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Senior Portraits: Something Old, Something New

For this senior session, we revisited an oldie but goodie (Macworth Island) and we tried something new (the Audubon Center in Falmouth).  As usual, we had a lot of fun . . . not only because this student was so great to work with but also because of the location itself.  The Audubon had plenty of built in entertainment: apple stealing squirrels, vain turkeys consumed by their reflections in the windows, and peek-a-boo playing groundhogs.  They certainly kept us entertained and the smiles flowing freely, as you can see here. 

 
Thank you for all the laughs, R.  We wish you all the best as you continue through your senior year.  

Up next, we’ll move away from seniors and towards all the great family sessions we have lined up this Fall. 

Until the next time,
Judianne and Ron

Senior Portraits: Ending on a High Note

With the early yearbook deadlines arriving next week, things are winding down on our Class of 2012 senior portrait season.  That doesn’t mean we aren’t having any more fun, because we still get to meet great seniors like this one.

She was one of very few seniors this summer who wanted to use Portland Headlight for her location.  (In summers past, we couldn’t get seniors to go anywhere else!)  She also wanted to incorporate her dog, sister and mother in some of the shots. This is a great time to remember who you are and who is important to you. We are always happy to accommodate these kinds of requests.

Here are some of our favorites from our time together.

 
Thanks for looking!  Stay tuned for a few more senior previews as we bring this season to a close.

Until the next time,
Judianne and Ron

Senior Portraits: Sometimes it Takes a Village!

This was our first session at Pleasant Point.  For this senior (and her family), it’s a location that holds a lot of fond memories, so it was the perfect setting for her senior portraits.  We always love trying new locations, and we love it even more when there is a personal connection.

That being said, there were some photographic “challenges” that we needed to work with: trees in the wrong place, sun shining in the wrong direction, extreme sun reflections on the river.  It’s a good thing she came with her mom, a younger sister and her boyfriend.  At one point or another, we used ALL of them during the session, and sometimes in very unconventional ways (Thanks, Nicholas!).  In the end, everyone laughed and had a great time AND we got some great shots like these.

 
Thanks for looking.  We still have more seniors to share, so stay tuned!

Until the next time,
Judianne and Ron

Senior Portraits: A New Experience

As we near the end of “senior season” and reflect on our various experiences this summer, one theme rings loud and clear: things haven’t always gone as planned.  Don’t get us wrong, they have turned out great!  It’s just that they more often than not worked out different than we expected.  This session was certainly no exception to that theme. 

We met first thing in the morning in order to avoid the storms that were predicted for the afternoon.  About 15 minutes into our session, Ron finally realized that the rumbling off in the distance wasn’t the noise from the airport; it was, in fact, thunder.  A quick check of the radar on the iPhone (that really came in handy!) confirmed that we were about 15 minutes away from a full on thunderstorm! 

Luckily for us, this student and her mom were more than willing to go with the flow.  We kept shooting as long as we could in order to maximize our time together, and then we finished up the next morning.  Other than not being able to sleep-in either day that weekend, everything turned out great!  Here are a few of our favorites from our time together. 

 
We still have more seniors to share, so stay tuned!

Until the next time,
Judianne and Ron

 

Senior Portraits with a Few Favorite Things

This is the first of many sessions that had to be relocated to somewhere other than the Limington Rapids following Irene.  In this instance, though, it worked out great.  This senior loves weeping willow trees, old fences and tall grass.  Well, Pineland Farms has all three of those covered, so we were able to go forward with her session and incorporate her favorite things. 

What did we love about her session?  The fact that she brought a bunch of great outfits (we love dresses, ladies!), and she was willing to try anything.  She also has an interest in photography, so that gave us the freedom to try some non-traditional, artsy shots.  Maybe, one day, she’ll go back with her own camera and share some of her pictures with us. 

Here are a few of our favorites from the session. 

 
Thanks for looking.  We have plenty more seniors in cue, so stay tuned.

Until the next time,
Judianne and Ron

 

Senior Portraits: Where Does the Time Go?

When we first met this senior, she was a camp counselor (maybe even a junior counselor?) at summer recreation.  She spent many hours with our kiddos that summer both at rec and outside of rec when we were on our photo sessions.  Our friendship grew and expanded to include several of her family members.  A few years ago, we had the privilege of taking her older brother’s senior portraits.  It seems impossible that the time has come for her senior session.

For her session, she introduced us to a new place in Bridgton – a hidden gem really.  It held significance to her, and that’s always great when we can use locations like that.  We love exploring new places, and we can tell this is going to rank very high on our list of spots to use. 

We had so many favorites from our session together, we can’t show them all here.  Here are only a few of the ones we love.

 
What a great afternoon for all of us.  We wish her all the best for a fabulous senior year!

Up next, more senior previews.

Until the next time,
Judianne and Ron

The Senior Experience

We have said this before, we know, but we really love this job!  One of the many reasons we do is because we get to meet great people like this senior – the captain of her soccer team with plans to join the navy after graduation.  Why did we love her so much?  Well, she was easy going and flexible, which came in really handy when we discovered Pineland was completely fogged in.  She also incorporated things that were important to her.  (We love that, and too few seniors want to do it.)   Finally, she knew what she wanted in her session location and she wasn’t afraid to tell us.  You know, sometimes, the “senior experience” is as much for us as it is for the senior! 

Here are a few of our many, many favorites from our session together.

 
Up next, a preview from our session at Portland Headlight . . . as long as Hurricane Irene doesn’t interfere with our plans. 

Until the next time,
Judianne and Ron

 

More Class of 2012 Introductions

Things have been a bit busy around here lately, which means the blog updates have slowed down.  We are very sorry for those of you patiently waiting for your preview. 

Up next, another senior guy at the Limington Rapids.  This location has certainly been our most popular one this year.  When mom called to schedule the appointment, we asked (as we always do) how she had heard about us.  At that point, she said she had found us on the internet.  But, by the time we met for the session, she said she knew several people that had used our services in the past.  For a moment, it felt like our own little game of the six degrees of Kevin Bacon.  Ha!

Like many of the guys we photograph, this session was more for mom than him.  But that doesn’t mean we don’t want him to enjoy the process.  By the end of our time together, we think he had a little bit a fun which helped us get some great captures like these. 

 
Up next, a senior girl at Pineland Farms.  They’ve made some wonderful improvements this year which make it a fantastic location for your senior session. 

Until the next time,
Judianne and Ron

Class of 2012 – Senior Guy

We’ve had a great time lately working with some wonderful senior girls.  Over the weekend, we got to work with our first Class of ’12 guy, and it was fun to change it up. 

This session, like a few others we’ve had lately, didn’t go quite as planned.  But everyone, including mom and dad, were willing to be flexible and try something different.  Plan B turned out to be Shaw Park in Gorham, and it worked out really well. 

We’ve got a bunch of favorites from this session, and we can’t share them all.  As usual, mom and senior wanted different things in these pictures, so hopefully they both will be happy with this preview.  (You two know what we mean!)

 
Up next, another senior guy!

Until the next time,
Judianne and Ron 

Senior Rep – Reba M.

We are back with another Senior Representative summer preview.  This is Reba, one of our Bonny Eagle reps.  We met for her “real” senior session at Limington Rapids as well.  It’s one of our favorite locations. 

We have known Reba and her family for years, and they are absolutely fantastic!  Reba has spent this summer doing a little bit of everything, and enjoying it every step of the way.  The only thing left that would make this summer before her senior year complete is catching a Red Sox game at Fenway Park – and she’s going to do that very soon!

Here are a few of our favorites from our session together. 

 
Up next . . . more pictures of Reba??  Yup!  You’ll have to check back later to see what we mean. 

Until the next time,
Judianne and Ron