Brittany and Chelsea’s Senior Portrait

This week I had the opportunity to photograph Brittany and Chelsea for their senior portrait. As you may have noticed they are twins. Their photo session occurred over a two day period mostly because we live in Portland and the weather changes every six or seven seconds. The studio session was completed during a rather rainy and gloomy day so we all agreed that the outdoor session would be postponed to a setting without all the water and mud. Like that will ever happen in Portland during the winter. As luck would have it just two days later the weatherman warned us that a strange yellow ball in the sky would make its’ appearance. So we decided to take our chances and schedule a shoot for that time. While the rain had subsided the overcast situation made for a rather fun and unique shooting opportunity. I was able to use many of the Strobist techniques I had learned and ended up creating some very dramatic photos.

This one in particular is stunning. As we had finished up the shoot we began walking back toward the cars and I looked up to see a break in the clouds and noticed a nearly full moon up above. I had the girls sit backward on a bench in the park, I laid down, yes in the mud, and had their cousin John hold the remote wireless strobe. The captured photo was phenomenal. Every aspect of the shot seems to be in perfect balance.

Shooting with teen agers can be trying at times, but I have to say these girls were the most polite and well manner young people I had met in years. The shoot was fun, they were perfect models and I came away with hope for our future generation. Well done ladies, and thanks for a great shooting experience.

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