dawn thornton photography: 2015

The past year has flown by. So much has happened that its dizzying to comprehend all that has happened in 12 +/- months.

I have successfully graduated all my children (from high school at least). I have married off my oldest child. I am now expecting my first grandchild! My son successfully completed his senior year of football and baseball and is courting a few college opportunities! All that in addition to a crazy busy Senior Season!

I had so much fun with my first group of Senior Reps.

And then the season hit me like a ton of bricks. I only got one or two shots up for advertisement and then was off and running to complete the season.

We went downtown and shot some promo shots for advertisement purposes. We promoted a couple of local businesses with cupcakes from Chatta-Cakes and outfits worn by the rep's provided by It's Off The Rack. We took in the downtown scenery and enjoyed a fun day of picture taking!

So now as a final adieu to the Class of 2015 I am posting the edits of the Senior Rep Shoot (a little late). Thank you to Cruze Smith, McKenzie Davis, Hannah Robertson and Hana Higgins for all your help making this year a success! And a special thanks to my son Levi for bearing with me and doing your senior session(s) hit or miss, here and there!!

All the best to you in your future endeavors!! Now on to the Class of 2016!!

Some days I worry and adjust and adjust some more. I dont think I have ever had a session that just totally didn't work but I have had ones that contrary to all my worrying and fretting I get it right. This day was one of those days!

When I arrived at the meeting place to follow this couple to his farm for their engagement pictures I assumed (yeah you know the definition of that one haha) that his farm was in our little town but I quickly realized that wasnt the case. We drove and we drove and we drove some more. And the further we drove the more I began to worry that we were not going to have enough time to do all the things she and I envisioned for this session. When we got there I told them we were really short on time and we would have to double time it to get the session in before sunset.

We started in a wonderful pine thicket that had a road made of pine needles. The light trickling thru the trees was awesome! I gave them my little "act like I am not here taking pictures and just look at each other lovingly" speech and we were off. He was a little unsure as to what to do but you certainly cannot tell it when you see the images! They were so stinkin' cute and such fun to work with! We moved from the pines over to the barn with some pretty cool farm equipment and found the most glorious light as they leaned on some pieces of equipment that I know not the names of! We rushed off to the side of the lake and at every turn the light took on a life of its on. I was too stressed to fully appreciate the beauty of what God was giving them (and me) that day I just wanted to be sure to get all the things incorporated into their session that she wanted and deserved.

We came back up to the barn to do some shots with one of the big hay bales and for them to change into their hunting gear. Once the sun starts setting it doesnt waste any time nor does it wait for anyone. We got some sunset shots in but not as many as I wanted to I told them to hang tight for a second as I ran to the car and got a new piece of lighting equipment I had just gotten and wanted to try out to see if we could finish the session up or if we had run out of light. Well, the new softbox changed the look and mood of the images and we shot for about 20 more minutes of such awesome sunset shots and I was dancing and singing (some of you will know what that means haha!!).

It wasnt until I got home and uploaded the images and starting going thru them to find my first sneak peek that I began to realize just how wonderful the session truly had turned out. I put up several sneak peeks but I have wanted to share more of the session ever since I completed all the edits.

The following are my favorites from the session and I truly hope you enjoy! I wish Katie and Shane all the best in their future lives together and hope I get to "shoot" them again!!