Teagan lives in Arizonia but her family has a place on Lutheran Lake and always spends the summer up here. Imagine planning ahead and being able to have your senior photos taken on vacation in your favorite spot! We had the most stunning evening and the lake was quiet for Teagan's session last week. I am obsessed with how her images turned out! We even included a few with her cousin, Laura. Thank you for asking me to capture your senior session while you were visiting, Teagan

Gavin attends Seymour High School and is on the baseball team there. He started his session at his high school which I always think is a great spot for senior photos. We then went downtown and finished at The Coffin (which if you live in Seymour you understand that very strange statement!) With summer weather very much here I think it's time I share my top tips for keeping cool during a senior session when the thermostat is cranked outside. 1- I tell all of my seniors to pack

Carson attends Brownstown Central High School, is on their tennis team and enjoys riding dirt bikes so we found a way to include all of that plus his car and a very unique location in his session last week. Thankfully it was before this insane heat wave hit because nothing is happening photo-wise with heat indexes in the 105+ range! Carson's mom has his graduation party booked at Zaharako's Ice Cream Parlor so she wanted to include some photos there. I was amazed when they le

Emma attends Columbus North High School and is on their Cross Country and Track teams. She wanted a lot of natural backgrounds for her session and we even scored a field of purple flowers just hours before it was mowed down. Emma is the person that people are talking about when they say that some people are just full of sunshine. She has the brightest smile, her personality is the absolute sweetest and she had me laughing so hard during her session that I had to stop shooting

Our first 2027 senior session was an absolute dream! Ava is attends Columbus North High School and is on their women's basketball team. She was so much fun to work with. It was roughly 120 degrees out (okay, maybe closer to 99) but Ava never once complained. She walked through all of the itchy tall grass, was down for any and all ideas and was just the sweetest person. I really do work with the best seniors! Ava wanted a combination of urban and nature for her session and I l

Every year our intro shoot with our new rep team is a massive styled shoot and I think every year it gets bigger and bigger. The theme this year was sunset soiree and I asked all of the girls to come dressed in colors of the sunset. They NAILED it! I am so in love with how these images turned out! 45 reps in just under 2 hours, multiple shoot spots and a combo of group shots and individuals- I was moving all over the place but it was so much fun! I have a lot of senior reps w

I knew when I decided to create a guys team that the shoots had to be epic. I am a pro at planning styled shoots for my girls team after 10 years of doing this rep team but it’s completely different with guys. I was tossing around ideas with one of the guy's moms and she mentioned that they had a family friend that owns a helicopter. Um, what?! Kelly got me in contact with Jim, the owner and he was totally on board with my ideas. I’ve said it before but the secret to my succe

Class of 2026- can you believe this year is quickly coming to a close and it's time to schedule those cap and gown minis?? Well, it is! This year we will have limited sessions due to our shooting schedule so once they're booked, that's it. We are going to several area schools this year but if you'd like us to add your school, message me. Here are the details: 15 minute minis that can include the cap and gown individual shots as well as a couple of family/ group shots. You'll

It's time to apply to be a part of our 2026-2027 Rep Team! Before we get into all of that, I want to give a few details about what the Rep Team is and is not. The 1492 Rep Team is a group of high school juniors and seniors who agree to be a part of styled shoots and branding sessions through out the school year. I came up with this idea over 8 years ago and it has grown into this amazing team that I look forward to every year. I've had a lot of questions, so here are some ans

I frequently get asked which season is the best for a senior sessions but that's actually a complicated answer. Think about it- we live...

Shoots like this are the exact reason why I love having a large Rep Team! I messaged all of the Senior Reps the night before about a...

Gracie had some very fun ideas for her session when we did her consult to plan it. One big thing being that she wanted to include her...

Kyleigh and Sidney are 2 of my 2024-2025 Rep Team and since we were already meeting up to shoot our team 4th of July shoot this evening...

Every year I change things around with my Rep Team based on what I learned worked well (or what did not work) on the previous years. This...

Resse is an accomplished gymnast as well as an All-American Cheerleader. She is also hilarious and so much fun to be around! We had a...

Meet Kyleigh, a member of the Columbus North High School's Cross Country and Track team. We actually started her session at the high...

Madelyn and Carter drove down from Indianaoplis for their session and minutes before they arrived, the sky got dark and thunder was...

April was a hard month for me as far as sessions happening on schedule went. We had to reschedule so many sessions thanks to weather and...

Gah! I could try and love the photos from this session more but it just wouldn't be possible! Perfect couple, outfits on point, sunset...

Top reasons why I think every friend group should do a photoshoot together before graduation: These are images you will treasure years...