I love it when my family can come to town. It’s hard for us to make many trips to visit them since Aleksi doesn’t like to spend too much time in the car. So when they came down a few months ago, my little sister, who is a senior in high school this year, wanted some senior pictures taken. Just to make sure everyone knows… I don’t specialize in senior portraits, but when you’re as good as I am behind a camera, you can photograph pretty much anything people need. Since she’s family, I made an exception. We actually started out at Riverside Park. We planned on spending some quality time as a family grilling out. On our way to the park, it started pouring rain. Luckily the park has a pavilion with grills underneath. It’s not the most ideal setting to grill, but we had tons of fun and it’ll be something I’ll always remember. After we finished eating hot dogs and brats, the rain had stopped. We went out and took a few photos. I wanted to be sure that we made it to downtown Searcy before the sun dropped too far over the horizon, so we left Riverside and headed toward the square. Once we got there, it was a little darker than what I was hoping for, but that’s fine because I’ll bust out some killer pictures in any situation. We ended up shooting for a couple hours. Time seemed to fly by and we kept getting some great images. Julie did great in front of the camera.

One of my secrets to keeping portrait sessions light is to talk A LOT. I also try to be funny. Key word being “try”. Julie seemed to think I was funny, but then again, she could have been laughing out of sympathy for my exceptionally horrible jokes. My wife can probably vouch for the fact that I pretty much have the cheesiest jokes ever.

Once again, if you’re looking for a senior photographer, you can message me if you’d like, but I’ll recommend some other photographers to you. If, however, you’re looking for an incredibly talented wedding photographer, I’m your man! Just check out Julie’s photos below and be sure to send me a message on my Contact page. I’ll be sure to respond to you very quickly.