*Adrienne Senior Portraits*

This shoot was exceptionally fun. There were places all around Vancouver, WA I had been dying to take pictures at and was just waiting for the opportunity. Well, the opportunity turned out the be the beautiful Adrienne for her senior photos. Adrienne is such a fun person to be around! She is an awesome soccer player, smart, and wants to go to college to be an architect. She is looking into going to Colorado University, which is the arch enemy of my alma-mater but I wont hold that against her :) (GO RAMS!)
Anyway, as I look through the photos all I have to say is "one at a time boys, one at a time" What a beauty!

Found this wall in a parking lot perfectly numbered for her graduation year..

The one on the right is not posed... that just Adrienne in her natural, lovely state.

Love the lighting in this one..

We both sacrificed out bodies to mosquitoes for this shot but definitely worth it!

Love the sweetness in these pictures and of course the lighting..

Stunning!!!

Adrienne, I wish you the best of luck! You have a bright future ahead of you and I know you'll succeed at everything you do! ....even if you go to CU :)

Ryan Greenen Graduation

What some of you don't know about me is that I not only am a photographer but I am also a personal trainer. I love both jobs and this post is a kind of a merge of both. 

Ryan is my favorite client by far. He is a determined, funny, accomplishing 18 yr old that inspires me and so many around him. Ryan grew up as a semi normal kid (I say semi because he a very successful in academics, having track records, and other sports). About 3 1/2 years ago Ryan was sledding with his friends and was traumatically run over by a mini van. Ryan knocked on deaths door many times in the first few months. He suffered severe brain damage that affected his motor skills. Ryan came to me in October just learning to walk with a walker. His goal was to walk across his high school graduation stage. After a many days in the gym working with me and another trainer, multiple days a week with physical therapist, and message therapist,  Ryan was able to walk on his own. However, walking in the gym with us is very different from walking across a stage with thousands of eyes on you. With Ryan's determination he was able to do it.. while everyone else wiped their eyes and gave him a huge standing ovation. 

Ryan definitely has a special place in my heart and I can't wait to see him walk, run, and jump on his own one day. Here are some photos from his graduation. I hope that as you look at them that you can be as inspired by Ryan as much as everyone else who knows him is.

Ryan and I :)