The first time I met Lizzie, she wore these fantastic black lace up combat boots… with a dress. I knew from the beginning that she would be an extraordinarily fun to photograph Senior. She would mix it up! She’d probably climb on whatever I wanted. She wouldn’t be afraid of trying slightly wacky stuff on our photo shoot… my kind of girl. As we chatted about her hobbies, sports, music, her love of acting and so on, Lizzie just kept getting more and more interesting. There is certainly more then meets the eye with this beauty. She is fun! Reallyfun, and super easy going and yet still loves nail-polish! Excellent!
As our conversation continued, and Lizzie spoke about her black boots and her slightly rough and tumble style, I knew I wanted to give her a bit of a gritty, rock-star, strong feeling environment for her shoot. This girl wouldn’t get lost if I put her in front of a crazy wild backdrop- she would stand out. So… in planning her shoot, an auto parts graveyard seemed the perfect fit; just the right amount of grit, and dirt, and metal.
After a trip to our amazing stylist Bree, at the Grand Salon in Brea, we began our journey and played with light, and style. We braved the auto parts yard- I’m pretty sure we were the only women to go in there in years (proved by the interesting looks we got the whole time we were there). It was AWESOME. Seriously, there are so many great shots from this scene. We had an incredibly great time in there. I umped up and down on several occasions- excited by the shots I was getting in this fantastic space. After the graveyard, we talked about music and boys and sports and had all sorts of fun together while driving to our next location; being girlie and checking out the gorgeous shots I was getting of this beautiful young woman from the back of my camera. Our shoot didn’t end in the auto yard, we played in some back alleys in downtown Fullerton and also had a chance to make it down into the Fullerton loop right at sunset for some softer, more traditional Senior portraits.
Lizzie, rock it girl! This year is going to be quick and fun. Enjoy it!
