Heather Neal Photography

This lovely girl was my first ever High School Senior 911 Session. I kind of threw this idea together last minute after I started getting graduation party invites and started thinking about how I always get a few calls for last minute emergency Senior Sessions before graduation. I know how time flies when you have kiddos in school and it seems like the older they get the faster it goes so I can only imagine how fast graduation sneeks up on you and how it can be hard to fit everything in. So this year I thought I would set a day aside for some quick senior sessions for those that may not have had time, didn’t think they wanted/needed them until the last minute, or just didn’t get to them for whatever reason. I’m so glad I did because this lovely girl and her mama were a pleasure to work with and she was a natural in front of the camera. This will definitely become a yearly event!

This lovely young lady and her family have been a part of our “gymnastics family” for many years. We had a family session set up for over Thanksgiving weekend and I thought I had already shot my last Senior session for the year, but then her mama asked if we could add a Senior session to the family session? Are you kidding me? OF COUSE! I love Senior Sessions and especially when they are as gorgeous as this! We got so lucky with the weather too and had the perfect day. My only complaint would be realizing that kiddos that I remember being little bitty things are now graduating from high school and how old I feel, LOL. I know great things are in this girl’s future though!

I love it when I am contacted by clients I haven’t worked with for a while so I was excited to hear from Dylan’s mom. We had done a couple of fun sessions in the past including a Christmas Session at a tree farm which I loved! This year I started having all of my high school seniors fill out a questionnaire so I can get an idea of their personality, style, any preferences or wishes they have for their photos and session, and also how excited they are (or aren’t) for their session. What I didn’t expect to get out of these questionnaires was some real entertainment and usually quite a few laughs. Typically with my Senior guys there is at least a hint of “my mom is making me do this” in their answers and almost always a sense of humor. Dylan definitely had that hint of “doing this for mom” but I think once we got going with his session he actually had a pretty good time and I think he did a great job! Also, be sure to check out the tall pines in some of his images…that’s where I’m planning to do my December mini sessions so contact me today to get yours scheduled!

This was such a fun High School Senior Session for me! My 9 year old son just started playing hockey for the Jr Mavs this year on their Squirt team and this handsome guy is on of the High School Jr Mavs players! I LOVE it when my Senior clients have a passion that they incorporate into their session so it was especially fun that his passion was also one that my family is currently around a lot! This was my first hockey player too so it was fun finding ways to incorporate his gear into the shots. We chose a downtown KC Crossroads location and found so many good places that complimented his outfits and jerseys. He had another thing in common as well…Brennan is planning on majoring in pre-dental after high school and before I became a photographer, I worked in the dental field for over 20 years!