Country Sunlit Session

Summer is one of the most gorgeous times to shoot, but the beloved ‘Golden Hour’ can present its own challenge: the sun flare! While sun flares can look amazing and give a shoot editorial beauty and style, they can also overtake a model, or ruin a landscape appearance. Part of using them to your advantage is having experience.  As a photographer, you need to use angles to help get the flare exactly where you want...I love how these came out, and how the shoot stretched me as an artist.

 I made the three and a half hour trek to Michigan to mentor with a fellow photographer. She put together this stylized shoot, and rented this incredible, rustic and vintage truck, I wanted the perfect sun flare look, and we did it! She found the best field to shoot in, added in a vintage blanket throw, and off we went. Her stunning senior rep model wore classic white with her summery pair of cut-offs, and with her hair loose and down in beachy waves, she was breathtaking.

I felt like this shoot reminded me of an advertisement for clothier American Eagle! AE always has very bohemian, sunlit advertisements that always make me long for long summer days. Check out this "cold shoulder" blouse from AE for only $18!! here

I love styled shoots because my creativity can shine through, and we always have such a fun time with our wonderful, easygoing, and helpful models. No matter what I dream up, they go along with it, adding their own personalities and style to complete the ‘story’ I am trying to tell. I’d love to tell YOUR story, so please contact me today to schedule your shoot!

Summer Colors | Bloomington Senior Portraiture

I know summer is coming to a close, but I wanted to make sure to get this gorgeous, color-filled post onto the blog to bid summer farewell. This was another stylized shoot featuring my incredible senior reps, and they were AMAZING! They each wore bold, modern pieces that suited a garden theme. You can find lots of similar pieces at Francesca’s, one of our favorite clothing boutiques with affordable and cute items. I loved the red dress with the scalloped edge, and 

those black floral wedges. 

Not only did they rock every pose and outfit, they also crafted that backdrop themselves! We utilized flower chains and wide, colored ribbons to create the dreamy, bright background. 

Want to make one of your own? Here’s what you’ll need:

-Wooden dowel (or an area to tie the ribbons/flowers). 

-Wide sheer ribbons in various lengths. Measure where you’ll be hanging them to make sure you have enough. 

-Long flower chains (like these sunflower chains from Amazon)

-Hot glue to secure the knots.

Measure your ribbon and flowers and trim to the correct length. Try to vary each strip/chain so that the bottom is uneven and has more of a boho look. Tie each item to the dowel, and secure with hot glue. This would be a super cute craft for a birthday party backdrop or even a wedding or graduation party!