In addition to shooting weddings and creative editorials, senior sessions are among our favorite type of shoots. The creativity, fashion and unique personalities make for an awesome combination.

Khaled and I are always honored when other photographers book our services. We see it as one of the highest compliments, so you can imagine our excitement when Chelsea contacted us for her senior portraits. Chelsea is a graphic designer/photographer graduating from the same university I attended, the University of Tampa, and is already making things happen! Her sweet personality and infectious smile  are beautiful attributes and we had an amazing time getting to know more about Chelsea and her future aspirations. We look forward to working again with her…maybe in DC, right Chelsea?? ;)

The beautiful light, weather, and location couldn’t have been more perfect for this session! Enjoy a selection of our favorite images:

Fun. Yes, you can find the definition in the dictionary and right next to that you’ll find a picture of this family. Because I put it there. Meet Cynthia, Bryan and their sweet young ladies, Madi and Bree. We kinda sorta love them!

Cynthia works with Khaled at USF and I had the privilege of shooting a few corporate headshots for her and a co-worker a few months back. We were thrilled to meet Cynthia’s family and spend some time documenting their time together.

Cynthia did a fabulous job planning for her family session. She rocked out the pinterest inspiration and shared her family’s interests to help us choose the perfect location. Madi and Bree were naturals in front of the lens and had me laughing so much that my stomach hurt. I wanted to keep them forever. Ok, that may have sounded a bit like the Other Mother in Coraline but they were so stinkin’ adorable!!

Bryan definitely has his hands full with these three beautiful women in his life. Here are just a few of our many favorites from their session!

You can’t live life stressing about what others think, if you do, you’ll never truly live.

I’m sure you’ve heard of destination weddings, but have you heard of destination senior sessions? Well, that’s exactly what Shannon did this month! She visited us from Maryland for a rockin’ outdoors senior session. Besides Cheerleading, listening to Barefoot Blue Jean Night by Jake Owen (Side Note: You can catch one of the first models we worked with almost 2 year ago, Lacey, in the video), watching The Notebook and getting her sugar fix with Sour Gummy Worms, this seventeen year old loves country settings!

We found the perfect location to shoot, but as mother nature likes to stir things up a bit, it was pouring the day of Shannon’s session. Since Shannon lives in Maryland, we knew, rain or shine, we could not reschedule the session. I was determined to make the most of what mother nature was offering! Thankfully, the rain calmed down to sprinkles and the foggy mist after the downpour actually became the perfect backdrop to many of the images. It was perfect.

Shannon may not know this, but I’m thinking about hiring her as my personal stylist…I loved every adorable piece that she wore to the shoot! We had a wonderful time getting to know this talented and independent young lady and we hope all her goals and dreams become realities very soon! Enjoy our favs from the day.

I just had to share one of Shannon’s favorite quotes to this post. Great advice, everyone should feel this way.

Mariana & Khaled are super talented and super sweet!! Thank you sooo much for the awesome work you do! We had sooo much fun! It exceeded everyone’s expectations and I’m sooo happy!!

You know that feeling when you meet someone and it’s as if you’ve known them forever? Yeah, that pretty much describes how I felt when I met Farida! She is one of the sweetest gals I’ve met and we soon figured out we have much in common! I may have said it before, but I really love when clients become instant friends- it’s one of the many perks of what we do!

Farida and Josh met while stationed at Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico. They were both on active duty in the Air Force. Josh was instantly smitten and if Farida had any doubts of his love, I’m sure those doubts were obsolete when Josh decided to stay with her versus following orders to head to Guam. Isn’t that romantic?! After a year and four months of dating, these two love birds tied the knot!

Fast forward to a few weeks ago, Farida wanted to do something extra special for her birthday. That’s where we come in! She scheduled her shoot for the evening of her birthday and we had such a great time with them! She loves the ocean, so it was only natural to shoot their sweet session at one of Florida’s beautiful beaches, St. Pete beach. We wandered over to the gorgeous Postcard Inn and headed to downtown St. Pete for a few shots too. Even though Josh doesn’t like being in front of the camera, he was a pro and it was so sweet that he was willing to do anything to make Farida’s day unforgettable! We had a chance to meet their close friends that were in town for the weekend. They even made a cameo in a few shots!

It was such a pleasure getting to know these fabulous people and we hope to hang out again really soon! Enjoy some of our favorites images from the session!

What can I say about this sweet 16 year old, in addition to the fact that she stands at a stunning 5 feet, 10 inches and is absolutely gorgeous? Probably enough for 100 blog posts! Shooting with Elise was such a great experience! When Elise’s mom, Trish called me up about shooting Elise, I was excited to finally work with both of them and Ashley of Integrity Model Management. Ashley had contacted me a few months back about shooting some of IMM’s models, including Elise, but with mutual busy schedules, we had yet to coordinate a date. Hopefully, we can meet Ashley in person sometime in the future!

Elise is a young and super-determined model already rocking the modeling scene! You can be sure to find her gracing the runways during fashion weeks, most recently in Miami, walking exclusively for Zula Studio and Jacksonville. IMM is currently booking her appointments for NYC and Europe and we can’t wait to see all the exciting events in store for Elise! We had the pleasure of spending the day with Elise, her mom and her yiayia and we felt we were with family! Elise is definitely blessed with much love and support! The day was full of laughs and creative ideas! Elise truly worked hard and was open to trying some creative poses that I am sure left her a bit sore!

We were excited to get to work again with Holly Nazario of Collective Creations and she did an amazing job with Elise’s hair and make up! We puffy heart Holly! Elise and Trish brought some fabulous wardrobe pieces and we combined some of the looks with jewelry from my personal collection. I must admit, it was fun having a life-sized barbie to dress-up! ; )

Elise, we had a great time with you and your sweet family! We know your journey is full of success and we look forward to seeing your dreams become reality! Big hugs to you, Trish, and your yiayia. Hope to see you all very soon!

To get to know more about this beauty and stay up-to-date with her news, be sure to check out Elise’s page.