Meet Lily! | Turlock, CA High School Senior

Oh, my goodness. It’s been a few years since my session with Lily, but I HAD to highlight it. It is STILL one of my favorite Senior Portrait sessions to date. Her outfits were so fun and diverse, and I loved all her locations!

We started in Downtown Turlock with Lily’s Pitman High Sweater and two props that were important in her life! She chose to bring her pointe shoes and the trap for her marching band clarinet. So cute.

And how cute are these shoes and this dress???? Our street shots on Main Street in Turlock turned out so adorable as well.

Our next location is a local favorite! We went down to the river out at Knights Ferry and got some DREAMY light for Lily’s river photos.

Our last location was downtown Modesto with Lily in Ballerina attire! Are you swooning yet?

Senior Models - Class of 2020 | Turlock, California

FRIENDS! This shoot was as close to dreamy as they come. I planned for months to do our first senior model team photoshoot at Pageo Lavender farm in Turlock, CA.

This senior photography shoot is actually super old, haha! I am 2 years behind. Yes….. you read that right….. 2 whole years. BUT that doesn’t mean that these gorgeous images don’t deserve a permanent spot on my blog.

These models from 2020 went to high-school all over the central valley. From Atwater to Turlock to Ceres and Modesto, they all showed up and looked GORG for me on every team shoot.

My vision for this shoot was stripes, blues, creams, and whites. I guess I was going for a “french cottage” vibe.

Makeup was done by Ramona Bianco and she did such a beautiful job. You can check out the video (that features all my high-school senior models as well as Ramona doing their makeup) that we made about our shoot here if you’d like to.

It was SUCH a fun day and one of my favorite model shoots EVER!

Meet Madison! | Turlock Senior Photographer

You guys! This gorgeous High School Senior is sunshine personified! She is not only so beautiful, but she’s talented and so sweet! I loved having her as one of my former models and her session at Knights Ferry, CA was so fun. Her parents both came with us and we had a blast. She is a graduate of Orestimba High School in Newman, CA and has gone on to college now and is pursuing her dreams.

I wanted to put Madison’s session up on the blog because I think it highlights such a wide range of looks we can get, even in one location. From the pretty river shots to the covered bridge to the nature scenes, we had so many cool location options that gave Madison a HUGE variety of photos to choose from.

Enjoy these fun photos!

Meet Briseida! | Merced Senior Photographer

Y’allllllllllllllllll- I’m tryin’ to catch up a little bit, so I’m blogging about sessions from a LONG time ago.

Briseida was one of my models a few years ago and I absolutely LOVED her session in downtown Merced. She is a 2018 graduate from Atwater High SchoolWe also found a few other places around Stanislaus County to take some river photos and take advantage of the spring weather we had at the time. She also did some cap and gown photos as well! Briseida was totally up for anything during her session! It was so fun running around all the cool locations in Merced as well as finding amazing photo locations closer to Atwater and by the river.

Meet Leivy! | Turlock Senior Photos

So, Leivy was one of the FIRST clients I had in California! She answered a model call in the Spring of her junior year and I loved being her photographer so much that I invited her to be a senior model during her senior year at Atwater High. She chose to do her senior solo session as a destination shoot in San Francisco! And I couldn’t have been happier about it. All her photos in downtown San Francisco, as well as at Baker Beach turned out SO beautifully.

Meet Christine! | Modesto Senior Photographer

Ummm…… I’m a little behind on blogging….. Like two years behind………..

BUT, I couldn’t NOT blog about my session with Christine! Christine is a graduate of Gregori High School in Modesto and is now studying at CSU East Bay. She is also GORGEOUS and a really sweet person.

We had such a fun day running around San Francisco in Union Square and going to Baker Beach for some sunset photos. Her sister got to come with us and we even took a few shots with her.

I love destination shoots and LOVE being a destination photographer. San Fran is one of my all time favorite places because you can get SO many diverse looks in a relatively small geographic place.

Christine KILLED it and her photos looked amazing. So glad I can share a few of them with you.

I adore the architecture of San Francisco!

These doooooooooors!

Maiden Lane is so cute!

Cute Sisters!

Central Valley Senior Models!

These girls are so fun! They answered the call for Senior Models in the Central Valley of California from Atwater, Manteca, Turlock, Hughson, and Modesto- and were so great to work with for the 2017-2018 school year. It’s been so fun watching them all go chase their dreams and pursue their individual interests.

Meet Taylor! | Turlock Senior Photography

This session was a year ago!!  AACK!    I can't even believe it.  You guys, I'm playing major catch up, but hopefully seeing the images can give you an idea of the variety of images I get.  I had a HARD time narrowing the number of images down for Taylor because she is SO gorgeous.  

We started off in Downtown Turlock, which is a location I ADORE!  So many fun spots to grab photos! 

Then we headed down to the river for some natural shots.  This shoot was during the spring of 2017 when AAAAALLLLL the flooding was going on, so we got some amazing shots on the steps with Taylor's feet in the water.  I was waist deep in the water, but it was WORTH IT!  

Meet Dani! | Ripon Senior Photographer

 I've been missing from this little corner of the internet for a bit!  But I wanted to share Dani with you and the fun images we got.  Dani is actually a Hughson High School graduate, but we decided to go up to Ripon for her session & check out Ripon Army Corps Park.  That park, you guys!  So many cool spots!  We got some urban looking shots with the graffiti and a few shots up on the bridge, we got some by the river and on the trails as well.  Seriously, such a great location.  

We did hair and makeup in Salida with a great makeup artist, Aneesa.  She gave Dani a really natural look with just enough glam for the camera.  

Once we got to the park we started under the bridge and got some super cool shots with the graffiti and the pillars. 

The rest of the session we tromped around the park and battled a few mosquitos, but ended up with an amazing final result.  

Meet Leivy! 2018 Senior | Turlock Senior Portrait Photographer

AAHHHH!!!  I'm excited to share these images with you guys!  Leivy and I did a session a while ago and I wanted to share when she started her senior year at Atwater High School.  I can't even tell you how easy Leivy was to work with.  Not only is she naturally SUPER gorgeous and incredibly photogenic, but she is such a sweet person.   I loved chatting with her as we ran around the Stanislaus State Campus.   And, as you can see from the image overload below, we so many gorgeous shots that it was difficult for me to even narrow them down.  

Leivy, I hope you have an INCREDIBLE senior year!  And thanks so much for working with me!