{Wichita Senior Photography} Anna

I met up with Anna and her Viola last week for some beautiful spring portraits in Wichita. It's so fantastic when a senior brings an element of their personal life into their portraits. It's even more cool when it's instrumental and I get a little serenade while taking their portraits. :)

Especially when beautiful light is involved.

Just loving this in black & white!

Last two!

{Salina Senior Photography} Nicole

Meet Nicole! She's a fabulous senior who came to Salina from Hesston for her senior portraits. She came armed with a full wardrobe of looks for her session, which was fabulous!


She has such a beautiful smile!


I just love it when girls bring their Prom or Homecoming dress along for their portraits.


And amazing eyes. Seriously.


The dress is making an encore appearance! We were shooting in this field and the sun was setting. There was not much light left, but the sky was killer, so I asked Nicole to quickly put it on again ... and I'm in love with the results!

{Topeka Senior Photography} Callie

Admittedly, I don't shoot a lot of senior portrait sessions. But when Callie, a senior at Topeka's Shawnee Heights High School, sent me a Facebook message a couple of months ago asking about my availability, I knew this would be one session I couldn't pass up.


You see, Callie is my wife's Little Sister and I've known her since she was 7. Angie, my wife, and I were still in college. I wasn't thinking beyond the end of the semester let alone shooting her senior portraits ten years down the road.


But through the past decade, we've traveled to see her on her birthday. She was a junior bridesmaid in our wedding. I let her take my car for a spin in her school's parking lot as she was learning to drive. Next week we're going with her on a campus visit to K-State, our alma mater. It just doesn't seem possible.


She's turned into a remarkable young woman with a bright and promising future. We couldn't be more proud!


Callie thanked me no less than three times as we were wrapping up our shoot, which started at Burnett's Mound before moving to Lake Shawnee and downtown. No, thank you, Callie. Thank you for asking me to photograph your senior portraits and thank you for just being so AWESOME! -Mike

{Salina Senior Photography} Molly

Meet Molly. We had a ton of fun last weekend shooting her senior portraits here in Salina!


When her mom and I were talking on the phone prior to the session, the first thing she mentioned was wanting portraits on a swing, but "not at the playground." I immediately thought of this location, which turned out to be perfect with her country dress.


Speaking of dresses, she brought along her prom dress from junior year, which is SUCH a fun idea! And with such a bright dress in a natural grass field, it just jumps out at you!


Amazing eyes, fantastic smile. Perfection. :)

{Salina Senior Photography} Krystal

Our astute blog readers might recognize Krystal as being a Tri-Rivers Fair Queen candidate.


A few weeks ago, we decided to meet for a few more senior portraits.


Beautifully timeless.


Krystal's dog, Sadie, joined us for part of the session. Some dogs will sit and pose for the camera. Sadie is (like my dog) one who will do pretty much whatever she feels like. This photo captures the personality of both Krystal and Sadie, which is why I love it so much.


When Krystal told me she was in the color guard, which involves flags, I could barely contain my excitement. I knew it would be fun AND visual.