Asha Benamon Prom Session

This time of year kicks off hundreds of photography sessions for high school students starting with PROM!  Guys will be sporting their best suit or a tux and the gals will be wearing killer dresses or other fashion outfits.  For Asha Benamon the dress she chose was perfect for her prom night and one that made her photo session a thing of beauty.  

Although I had approximately 45 minutes to create images of Asha before she dashed off with friends to her local prom location, by meeting with her and her parents the day before the session allowed us to worked together in perfect harmony.  In fact, the more I photographed Asha and as the session progressed I kept telling her mom and dad that she needs to get into modeling.  That's just how well Asha posed in front of the camera and the pictures below confirmed my opinion.

Asha...you could be a top model!  Oh, and you look like a princess in that dress.  Thanks for the awesome photo session we created together.  I'm looking forward to creating your senior portraits. I hope you had a blast at the prom.

Enjoy!

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Camera:  Canon 5D
Lens:  Canon 24-105mm IS
Lighting:  Softbox w/550 Flash & Natural

Post:  Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop
Plugin:  Portraiture Professional

Gage Powers - Class of 2017

Photographing seniors is a curious proposition.  Many of them have personalities that are well-established as to how they perceive themselves and how they want the world to see them.  Therefore, whenever I have a session with a high school student I like to meet them in a chat session before the shoot so that we can mesh both our personalities ahead of time.  It just makes the shoot a whole lot easier and quicker.

However, after my conference with Gage and his mom I went away thinking he was neither impressed with me, my talents, or the idea of being photographed.  It was the typical "guy thing" and I concluded that I was going to have my work cut out for me the day of the session.  Yet, I'll have to admit that I had totally misjudged him.  The day of the shoot Gage was on point and it was a pleasure watching him become more comfortable before the camera with each shot.

What I like about this session with Gage is that it shows a mature young man who didn't put on airs but stayed true to himself.  Maybe that's why he drives a big ole honking truck named "Dixie" and is already successfully employed.  Congratulations, Gage, you're my top "Senior of the Year" candidate.  I wish you lots of success upon graduating.

Enjoy! 

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My favorite shot of Gage.

Stills:  Canon 30D w/17-55mm IS
          Canon 10D w/70-200mm IS
Still Post:  Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop CS3
Plugin:  Portraiture Professional