When Maureen’s mom, Susan, called to schedule her senior portrait she told me that Maureen wanted to either go to the beach or downtown for her session. Since it’s a bit too late in the season to plan on pretty days at the beach, we decided to shoot in downtown Jacksonville. And I think this was a great choice. Maureen really fit in well in the downtown area. And I am always able to get a nice variety of poses and locations when I work downtown. Don’t get me wrong, I LOVE the beach. But, I also love downtown. Another great thing about the downtown area is that there are buildings to block the wind. Sunday was a beautiful fall day, but about the time we starting shooting, we started getting big gusts of wind. Thankfully, the wind didn’t cause too much trouble.
Here are a few of my early favorites from Maureen’s session. It was very hard for me to choose only a few because there are so many I like. Maureen has a really nice serious expression and a beautiful smile. I like it when I am able to coax different expression from my clients. Again, I love the variety. And Maureen was a natural in front of the camera. I’d start to show her how to pose – and she’d just assume a great position without much instruction.
When we pulled into the parking lot downtown, three beautiful, blonde girls piled out of the van. I looked at Susan and said, “Tell me, please, that all of these girls aren’t yours.” She just laughed and said yes they are. I just don’t understand. Susan has three gorgeous, high school aged daughters and she doesn’t have any gray hair nor she does she just stand there and babble like an idiot – the way I would in her position. How can that be? When I showed my husband, Rusty, a picture of the sisters his response was that he’d have to lock them all up!
Here are a couple of pictures of Maureen with her sisters, Gillian and Catherine. It took me a while, but I finally got the right name with the right sister. Anyone who knows me well knows that names are a struggle for me. Thankfully, Gillian and Catherine were patient with me and corrected me gently until I got it right.
I’m so glad Maureen was scheduled for Sunday because the weather has been dismal ever since. Even though it’s getting dark earlier, we were still able to get some fantastic portraits of Maureen. I can’t wait to get back to her gallery – but it will have to wait. There are a few clients ahead of her!
