THIS BOY SCOUT DIDN’T WANT PICTURES IN A CAP AND GOWN. HE WANTED A SENIOR SESSION THAT ACTUALLY FELT LIKE HIM.

I FIRST MET BELLA WHEN SHE WAS A FRESHMAN SITTING IN MY ART CLASS. FAST FORWARD A FEW YEARS AND HERE WE ARE — SENIOR PHOTOS, A LETTERMAN JACKET, LACROSSE GEAR, AND EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN. WATCHING KIDS GROW UP IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE PARTS OF THIS JOB.

ADDISON WAS A LITTLE NERVOUS BEFORE OUR SESSION, WHICH IS SO NORMAL. WITHIN TWENTY MINUTES OF WALKING INTO THE STUDIO, THE NERVES HAD FADED AND WE WERE JUST HANGING OUT.

WHEN A FORMER COWORKER AND FRIEND ASKED ME TO PHOTOGRAPH HER DAUGHTER'S SENIOR PORTRAITS, WE STARTED THE WAY I LOVE BEST: SITTING AROUND A COFFEE TABLE TALKING THROUGH WHO SHE WAS AND WHAT MATTERED TO HER.