Category: Senior Portraits

The Fab Five:: Megan, Brooke, Taylor, Maddy, & Tasha- West Valley Class of 2015

Thursday, 04 June 2015 23:36 Written by Justine 0 Comments

Wahoo! Today is graduation day for many of our north-state seniors! That said, today is a day of great celebration for many families. Graduation is not just a celebration of success and achievement from four years of studies but a celebration of supportive parents and family members. Of a chapter of life coming to a close and the beginning of new adventures. Of friendships that have grown over the years and offer strength in the future. Of surviving that tricky physics class with a passing grade! Today’s blog is from a portrait session I got to do just a little over a week ago with five beautiful West Valley graduates out at the Gover Ranch. These girls have been great friends over the years; some even have history dating back to when they were 3 years old! How they’ve been blessed by their friendships with one another! And how blessed was I to spend my afternoon with them! They are seriously beautiful, both inside and out! Check out some of my favorites…

Congratulations to each one of you amazing girls!! I greatly look forward to seeing what is in store for you in this next stage of life!

Lexi- Senior Portraits

Forrest- Class of 2010!

Drew- Central Valley Senior Portraits

Nathan:: Class of 2014- West Valley

Lilly:: West Valley Senior- 2015

Friday, 15 May 2015 21:49 Written by Justine 0 Comments

It’s the middle of May: flowers of blooming, birds chirping, and seniors counting down the hours left in their high school career! To celebrate I’m going to be sharing some of my amazing seniors from the fall and this spring on the blog over the next couple weeks as they prepare for their big day that is fast approaching! Congratulations to the class of 2015!

First up is Ms. Lilly, a West Valley High senior that we photographed early fall. When Lilly and I were chatting about her session, she mentioned wanting to incorporate her vast love of books in her session and asked about us shooting a portion of her session in the used bookstore, Cal’s Books, a local treasure. I was excited at the idea. I remember going there when I was a little girl with my dad, taking in the glorious smell of old books, getting to walk out with a new treasure. We called and arranged it all with the owner and were set! Here were some of my favorites from our evening together!

Lilly’s smile is one that just radiates out- she is such a sweet girl!

So, as we were hanging out in the little kid section (because the light was GORGEOUS there) we came across this book and thought it fitting for our session!

A list of her favorites over the years…

Such a cutie girl!

One last shot with her sister and grandma that accompanied her on our session- such a beautiful group of women!

Carl-Senior Portraits

Class of 2011 Beauty- Natalie :: Senior Portraits

Meagan :: West Valley Class of 2013- Senior Portraits

Ryan :: West Valley Senior Class of 2014- Senior Portraits

Skylar :: 2014 Stellar Charter Graduate - Senior Portraits

Brooklynn:: Class of 2015- West Valley Senior Portraits

Saturday, 27 September 2014 00:43 Written by Justine 0 Comments

Fall is officially here! School is back in full swing and I’ve been having a great time spending my evenings with some amazing seniors, capturing their senior portraits! The first one to share is Ms. Brooklynn, a senior at West Valley. This amazing girl has a beautiful heart and a killer smile! Our time out at the Camden House was filled with beautiful light and much laughter!! It was so much fun to capture the beauty of this young woman! Here were just some of my favorites…

Seriously! Gorgeous!!

I just love Brooklynn’s fashion sense- too cute!

Oh, swoon! Such a gorgeous girl!

Fierce!

We also needed to grab a quick shot with her and her mom, a great support to her over the years!

We’ll end with this last one- a jump shot to show to celebrate senior year!!

Mary Kate- Senior Portraits

Class of 2011 Beauty- Natalie :: Senior Portraits

Calvin- Shasta Secondary Senior

Stephen :: West Valley Class of 2013- Senior Portraits

Ryan :: West Valley Senior Class of 2014- Senior Portraits

Victoria :: Enterprise Senior Class of 2014 – Senior Portraits

Friday, 06 June 2014 17:54 Written by Justine 0 Comments

We end our senior portraits series today with a fabulous girl I was privileged to meet in April. I so LOVED my evening with Enterprise senior, Victoria, and her mom, Marlene, down and around Turtle Bay! The weather was perfect and the company was a blast! Victoria is such an amazing young woman with an adventurous spirit and beautiful smile. She and her family just moved here last summer from Thailand where they’d spent the last fourteen years as missionaries. It was fun hearing of their stories back there and adjustments to cultural differences being stateside again. (It so makes me want to go to Thailand all the more now!!) I want to give a big shout of congrats to Tori as she walks across the stage tonight accepting her diploma- closing one chapter or her life and beginning a new adventure!

See, the best smile!!

Tori, you’re too cute!! Love this!

And a beautiful way to end the evening! Thank you again Tori and Marlene! And congratulations once again!

Class of 2011 Beauty- Natalie :: Senior Portraits

Kasey & Paige :: West Valley Senior Portraits

Kaylin:: West Valley Senior Portraits

Carissa:: West Valley Class of 2011

Justin- Class of 2012:: Senior Portraits

Skylar :: 2014 Stellar Charter Graduate – Senior Portraits

Thursday, 05 June 2014 08:45 Written by Justine 0 Comments

There are a few students that have a extra special place in my heart. I do love each one of my clients, and my senior portrait sessions come with an extra set of fun. However, every once in a while, a special one comes along, ones that I have history with. I first met Skylar many years ago as his family first got involved with our church youth group. My husband and I became fast friends with his parents (I adore his mom as my own sister!) and over the years its been a treat and pure joy to watch that little boy grow into such an amazing young man. Skylar has such a tender heart for his family and for the Lord. He has done and will do amazing things for the Lord in his life!! I still cannot believe that he is old enough to graduate high school!