Last week you’ll remember I announced the 2013 Senior Reps for Green Tree Media. Well after I made the post and announcement on Facebook I got a message from a Mt. Zion mom asking if I’d like a senior rep from Mt. Zion. The answer to that question was easy – YES! I’d love to capture more Mt. Zion seniors! I’ve had so much fun with the senior guys and gals I’ve got to photograph from Mt. Zion in the past couple years and I absolutely had fun chatting with Megan and snapping her little mini session head shots for her announcement as one of our models. So here’s our newest addition to the Green Tree Media team: Megan!!!

Isn’t she a cutie! I’m so pleased to have her as a representative for our seniors this year! I hope you’re all  having an outstanding Monday! See you soon!

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This post has been a long time coming…. We took these photos of gorgeous Miss Maggie way back in August. I met Maggie out at Forsyth Park for her senior session that hot summer day and we decided to just walk around the park looking for some fun locations to stop and shoot away.

Maggie is a blonde haired, blue-green eyed beauty, who is quite the athlete to boot! Her St. Teresa Girls Cross Country team actually won state this year, which is an enormous accomplishment! Between the gorgeous light, scenery and this stunning young woman – we got some amazing images! Enjoy Maggie’s sneak peek!

This one’s a little different… the perspective isn’t your norm, but I love this shot anyway.

Seriously Maggie… You could model! You’re SO gorgeous!!!

I love those eyes! Just stunning!

We I hope you all had as much fun looking at Maggie’s pictures as I had taking them! Have an awesome Wednesday!

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So this was an awesome session! Remember the Mayes family I introduced you to on Monday? Well the Howell’s were actually at Fort Daniel’s while I was shooting the Mayes Family’s session. And when I got done and started packing up the car. Bob came over and we chatted for a bit and he asked me, “If I called you tonight or tomorrow morning… would you be available tomorrow afternoon/evening to do my son’s senior photos?” Luckily for me – I was available and so I returned to Fort Daniels the next day to take pictures of this handsome young man (and we snuck in a couple with his little sisters;) )!

RJ’s a pretty cool guy. He’s into computer science so he’s pretty good with C+, C++ and a bunch of other programming languages that I honestly don’t think I’d even remotely know what to do with! He’s a really smart kid – student of the month at Mt. Zion High School this month and a straight A student. If this kid doesn’t have potential written all over him… i don’t know who does!

So we grabbed the girls and got RJ’s photo with them first and then the senior fun began!

After getting a ton of great shots at the Fort – we hopped in our cars and headed to an old abandoned barn in Dalton City… which I’m now in love with… I may try and use this barn again in the future! So many awesome textures!

And of course – you can’t finish a Dalton City session without some railroad tracks and the Dalton City water tower in the background.

Well – I hope you enjoyed taking a peek at RJ’s senior photos! I had a blast taking them and I absolutely LOVE the Howell family! They are so fun, sweet, and chipper people! It’s a joy to be around them! Have an awesome Wednesday everybody!

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I was excited when Daniel & Josh’s grandma called me about getting some senior photos taken. Daniel and Josh are related to the Schuerman’s (and if you been following my blog for a while – you’ll remember me doing their cousin, Gabbi’s, senior photos a couple years ago). So I knew that I would have fun at their session. I met the brothers at the Schuerman’s house (if you’re like me, you’ll be jealous of the scenery they’ve got behind their house!).

Daniel arrived first so we got his photos started while Josh was on his way.  I asked Daniel if he had any idea what he wants to do for a living. He said he knew what he didn’t want to do… Work in the food industry. I don’t blame ya! Here’s some of the photos we got of this handsome young man!

I thought it was pretty sweet – Daniel wanted a picture with his grandma, Toni! Isn’t she gorgeous!

By this time Josh had arrived so we got a quick picture of the boys together before we started Josh’s photos.

Josh plays football at St. Teresa so we had to get some photos of him in his football jersey. The St. Teresa football team is having a great season so far. I know it’s early in the season but I’m rooting for you guys!

The boys wanted to get some photos with Josh’s dog Amber too! She’s a gorgeous yellow lab and honestly behaved really well.

Well I hope you enjoyed Daniel and Josh’s sneak peek! Have an awesome Friday and weekend! I’ll see you all back here on Monday!

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Shannon actually called me herself to schedule her senior session, which was awesome! We talked a little about what she might want to do for her session over the phone. The one thing we decided for sure was that she wanted it to have a country theme. We spent a few days trying to come up with the perfect location, and I don’t think we could have picked a better spot. (I’m keeping our shoot site a secret though I’m pretty proud of it! )

The first time I met Shannon was at her session and I have to say she is absolutely gorgeous! Her smile absolutely lights up her whole face, and I kid you not, this girl could model – just stunning!

We talked about her extra-curriculars. Shannon is quite the athlete – she runs cross country, plays guard on the St. Teresa basketball team, and also does track. Such an impressive young woman! We talked about the future. Shannon is looking at Murray & ISU for college and is thinking about becoming an Occupational Therapist. I’m always interested to see what my seniors are interested in pursuing.

Well enough of my rambling! Enjoy Shannon’s sneak peek

So thrilled to have Shannon as part of the Green Tree Media family, and as one of our Green Tree Media models this year! Have an awesome Wednesday!

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I was super excited when Tim’s mom set a date for his senior photo session! I was lucky enough to take Tim’s older sister, Alanna’s, senior photos a couple years ago, and so I was already excited about the possibilities with Tim’s session

One of the great things about the Furman’s is that they really get my shooting style and my goal of capturing your uniqueness in a picture. So Mrs. Furman and I had been brainstorming for a while trying to come up with some fun ideas for Tim’s session. Now, when I say brainstorming – I don’t mean mapping out all the pictures I’m going to take… I’m not that kind of photographer. I take whatever you bring to the table and try to enhance and create something really cool and different. Tim brought a lot of himself and his personality to the table which provided me with an excellent opportunity to create something personal and unique to him.

So when Tim showed up for his session and he wasn’t feeling the formal studio portraits we headed outside with his lovely girlfriend Brittany and tried to have some fun instead.

This is where things started to get really fun and unique! So Tim likes squirrels…. a lot! In fact, he has an awesome collection of squirrel statues, toys, etc and he brought his awesome collection with him to his session. He is also very interested in science, so the periodic table elements snuck it’s way into several of our photos too. Anyway… once I saw Tim’s squirrel walking stick – a brilliant idea smacked me in the face and I just had to try it! I got home and started working on it, and I was so giddy about the results that it’s taken a great deal of self control not share it until now. Don’t think you find too many people with pictures like these!

THE MASTERPIECE!!!

So once we finished up his squirrel photos, we packed up the car and headed over to St. Teresa High School to get some more fun images. Tim is on the chess club – so we thought it would be fun to get some pictures of him playing chess.

Then we headed to the science room. Time for some more science fun!

We finished up taking your more “typical” senior photos outside the school. St. Teresa has some surprisingly nice backdrops actually.

There you have it! Tim Furman’s awesome and unique senior session! I hope you enjoyed the sneak peek! Have an awesome Friday and weekend! And I’ll see you back here on Monday!

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I was so excited to meet Jackie! I had talked to her on the phone a few weeks ago to discuss what ideas she had and to learn a little about her. So I was really excited when the day arrived and I got to meet her in person.

I find myself often impressed by the young men and women I get to photograph. When I was their age I really wasn’t sure what I wanted to do, let alone where I wanted to go to school. But I’m discovering a lot of these seniors have thought ahead to their futures and where they want it to lead. Jackie is one of these awesome seniors! She would love to be an event planner and is thinking about attending Eastern or ISU to pursue that line of education. How fun and awesome is that?

In addition to knowing what she wants to do for a living, this girl is drop dead gorgeous! I’m talking Beautiful with a capital B! In my opinion – this girl could definitely be a model! She’s got this amazing shiny brown hair and her eyes are this light hazel that changes colors. In some of the pictures her eyes are a rich chocolate brown, in others they are more of a golden amber and in a few they have more of a green hue to them. But in very single picture they just pop! Oh! And Jackie’s got these amazingly long lashes! She just gorgeous!

Okay enough of my ramblings… but since I’m feeling like being ornery today, we’re going to start from the last location and work our way back to the beginning. So here we go….

We finished Jackie’s session at Rock Springs. I love Rock Springs because you can get so many different looks and environments in one location. The pine forest is probably one of my favorite spots to do pictures. The light is always perfect; it’s usually cooler under the trees; and the height, shape, and texture of the trees adds an element of interest to the pictures that I just can’t get enough or! Add a beautiful young woman into the picture and you’ve got some killer photos!

We thought it would be fun to take some photos by the pond so Jackie did a quick outfit change into this cute white sundress and we headed over to the pond at Rock Springs. The light back here was tricky, but we got some good pics with the water in the background.

I had been doing some location scouting earlier in the week trying to find some fun new locations to shoot at with Jackie. I knew some of the ideas she had and I melded them with mine and found some new spots that I’m pretty happy with. So these are just some random spots in Decatur I fell in love with.

I knew Jackie wanted some pictures with railroad tracks so we just found the nearest set of tracks (which isn’t hard to do in Decatur). I love how her eyes pop in these pics!

Oh my gosh! Seriously! Doesn’t this look like a CoverGirl photo or something? Jackie – You’re gorgeous!

Now this was my favorite location of the day! I knew I was going to love, love, LOVE this spot the minute I found it. I showed it to Jackie and we got her all set up and I could help but make my goofy excited sound. I kid you not – Jackie looked like a movie star playing a princess who has escaped from the ball and is hiding in this little known corner of the castle grounds. … Don’t believe me? Just look at this amazingness!

(Insert goofy excited noise here) Look! LOOK! Doesn’t she just look like she’s supposed to be there! **sigh** Jackie – you make this picture awesome!

This is hands down one of my favorites because I absolutely adore her happy smile in this picture!

Well I hope you enjoyed your sneak peek! I’m so thrilled to have you as part of the Green Tree Media family and as one of our Class of 2012 Senior Models! I can’t wait to go through the rest of the pictures with you at your viewing session!

Have an awesome Monday!

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