Soft. Airy. Whimsical. Those are qualities I always work to pull out in my photography while making my sessions light, fun, easy, and memorable. This session has got to be one of my recent favorites since it pulls every single one of those qualities together to create some truly stunning work. I am so excited to share these photos with you, so pop in and stay awhile while enjoying some gorgeous photos of a poised young woman and a fairy dusk dancer...

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Simi is truly a stunning young woman. She blew me out of the water with her poise, charm, ambition, and bubbly personality. Her mother had contacted me over a year ago to set up her senior photos after meeting me at a good friend's wedding. We've talked throughout the year in planning our session, and now that it's done -- WOW. It was such a fun evening and I am in love with these photos.

Simi was excited about our shoot and was up for anything. We wound up traipsing through the woods, laying in the grass, rushing through outfit changes in the trees, and running around chasing the last rays of sunlight.

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Here is my favorite photo from the session. Hellooooooooooooo, bokeh!

(If you've been following me for awhile, you know how bokeh just makes my heart melt! The second I took this photo I was drawn to the blurred background of trees with that beautiful dappled light shining through. That right there? That's the bokeh.)

And right when you think that it can't possibly get any better? That you can't have more perfect light, a more unique setting with limitless backgrounds, or a more adventurous model? Then she tells me she's a dancer and we start working on a few photos in her costumes.

She is literally flying in the photo below on the right. Flying.

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Plus, I love it when I get such a wonderful thank you and kind words from the families that I work with:

Dear Nicole,

Thank you for coming all the way out to the 'burbs to take Simi's pictures. We love the one's you've posted, can't wait to see the rest. She had so much fun, and felt good about the session. She was previously hesitant when I told her I had scheduled her a senior photo session, since she doesn't like to pose for pictures of herself. But you made her comfortable and allowed her to be herself. So thank you! You have a unique gift, and the personality to make your subjects feel comfortable, a great combination. I'm grateful I ran into you through Kirsten and Mary.

Hugs,

Kavita

Simi, you are absolutely wonderful and you are going to do great things in your life. Thank you for a fun and beautiful evening in the park. What a pleasure it was photographing you!

Congratulations to the Class of 2014!

Talk about a photographer's dream! When Emilee came to me for her senior portraits, she had a beautiful location in mind: Luciano's Lake Pearl in Wrentham. The original day that we were scheduled to have our session, we awoke to a rainy morning and I crossed my fingers and hoped that the torrential downpours would stop by evening. After frantically checking the weather reports every free chance I got, a few emails and hours later I realized that that was just silly as the storm relentlessly pounded the area, making for yet another rained out shoot. (That's the chance you have to take as a natural light photographer!) We rescheduled for a week later, and boy am I glad we did! The conditions were perfect! Between the combination of the perfect rays of golden hour light slanting through the trees, a gorgeous setting, and a beautiful senior who was open to all of my crazy ideas... the shoot was a dream!

These gazebo photos below showcase Emilee's true talent of keeping a poker face despite her photographer rearranging the wedding furniture that was left outside and climbing atop a rickety table to get the perfect angle for the shot in the middle!

Emilee is a vibrant senior girl with big dreams for next year. I was thrilled to be able to capture this in her photos. A few of my faves...

*.*.*.Laughter.*.*.*

And these whitewashed arches that I found on the beach... ooooh, but I fell in love with these arches! Absolutely gorgeous, and only made more so with Emilee posing in the arches!

One of the best parts of the shoot? When I spotted the pier in the above photo, I looked at Emilee to see if she'd be okay with hopping the fence and climbing out into the water. She was all up for our little conspiracy, and we then were able to get some great shots at sunset!