LOC: Galveston, TX
DATE: April 13, 2008

Since I started doing photography I’ve been looking forward to my younger sister’s class to graduate so I could, hopefully, take their senior portraits. They’re a really fun group of gals who have a funky sense of style and are really unique. Kelsey is one of those gals and I was thrilled when she asked me to do her portraits!

We headed down to Galveston, a welcome change from ‘the park’ scene. It inspired me to bring along my wide angle lens which I had been neglecting for a while. Eight out of 10 senior portrait shoots I do are for ladies, and they’re not really keen on all the distortion a 10mm focal length might bring.

I told Kelsey what I was wanting to do with it and what she could expect, and she was all for it (I knew I liked her!). Kelsey had a very flexible attitude, very few outfit changes and perhaps the most important factor — very little make-up! It makes a huge difference for me when I know I don’t have to worry about clumpy mascara in photoshop, and I’d much rather deal with getting rid of a pimple or two than deal with matching the skin tone of someone’s neck to the make-up on their face!

This photo shoot really got me geared up for all of the upcoming senior portraits I’ll be doing over the next few weeks. Click on the shot above (a little ‘behind the scenes’ shot ended up being one of my favs) and check out a sampling from the rest of Kelsey’s shoot.

CAMERA: Canon 40D
LENSES: Canon EF-S 10-22mm F/3.5-4.5; Canon EF 35mm F/1.4L