Bjork Family

The Bjork family is truly an amazing family. Yvette and Anders have been together since they were 19. Yvette is Filipino and from Chicago, and Anders is from Sweden. They were married at Danada House, where we did this shoot, in 2000. They've lived in Manhattan for the past 4 years though. Their two girls are named Stella, 2 years old, and Siri 8 months old. They are both adorable! Anders talks to them in Swedish so they will be fully bilingual. How cool! They call themselves very modern, contemporary, city folk. Yvette and Anders are truly amazing parents. I had a blast shooting them because they were always entertaining their kids so I could capture some really cute moments!

Stephanie

It was a huge compliment to me to be able to photograph Stephanie as her dad is a photographer as well. He was a travel photographer who now does some movie work. We had a sweet moment together when he told me how much Stephanie loved her session and that photography is 90% personality, and that based on that I was really headed somewhere with my work. I could totally tell that Stephanie is an artsy girl, even before her mom told me about the great drawings she does. She has a plan for her future, taking a similar route as I did before she makes her big leap. I had a really great time with Stephanie!

This year were offering new wall pieces with great creative names: the Sequence, the Star, the Series, the Story, and the Masquerade. This is the Series. It has 3-5x7 photos in it. I think its fun to have a Series because it helps to see progression second by second. I shoot a lot of frames-a-second, and it's amazing to see the moments you can get when you shoot like that. I wanted to feature that. I love how one piece of art can stand alone but also stand together with other pieces.

Kalina

These aren't Kalina's senior photos; in fact, she's still a freshman in high school! Instead, she is using her photos as entries in beauty pageants. She's a pointe dancer so for her to bring her shoes was so awesome. It was fun to see her grow at our viewing because I think she didn't realize how gorgeous she is when she's not smiling. It was awesome to notice that because it was totally something that I saw during her shoot. I loved shooting Kalina and had a great time with her and her mom!

Jen

I had such a great session with Jen! She brought the most adorable dog you'd ever imagine with, her King Charles Spaniel named Lolly. It was clear that her parents loved her and doted on her, and Lolly. She was such a sweet girl who is excited to go away to college. She made her own decision for school, not going to either of her parents' alma mater. She was a super sweet girl who I enjoyed spending time with!

Stephanie

Her parents will tell you Stephanie took after her sister for her shoot; she was very fashionista for her shoot, maybe more so then she would be a normal day, but that's what your senior session is about: being yourself but also showing another side of you. Her mom Olga was so cute; I could really tell she loved her daughter. I absolutely loved her blue dress! The first photo here is one of the shots that I just love! It feels like everything just came together perfectly for it: the way her body bent in a geometric shape, the perfect way her hair fell, the blue dress being a complementary color to the orange wall, the way the light hit her face and the dress, perfect. It was so fun and just in the moment. Love it. Check out the Facebook Fan page for more of the amazing photos with her blue dress!

Kim

As soon as I saw Kim for her session, I knew I recognized her. She was in the Glenbard Fashion show that I photographed bit ago. It was super cool to see her again and photographer just her this time. Her boyfriend's mom gave her the gift card for her session. I loved her colorful outfit with the backdrop in the studio; I thought it just looked awesome. I could tell she loved the second make-up look that Anna did; she was just beaming with joy and beauty. She was such a nice girl, and I had an awesome time with her.

Alexa

Alexa's session was so much fun! She is such a happy girl, super busy and super talented. She's very sporty! I love her shoe choice too; they were awesome and totally showed off her great legs. Her mom was amazing as well. I had a great time with them.

Sophie

I was so happy with Sophie's shoot. I loved her look, loved her hair and loved her kind of vintage look with her style of dress, and the great blue poka dots. That day the colors seemed to just align, blue... as I know from art school is the complementary color of orange, and so the orange brick wall worked great, and the sun was perfectly shining on it. My luck further continued with the light as I found a blue stripe on the sidewalk I had never seen before... again another awesome combo for her dress. Sophie, was such a fun girl to shoot, her face was expressive, perfect in that her eyes were open and honest, and real, not too smiley, but just real and open and for a photographer like me, that is the best!

Marrisa

One of my favorite clients told Marrisa about me, then told me how much I would love shooting Marrisa because she had such beautiful hair. Marrisa's shoot was awesome! And she brought her dog, you gotta love that!

Devon

I was super impressed that we were able to get Devon in for a session the day after she called to book an appointment and all the more impressed that she was able to be ready. I loved her clothes and her super happy smile. Devon's session, (you'll see more on my facebook profile and fan page ) was really able to be artisy, you could tell she loved the prospective of capturing unique images just as much as I did. I love her glasses... I can always count on my seniors to let me know what's hot now!

Katie

Katie, had a art-y style. I loved the colors she wore, loved her jewelry and the way why she wore it. And loved her calm manner that made her such a pleasure to work with. At her viewing, her mom and her could barely pick a photo they didn't like which makes me so happy and delighted. There is no telling where this girl will end up either, with her talent and skill in drawing!

Kate and Emily

I loved Emily & Kate's shoot, what an amazing pair, and each so unique and talented. I had a great time with them and their mom Kathy enjoy a fun day out at in the country. Even when your in the country you can wear city shoes, in fact each of them busted out there fabulous kicks and heels, and even rain boots and had a blast.