of the lit shots (there are a few more towards the end of this post) were done within 15 minutes or so of each other. For the non-photogs, the lit shots are the ones that have a more dramatic look with the really cool looking sky.









Earlier in the day, we got these beautiful shots of Liz. I love the soft, golden light right before sunset. It's one of the most flattering types of light to take pictures in. I almost always try to schedule a session during the 1-1/2 to 2 hours before sunset. It's just about perfect light. Sunrise (that 1-1/2 to 2 hours after sunrise) is the other perfect time for light ....but not very many people go for that time of day. I have no idea why.





Those little circles of light you see are from the sunflare. I LOVE sunflare and it was intentional.








I love her smile.


She's a very accomplished young lady. Plays violin and dances, and a bunch of other stuff. Her passion though is dancing....she's a girl after my own heart.

I really, really LOVE the sunflare in this shot above.


We stopped by her studio and got a few of her doing what she loves the most....dance.















So soft and pretty.








Her pooch is one of her best friends.






She's on the dance team at school.





Look at the air on that jump!!!!






Had sooooo much fun doing this session._