Yesterday I headed up to La Jolla Cove to shoot Natalie’s Senior portraits. Natalie went to grade school with my brother and I haven’t seen her in 4 years since they graduated from 8th grade. She has grown up into such a beautiful young woman!

Here are some of my favorite images.

(On a side note-I almost fell off a cliff getting the above image. I’m glad I didn’t because it’s one of my very favorites from the session!)

Natalie-thanks for hanging out with me for a bit and being so fun! Good luck next year up north in college, I know you’ll do amazingly!

I love seniors!!

Okay, now that that’s out of the way, let me explain myself.

I never had cool pictures when I was in high school and I totally felt robbed because all I had were the standard studio shots. Don’t get me wrong, they were beautifully lit and posed. But they were….boring. They were not me.

That’s why I love shooting senior portraits. I get to create something that’s truly them. Something that they can look back on when they’re older and say, “yeah, that’s EXACTLY who I was in high school.”

With that said, I loved working with Erica this past weekend. She is naturally pretty. So laid back and easy going. She was such a breeze to photograph and I love her images! Here are a couple favorites.

I love that last shot. Seriously, how gorgeous are her eyes???

Thank you Erica for being such a doll!