Throwback Thursday features miss Sydney and her senior portraits from this past summer. Sydney is Miss Folsom with all of her extra circular activities and involvement at school and the cheer team. She devotes a lot of her time to her school and keeping their spirits high during Covid! I am proud to have her on my model team this year. She has added so much to the team.

We took Sydney’s senior portraits in Old Folsom and down at Lake Natoma. Really paying homage to her hometown! If you know Sydney you know she is one of the most polite girls you’ll ever know. I cannot count the amount of times she said thank you during our session. I can still hear her sweet voice every time she saw a picture on the back of my camera she liked. we had such a fun day.

This red shirt and shoes really made these images pop. I love when my clients really coordinate their outfits it makes the images that much more visually appealing. 

When she put that blue dress on and was all in about getting in the water, I just knew we had some magical moments to capture in the water! The photos we got were breathtaking! 

These ladies have been such champs during Covid and not getting a chance to do much as a team. We had a small window before Thanksgiving where restrictions were lifted and we were able to get together for this fun session in this gorgeous Christmas tree farm. This is my fourth model team and every year it just gets better and better. We have found new ways to bond and get together during this tough time and it has brought us closer together as a team. Every time we get together I see the bond between them grow and it makes me so proud of the team I have created! These girls are amazing! 

We even shot a fun TikTok!! 

I hope you all have a wonderful holiday season and try to make the best of this tough time. 

TALENT! TALENT! TALENT! This girl has so many talents- from dancing to Cheerleading to a young philanthropist through the girl scouts. I am so impressed by her drive, compassion, and kindness. We decided to spend the day in one of her favorite places, Lake Tahoe! But lets back up bit to the moment I knew I wanted to work with Grace. I had found her through mutual friends/clients and could tell she was exactly the kind of senior I wanted to work with. At the time we were not able to work together but by a twist of fate she showed up at my office one day for a consultation (her mom had booked the appointment and I didn’t know it was her coming in). We talked about her vision for the shoot and what I envisioned, we definitely were on the same page. Her mom, mine and Grace’s energy were the same and I knew this session was going to be so much fun! Fast forward to the day of the session and the gratefulness that they showed me the entire session it just touched my heart so much. They had been bummed Grace hadn’t been able to join my Senior Model Team in the beginning of the year and at one point they expressed that. In that moment I knew I needed to welcome her onto the team. We had just lost a girl due to a move out of state, I paused and said “well actually we do still have an open spot.” I have never seen anyone so excited, and I am talking about her mom hahaha! she literally jumped in the air and expressed “Oh Melissa are you serious?” I was very serious! Grace and her mom got so excited and it just made my whole year! I need this type of energy in my life always! 

I love getting the chance to photograph my seniors with their parents. Jennifer was crying so much in the photo it was so touching. Off in the distance you can see their condo which made it so special to shoot in this location. Peep the dancing queen in these next photos! 

Destination shoots are so much fun! You get to explore new spaces and it really helps my creative juices flow shooting in new spots. We wrapped up her session on the beach of course showing off her cheer skills and then ended the night having a nice dinner together and amazing conversation. I love getting to go to dinner after with my clients it adds so much to the experience and I get to know them on whole other level. Thank you Grace and Jennifer for such a wonderful day! 

XOXO,

MGP