He and his sweet Mom were such champs sticking with me through all the planning and changing we went through due to bad weather,
so I raced to get his blog post done tonight as a means of a quick THANK YOU for that patience!!

You know what they say right?
Good things come to those who wait…
I think it was worth it and it paid off in the end with this AMAZINGLY gorgeous night we were blessed with!

Jonathan is graduating in just a few short weeks from Cardinal Gibbons High School with
big plans for a pre-Law Degree at Catholic University in DC.

Quite the talent he is – brains, musician AND balloon artist extraordinaire!

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When the rain stopped and sun came out – boy did it EVER!
We were finally able to do her Senior Session tonight and we had AMAZING light!

How lucky have I been today to be surrounded by such lovely people – inside and out?!?!!!!

Danielle and I did her session in downtown Raleigh and we found a PLETHORA of awesome little nooks of color!

hard to pick a fave, but this one is way up there on my list!

As the sun was beginning to set, we hiked up the hill to catch this shot by the Shimmer Wall…

Kasi was totally up for anything – ANYTHING!!  She totally rocked this session and I know she is going to do awesome things in her life ahead!!!

(and just a warning – be prepared for a long post – I just couldn’t decide!!!)

Kasi has AMAZING red hair – so much that I just can’t bear to show any of the black and white conversions because I miss seeing that fiery color =)

See what I mean about the light I love?

Remember when I said she was up for anything?

I don’t think I could pick a favorite from this series if I tried…  So I am just not going to bother!   

However, you know what this meant for me right? 
Nobody has ever said I wasn’t up for anything either =)

Do you know a high school Junior or Senior? 
Please help spread the word and send them my way!!

I told myself that I was going to take the night off, yet would indulge in a little peak at my SD Card to see what things looked like after the shoot… well before I knew it, I was proofing frames right off the card without even transferring them to the computer! HA!!! 

I can’t choose a favorite…. So tell us what yours is – leave a comment okay?  It will get Sam a free 5×7 =)

Is she G.O.R.G.E.O.U.S. or what?

People always ask me after they see railroad track photos if I ever am afraid of the trains… well the answer honestly is “no”.  We hear and feel it coming long before we ever see it and have plenty of time to move off the tracks.   Tonight while we were out there we heard one coming and headed off down the slope to get safely away.  It ended up that it was travelling on the next track over, but happened to call Sam’s name just as the train was approaching (VERY VERY VERY quickly I might add) – this was the result and WOW… I am in love with this shot!!!

 Thanks so much to Sam and Wendy for choosing me to do these portraits!  Hope you enjoyed the sneak peak!!!