Sunday, October 10, 2010

Rebecca's Senior Portraits

Ok, so you know the drill. Old CBS logo still in use...new name: Whitney Flora Photography. But let us not detract from Rebecca's stunning senior session. This girl is a hoot! I think if I was in high school this is the kind of girl I would be friends with, for sure. And not because we share a love of sunglasses.



We started our day at one of Rebecca's favorite spots: Allsop Park. I think it is really important to photograph people in places that mean something to them. Photos should tell a story, and the story means more if the photos are taken in a place that helps tell the story of your life. Allsop Park is part of her life.




After Allsop we took a trip downtown and found some beautiful trees that we couldn't leave behind at the Heifer International Village. Besides being a really cool building with lovely gardens Heifer Village is neat because the entire building is "green" in the best sense. The design is amazing.


After that we just puttered around and had fun. We visited an old office building owned by her family, we rode a large metal rabbit and eventually ended up in a fountain. Don't worry... I got in there too. I wouldn't make her stand in the freezing water alone. I get down and dirty with the best of them... or cold and wet in this case, I guess. But it was totally worth it.



Rebecca was so much fun to work with. Senior sessions are always great. I am used to being around high school students (since my day job is teacher... it just makes sense). But getting to spend time with teenagers away from school and being the "boss" is really fun. The tables are turned and I just get to enjoy these kids for the awesome and entertaining people they are becoming. Thanks, Rebecca, for being so fun!


Sally's Senior Pictures

So, technically Sally wasn't the first session after my "split" with Creative Bucket Studios, but she is the first session I am blogging after the new start. And to prove now new the split is I am still using the CBS logo to watermark my photos. But don't let the new name fool you. It's the same great photography that you are used to seeing from me. Just a new, more specific name. And I didn't want anyone to have to wait for the new logo to see their photos...so now that I have wasted Sally's space with my business talk...




Sally is an incredibly bubbly senior who is full of life! It was really fun getting to spend some time with her roaming around downtown Little Rock and looking for the perfect field in Scott, Arkansas.




We started in downtown and enjoyed the festivities around the Clinton Library for THEA. And when we walked by some awesome, bright, red chairs at the Clinton Library Gift Shop we just had to use them. So we rearranged things a little bit so we could get the red flowers in the background too. And I am so glad we did! It might be one of my favorite shots of the whole day. But Sally's favorites are by far the field shots.







And I don't blame her. They are pretty awesome. I was sad the cotton field wasn't more exciting (hence, the reason we didn't use it) but we still had a lot of fun on our trip to the middle of nowhere. And by the time we made it back to civilization all of her Art buddies had disappeared from the Clinton Library lawn.

It was a pleasure starting my morning off with Sally and I was really glad she thought enough of my photos to ask me to do a senior portrait session with her. If you would like to talk about scheduling some photos for you don't hesitate. Email me: whitney@whitneyfloraphotography.com