I really enjoy shooting senior portraits, although i don't do them very often. For me personally its rewarding to document this exciting time in a young man or womens life. At a recent shoot in carlsbad california i had the honor of shooting Karson. I work with Karsons mom, when she asked if i could do the shoot i immediately said yes.

I had a few conversations with Korie,(Karsons mom) about where he wanted to shoot. She told me that he played football and wrestling, and that he wanted to shoot at a park but that he loved the beach as well. I was brainstorming past shoots and locations and remembered a park in carlsbad called magie park. I had shot family portraits there years ago, its a nice park just walking distance from the beach. When i met Karson he came across as a very nice guy, his mom came along for the shoot. Im glad she did, she was able to get him to smile on command, this was a huge ice breaker and time saver. Once we got shooting i realized that Karson was a natural, comfortable in front of the camera and very photogenic. We shot at the park for about half an hour, getting great images with and without his letterman jacket.

I had mentioned bringing a football to cory to use as a prop, she brought the ball and his wrestling singlet. After we finished up at the park we walked couple blocks down to the beach. It was a beautiful day, blue sky's no wind, and no crowds. I started shooting and continued to use a bare bulb flash to add some dramatic lighting to his images.

This was a really fun shoot, the weather was great, my subject was amazing and i think he enjoyed taking photos. I delivered the images about three days after the shoot, and Korie was very happy with how they turned out. She even shared them on social media and told me that one of her friends might be contacting me to do her kids senior portraits, i love when my clients promote me and get me jobs. Thanks Korie and Karson.