When I put out my call for senior models this year, she responded so earlier this week we had her photoshoot. We ended up at her aunt's house because Emmy wanted to bring her dog and her aunt has a big backyard. I LOVE when people bring pets to photoshoots! It's always so fun, even when the pet isn't being overly cooperative (kind of like Zander was this week).
First off, we did headshots. Nothing too dramatic, just a nice pretty portrait. I played with my portrait lens a little but it's really more dramatic for outdoors shots. Studio is so great though because I love being able to control the catchlights in the eyes. Check out how sparkly Emmy's are!
After the studio shots, we went out to the HUGE backyard. It's pretty great and since it was nearly 6pm, the light was beautiful. I took some really pretty pictures of Emmy with my "new" LensBaby which I got at ImagingUSA a few months ago but haven't really used much. It's definitely going to make for some fun senior portraits this summer, I can't wait!
Emmy's dog Zander had been hanging out, sniffing around, and she wanted him included which was pretty entertaining to accomplish. He kept rolling around! Awww, happy puppy in the yard, he's so cute! I want a dog....
Zander was being a little difficult though, so we ended up not using him so as many pictures as we would have liked. I enlisted Emmy's boyfriend to help and hold my reflector for some more portraits of her because she was facing away from the sun and needed some light in her face. I should have taken one of him holding it, she kept saying he looked like a giant M&M. But this wasn't about him, it was about Emmilia. She has been an awesome senior model for me! If anyone else wants to volunteer, I have an application. You have til the end of the month!
