I’ve decided to branch out in my portrait efforts and try my hand at senior sessions. They are a bit different than weddings because they are more about the person and their identity. I do miss the emotional aspect from a wedding, but it’s fun because you enter someone else’s environment 1 on 1 and you try to figure out what’s important to them and capture them in their lifestyle.
My cousin Sabrina has a son named Philip who’s graduating from high school this year from Port Barre High School in Port Barre, Louisiana. We had a beautiful day for weather. Philip did a great job, despite we had a 3-hour session and guys his age don’t really care to be photographed for that long. It was awesome to capture him and all of his hobbies, including being heavily involved in FFA at the state and national level, playing guitar and fiddle, hunting, his love for cajun music and helping his dad rebuild a 1965 kick-butt shelby cobra and restoring it to mint condition! I got to take a ride in it and IT WAS A RUSH! I think it’s like 600hp in that little bitty car!
I wish him all of the best as he plans to attend LSUE (LSU-Eunice) in pursuit of a degree in criminal justice.
Here’s some of the fun portraits that we captured.
Show Hide 3 comments
good work, what a sweet car! i would have had a ton more dates in high school with that
great shots and nice car!
The photos are beautiful, but the one with the gun is a little disturbing. Maybe things are different here up north, but I can’t imagine taking a senior portrait with a gun! ha!