Lily Bella Photography

Beth--Senior Photos

I met Beth and her mom at Minnehaha Falls last week for a senior photo session. Oh my, I had so much fun with this session! Holy cow! How wonderful to just concentrate on taking the photos and not have to worry about the subject jumping up and running away after two clicks of the camera. Very refreshing--not that I don't enjoy my sessions with the little kiddos. This was just a fun change of pace. And the light was A-MAZING! I just LOVE the way these photos turned out and cannot wait to edit the rest of them. I am really excited to do more senior sessions in the future!

Yassaman--Senior

Yassaman's mom called me a week and a half ago. They were up against a deadline. Yassaman was so busy with all her activities and ACT prep that they forgot all about her senior photo. She had to turn the photo in by October 14th. I was happy to help them out and squeezed them into my crazy schedule. She really only needed one great photo for the yearbook, but we took a few different shots for her to pick from. If this was a full senior session, we would have used a few different backgrounds and she would have changed outfits.

Oh my, her eyes were sooo amazing! I just love her photographs!

I would really like to do more senior sessions in the future. It was quite a bit different experience than photographing younger kids and I enjoyed the interaction with Yassaman.

Portrait of a Senior

I was very flattered that my aunt Jean asked me to take my cousin Maria's senior photos. If I remember back farther than I'd like to admit, senior photos were a big deal. And I was excited at the chance to take them! I met up with Jean, Maria and my other cousin Marissa last week. We went to the Arboretum for some photos and I think they turned out pretty well. Or at least I hope they think so!

Maria used to love horses and rode up until a few years ago. So I thought it would be fun to take a few photos with a horse if I could work it out. It so happens that a lady that lives about two blocks away from me has a horse. I had never met her but I introduced myself and asked her if we could take some photos. She was more than happy to have us come visit! I was envisioning some nice photos outside with the stable and red fence in the background. Wellll, she didn't really seem like she wanted to bring the horse outside, so I just snapped a few inside the stable where it was really dark. The lovely nice lady also held on to the horse on the other side the whole time. So it was a little difficult to get a natural looking photo. But I threw two in the album just for fun. :-)

At least the Arboretum photos turned out more like I was envisioning for the session! Be sure to check out her album on the left for all her fun photos!