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I had so much fun shooting this session, and I’m having just as much fun editing them. I love this girl’s style and look, and she was oh so photogenic. I adore doing vintage-y type looking images, so her outfit lent itself to that very well. Here’s just a few that I had to narrow down to.
Like I mentioned before, I’m all out of intelligent titles for these posts, so I’ve moved on to just putting the title as the category! I photographed this girl’s older sister last year when she graduated, so now this time, the younger is in the spotlight. 
I’m running out of ideas for titles of posts, so I think I’m going to go for just typing in the category - ex: Grads. It’s stressful trying to come up with something clever every time!
I like when grad students bring along props or things that they’re interested in. This guy likes Steven Colbert, so we incorporated his book in a few shots.
And this ↓ is what we were going for!
Friday afternoon I photographed another grad student. Last year she was an escort for another student I had photographed, but now it’s her turn.
Another fun afternoon yesterday with some grad girls from a couple surrounding towns. If you come at the same time as someone else, this is what you may end up doing when you’re not in the spotlight….
I’m starting to get back to shooting some 2010 grads now again, and I’m trying out some new lighting and photoshopping. I like doing grads, because it gives me a chance to experiment with new and creative stuff, that doesn’t always work for weddings or families. So here’s some funky new shots I tried out in the studio last week. Being winter lasts for so long, it pushes me to try and make the studio sessions a little more dynamic. It’s easy to fall into doing the same thing over and over, because it works, and you know it’s safe. But sometimes I need to expand my skills, and make more of an effort to play around and discover new techniques. Hope you enjoy!
On friday I headed out, in a snowy blizzard, to Moosomin to photograph a bunch of grad students. I was thinking it was going to be a terrible day for weather, but just after going through Broadview, the skies cleared, and by the time I got to my destination, it was blue & sunny!
I had a lot of fun doing these sessions in a totally new and unfamiliar location. It was a cool challenge to just run around town and find a few choice locations, then just go for it all day long. Thanks for contacting me girls. I had an awesome day with you all! Hope you were able to warm up with your hot chocolate. Even though is was sunny and blue, it’s still the end of October, and it was still COLD!!
I just wanted throw a quick post up about spring grad sessions. I’m already getting quite a few calls for grad sessions in May and June, so if you are graduating this year, don’t wait til spring to book your session. I was filled up with families this fall and wasn’t able to take too many casual sessions, so I am now booking casuals and formals in the spring. So in other words, it’s going to get very full, very fast. If you are from one of the classes that I regularly book on the actual grad day, you can call to secure your session time. The other option is booking on a day other than your actual grad day. This will enable us to go to a few locations, instead of just at the studio. You’ll get alot more variety, and you won’t be so stressed out on grad day.
E-mail me at pmphoto@sasktel.net, or call 697-2435 to book. I’ll leave you with a few shots from some of last year’s grad students….
We started this session at 7:00 p.m., and if you may have noticed, it’s getting dark EARLY!! I tried a few shots with flash, which I barely ever use, but it turned out kind of cool (last picture in post). There are also alot of mosquitos out at this time of night, so I apologize if you went home with big itchy welts.
It’s awesome getting to meet the new class of 2010. I have some huge classes this year, and I wasn’t able to fit in as many students as I would have liked in the fall. That means there will be lots and lots of wintery sessions being posted in the coming months! Thanks to those of you who booked in early and are coming in the fall! I look forward to these sessions so much.
I was excited to do this session. I’ve photographed this girl a few times over the years, and she’s got such a sweet personality. We ran around town a bit on monday morning and headed out to my favorite grassy area. She changed into a dress to do a few shots, and I like how the sparkly formal dress looked in a totally unformal environment. Thanks for coming down for your session.
