Graduating: Austin

Blogging on a Sunday? Yep, that means it's catchup time here at Josh Solar Photo. Today, I bring you an awesome senior that I had the pleasure of hanging with for a couple of hours last week. We had fun and hit up some areas I hadn't visited in a while. Austin worked it out for me with some "tough" faces :), and he switched it up by flashing his genuine smile every now and then. His cute little goldendoodles came along for a few, as did his slick ride.

Graduating: Austin

Around here at Josh Solar Photo, we don't get to shoot many seniors, so it's always fun when we get to do senior sessions. One thing I always try to do is incorporate what's important to them in their session. Graduating high school is a HUGE step and you change awfully fast, so down the road it's nice to be able to look back and remember who you were in high school.

For Austin, it was all about football...so we headed to the stadium where he plays on Friday nights and walked around. I also got the chance to play with my strobes a little bit, which is nice considering the thunderstorm rolling in behind him in a few of the shots. Doesn't he just look like one mean dude? He's really a nice, quiet guy, but dang, I'd hate to be lining up against him on the field.

Doesn't Austin have such a great smile?

He's got a mean tough face also :)

Told you that thunderstorm was coming!

And, my favorite shot of the session. You do not want to mess with Austin!

Graduating: Amanda

Fall is almost gone, and that means it's getting too cold to be outside for some shoots (unless someone wants to do some fun stuff in the snow when it comes), but Amanda braved the cold to have her senior pics taken yesterday. She wanted some fall colors and a tennis court, so we headed to Antioch Park hoping that we would find a few trees showing the pretty colors, and even though it was chilly, we found a few trees that hadn't turned just for her :)

Her family came along to help get her to smile, and they did a good job :)

One of my favorites!

The next 2 are my favorites. I love when I get to incorporate personal items into my shoots :)

Check out those eyes!

This is why I love shooting right before sunset, you just can't beat that golden light!

Graduating: Alicia

Well, we only had to re-schedule Alicia's shoot 3 times before the weather finally decided to co-operate this evening, if you call pouring rain on the way to the shoot co-operating :)

Either way, it cleared up and we had a lot of fun walking around the Crossroads Arts district. I need to give a big shout-out to Alicia's sisters who tagged along and helped bring out some smiles! Enjoy!

My favorite :)

Check out those gorgeous dark brown eyes!

The cow wall was pretty sweet :)

I love hoods!

Ok, I lied, this is my favorite image :)

Gangstas!