A blustery fall day in Boston turned out to be the perfect opportunity to capture Maddie’s Senior Portraits in Boston, Ma. I met Maddie and her Mom at The Boston Public Gardens, just as the sun was beginning to fall behind the Copley buildings. Knowing time was short for the golden glow of the setting sun, we jumped right into it. Luckily, Maddie was a natural, and didn’t need any time to warm up at all, and Maddie’s Mom, Kim, was ready to help out by making sure that the leaves fell at just the right time. We spent a bit of time exploring the Public Gardens, utilizing the historic park fixtures and the lovely fall colors for our backdrop. A quick duck into a local hotel allowed Maddie to do a quick change, and we changed the setting as well. We wandering the streets and cool little alleys of Beacon Hill, and took advantage of the old brick buildings and interesting doorways, and gates, throughout the neighborhood. Maddie is currently looking for colleges with photography programs. If she is as amazing behind the camera as she was in front of the camera, I think she will easily land her dream job at National Geographic!

Last weekend I had the opportunity to spend the morning with Lindsay and her Mom, Michelle, for a super fun senior portrait shoot in Clinton, MA.

We began the day at the Clinton dam, where the rain (mostly) held off long enough for us to use the unique landscape and architecture as a background for Lindsey’s portraits.  We climbed 286 steps, hiked through the woods in clogs (well, Lindsey did…I don’t own clogs :)), and even had a bit of fun with a hat that someone had left in the woods.  Soon we’d used up all of the cool spots at the dam, and decided to look for a more urban location.  And we found it in spades.  Arriving at an old warehouse that has been reclaimed into business space we found it open for the day, though strangely abandoned.  It was in one of these spaces that we found really awesome light…and an axe :).  The adventure continued as we explored inside and out, making our way through a martial arts studio and into the tower of the mill.  Lindsey and Michelle were adventurous throughout, even when we decided to explore the creepy basement.  As you can see we made it out alive!

I love having a chance to work with High School Seniors.  They are always so fearless, and willing to go the extra mile to get the shot!

I met Adam at his home, where we began the session by setting up my portable studio and taking a few headshots of him in a suit and tie.  Once we were done with the formalities, Adam changed into more casual clothes, and we headed down the street to an abandoned train depot that I had scouted out on the way to their house.  With Mom and dad watching a little nervously from the doorway, we climbed over the rotten timbers and around the rusty machinery taking advantage of the unique background and the awesome natural light inside.  From there it was a short drive down to Trout Brook in Holden, where the rocky stream and the vintage covered pavilions gave us a completely different look.  We even got Adam’s younger brother, Nick, in on the action!

With all of the weddings that I have this time of year, it was nice to have a little change of pace to photograph Julianne’s senior portraits.  Julianne is a senior at Danvers High School, but drove down to Framingham when I described what a picturesque location h downtown area was for photos (just a little tongue in cheek here!).  Turned out, I was right!

We met at my office, and headed right over to the Brazilian restaurant next door.  The brilliant blue walls gave us a great backdrop to begin.  Then we headed over to a run down parking garage, but on our way we were distracted by an alley with a bunch of really cool red doors.  After a few minutes in the alley, we finally made it to the garage, only to find that most of the graffiti was inappropriate for the yearbook!  We found a couple of pieces that worked for us when, from the top of the garage, we spotted the train yard across the street.  So that was our next stop.  Then it was back to the office for a quick change, and off to an old stadium.  Finally across the street to an abandoned building with really cool textured walls.  Whew…makes you tired just reading it, right!?