A few weeks ago, we completed the last photo shoot from my Winter Photo Contest with my Grand Prize Winner, Brenna Greene and her 4 best friends. Brenna’s shoot also pleasantly coincided with a personal side project that I’m working on with film maker John Baldino. We’re thrilled that we had the opportunity to do this project with the group of girls that Brenna brought along and I am looking forward to seeing the final project in it’s completed state. Unfortunately, even though we did have sunny breaks throughout the day, after being inside filming video for several hours, by the time we were able to start shooting, it started to rain! Well, that’s Oregon weather for you! You can’t win ‘em all but we still had fun shooting inside. For now, here’s a quick sneak peek for Brenna and her friends, Carly, Whitney, Elizabeth and Sarah.

First off, a huge thank you to all of our participants in this year’s 1st Winter High School Photo Contest! We wouldn’t have been able to have this contest without all of you willing participants.

And, of course a BIG CONGRATS to our winners! Our winners have been notified and you will see images from their friends session soon!

You all had a chance to see the outdoor sneak peek of Brenna’s Free Style Senior Session. Last weekend, Brenna and her mom were in for her studio portion of her session and she did as brilliantly during this session as she did during her outdoor session. Can’t wait to have them in the studio this week for her to see the rest of the pics! Enjoy!

Ok, it’s time for me to get this show back on the road. I have been out of town the past 2 weekends in a row. Caught a cold after the first weekend and pretty much spent the remainder of the week prior to going out of town the 2nd weekend, in bed trying to rest. Why? Because I was being lame and wanted to be fully rested for the Nike Women’s 1/2 Marathon that I ran in San Francisco this past weekend. I had a blast, as this was my first half marathon….and yes, I probably picked the worst course to have as my first but it was a blast. And I got to spend the weekend with one of my good photog friends, Amy Lynden.

With all that aside, I have left several clients waiting patiently for their sneak peeks. Brenna was one of my early referrals to be part of our Senior Model Rep program but timing wasn’t right and it didn’t work out. However, I was happy to have her come back, several months later for her senior session. While we only did half of her senior session, the outdoor piece. I was really happy that the weather turned out the way it did. We ended up spending just a tad bit extra time together and ended appropriately, just before a downpour of rain swept into Portland. Brenna’s mom was a blast to have along as well. I put her to work with the reflector and she had it mastered in no time! Brenna, can’t wait to have you back for the studio portion of your session. Enjoy your sneak peek!