Melissa & Lauren

Summer is officially over now that school has started...but I am still booking and photographing seniors! There are still some session times available--but not many!

I work hard to create unique images of each senior. Last week I photographed Melissa and Lauren. These are two of my favorites from the session.

Molly & Molly

I photographed 2 Molly's today! The first Molly, starts her senior year in a few days, and the other, a newborn, has a few years to go! Congratulations and good luck to both you!

I loved the bold color in this image, and Molly's natural smile. It's definitely a keeper!

In the second photo, beautiful baby Molly was so content in the arms of mom and dad, Mitch and Shannon. Also a part of the session, session was brother Sam, who is now 3. Sam's 6 month old portrait is an favorite of mine, and has been hanging in the studio for a long time! I'll try to locate the image and get it posted! Here's a new one in the meantime...

~Diane

Top 3 Choices

Here are the images you requested to compare...

The Next American Idol?

Kelsey came for her senior session the other day. I was blown away when she told me she tried out for American Idol!!! She did her try-out in New York. I am so impressed that she had the courage to do that. Now that she's had the experience she wants to go do it again!! YOU GO GIRL!

~Diane

Erik

I had a nice time during Erik's session. I found that we share two common passions--skiing and Alaska. Erik has his sights on skiing at Mt. Alyeska, where I skiied often while living in Anchorage a LONG time ago in the 80's & early 90's!

You may remember that Anchorage was a strong contender in the bid to host the 1992 Winter Olympics. Alyeksa would have been the main skiing venue. Too bad, so sad, Albertville, France won the bid.

I hope Erik is able to get to ski Alyeska. The views from the slopes are just breathtaking and definitely worth the trip! The International Olympic Committeee doesn't know what it missed!

~Diane

Chantel's Underwater Session

I photographed Chantel earlier this summer and she came back to do an underwater session a week or so ago. I love this image of her swimming butterfly, taken from under the surface of the water. Gorgeous...don't you agree?

White on White

This is Hillary in a fun image with blowing hair. I love to do this shot at the end of most Creative Zone sessions for girls. Guys with longer hair look good in this shot too, I might add! I love using a white background, and it looks great with white outfits!

~Diane

RED

So, Picasso had his blue phase, this week I had my RED phase. I think it was coincidence, but somehow my favorite image of each of these senior girls had a strong red element. Here are Mary, Sarah, & Jacoby, featured in, or on red!

~Diane

Wow!

I had so much fun last week photographing Ryan and his friends! We took so many different photographs--this being one of my favorite. The waterfall is in his yard, and it made a beautiful backdrop for the shot!

~Diane

Chantel, Travis & Chloe

I am starting to upload 3 seniors at a time in an effort to get caught up! This is prime time for seniors and things are getting crazy around here!
If you know anyone who hasn't scheduled their senior portrait session, please encourage them to do it soon! We have only 2 weeks left before school starts!
G-Prep's deadline is the earliest--Sept. 15, with LC and Ferris just a few weeks later. You must get photographed in time to avoid rush fees, or, missing out completely!

Chantel is seen here in our "barn" area, but is coming back this week for an underwater session. She's a competetive swimmer and I'm excited to get some shots of her in action!

In addition to her session in the studio and park, I photographed Chloe in her beautiful yard this week. Location sessions like this are quite fun for me and offer a different look for your senior portraits.

























I photographed Travis 5 years ago. Wow! He's grown up just a bit! He said he has 2 scholarships already, and he hasn't even played his senior year!

Gage, Ashey & Henry

Here are few more of the recent seniors I have photographed. Try as I may to keep current in posting them, please accept my apoogies if YOUR image isn't posted yet!

I've been having a great time with each and every senior I photograph. I love hearing about your activities, likes and dislikes, and plans for the future. It brings me to my own senior year, which was a LONG time ago, by the way! I remember the feeling like it was yesterday--the feeling of being so anxious to leave school and home and embark on a new and exciting life of my own. Make the most of this year. Enjoy this time with your friends and families. Things will never be the same!!

More Senior Sneak Previews!

Things are getting busy here and I have been a bit lax in getting images up on my blog in a timely manner...

So, here are a few from last week that I am just now posting. So sorry to be so far behind!!

Here's Brooke, Brian, and Mallory. Brooke and Mallory both go to LC, and Brain goes to Prep.

Jon

I thoroughly enjoyed photographing Jon last week. As with so many of the seniors I photograph, it was not the first time he came to my studio. I photographed Jon and his two older brothers a year or so ago, when he had shoulder-length hair! I have to admit I like it this new look!

Jon is an accomplished musician, and brought both his sax and bassoon to include in his senior images. Jon shared his passion for music and his instruments during our session, and I learned quite a bit while visiting with him--he's quite an interesting guy!

~Diane

The Last of Three Sisters

Kristen's two older sisters came to me for senior portraits a couple of years ago. Like her sisters, Kristen is beautiful, athletic, and a delightful subject!
I will always remember a photograph I took of all three girls when they were in grade school. They were sitting on their back porch laughing. It was an image that was used in a slideshow at the Women Helping Women Fund Luncheon. Seems like so long ago. Seems like I say that a lot lately!

Thanks, Tabby!

I have to tell everyone about Tabby, and how she came over on a whim this weekend. I have been working on a new postcard to send to seniors and just wanted something new and FUN to include on it. My friend and client, Amanda, had told me a while ago that her sister was interested in modeling. So, I called Tabby and she was willing to come over, and we got some really fun images that I will definitely use on the new postcard.

Sometimes I get excited about a concept or a project and in order to make it real I have to enlist the help of other people to make it happen. As a portrait photographer I can only take pictures if I have willing subjects on the other side of the lens.

My sincere thanks to Tabby and her willingness to help me bring these ideas to life!

~Diane

The Last of Three Brothers

Here's Thomas! When I photographed Thomas's entire family several years ago, I think he was about 12. Since then, I have photographed his 2 older brothers' senior pictures, and now, the baby of the family, Thomas, is graduating! Am I getting old or what???

I discovered that Thomas and I have something in common--we both play guitar and love Neil Young's music. I know I'll have fun choosing the perfect song for Thomas's slideshow!!

~Diane

Seniors...Again

The first image here is of Kaitlund, photographed in the "barn area" of the yard. I love her eyes in this photograph. We also went to the park and we were BOTH photographed by a photographer from the Spokesman Review. I guess we didn't make the cut since I haven't seen our picture in the paper! It was fun though, and for once, I was on the other side of the lens.









This is Stephen, chillin' on the red chair in the studio. We had a fun time, of course, and I took some great shots of him and his car in the park--but I'm saving them so he'll be surprised when he sees them in his slideshow later this week!

This was one of my favorite photographs of Hilary, who goes to LC. I always wonder if seniors will like the same ones I do...What do you think, Hilary??

More Seniors!!

Senior season is in full swing and this week I had the privilege of photographing 3 seniors from Southridge HS in Kennewick. As luck would have it, Spokane experienced some of its highest temps this week. The girls from Tricities felt right at home!


Here is my favorite image from Sarah's session.




On Saturday Paige and Chelsea drove up for their session. They braved the crowds of Hoopfest to make a quick stop at Nordstrom for some last-minute clothing items for their session. We circled the park and took some really fun photographs in and around the pond.






Here's my favorite of Chelsea:








And this is my favorite of Paige! I have to tell you that I photographed Paige MANY years ago when she was only about 4 years old! I would post it, but its been so long ago that it was actually photographed on FILM and I don't have a digital file on hand. Maybe I'll look it up and post in someday. It was a fabulous image of Paige and her sister, Logan, who has also grown up quite a bit. Time flies...

It's Senior Time!

Summer at my studio spells SENIORS! I had a really fun session with Ethan the other day. Ethan goes to G-Prep. Ethan got the Creative Zone Session and the weather cooperated, thankfully, and we did images in the studio and outside. Here's a studio image I really liked...

~Diane

An assortment of new images

I have been a bit lax about posting images on my blog, so I'll add a few new ones now.

First, this is a new headshot of my husband, Michael. We wanted something kind of contemporary, and not so stuffy. I like the off-center, horizontal composition, the lightness of the background, and the top of the head cropped. What do you think?

Here's Joe, a 2008 graduate! Joe was very nervous about getting pictures taken at first, but it wasn't but a couple of minutes before his natural smile and great personality started to show! Congratulations, Joe!

I am still getting calls from seniors who have really procrastinated getting their senior portraits done! To any of you who still need portraits, PLEASE don't put it off any longer! This is a rite of passage and you really should have portraits to document it!

Sara, Hattie, Trese, Wilma, & Bree--5 lovely ladies representing 4 generations.

I had the privledge of photographing Sara & her mom. Trese, when Sara was pregnant, and Sara, Hattie & Eric when Hattie was a newborn. Hattie was a bundle of energy this time! And loaded with smiles!

I also photographed Trese & her husband, Keith just before Christmas last year. Getting to know all of them has been a blessing.

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