Yes, there are Senior pictures here, but I will give you a little back story about the location.
We recently vacationed on the shores of Lake Michigan, the sandy beach side. It had been two years since we were all there as a family. This trip also included my in-laws, who owned this wonderful cottage.
Located in the beachy town of Pentwater, Michigan, there are lots of historical buildings there, and lighthouses, too.
The first time I went there was shortly after Eric and I were married. He said we’d go to his family’s beach cottage for a vacation. Frankly, I just didn’t DO vacations. As a landscape photographer, a ‘vacation’ for me was getting up before sunrise, hiking trails, hefting gear, making my own meals, driving to many locations chasing light…you get the picture.) And I was perfectly happy doing this and felt no need for doing it any other way. So this was my first ever ‘vacation’ (i.e. lounging on the beach, playing frisbee, reading, napping, eating…). At first, I was going crazy, looking for things to do. Then along about the second day, I laid myself across one of the many colorful inner tubes made for this purpose, and floated on the lake. The water was warm, the air perfect and the sun was shining. I had my vacation epiphany – it was bliss. I’ve been trying to re-experience that moment ever since.
However, when our little quintet was there last, it was overcast, cold and rainy the entire weekend. You can imagine how I felt.
So we were really looking forward to getting to the lake again as a family. And, it just so happened that my stepdaughter Brenna was in need of her Senior Portraits. So we made it a bit of a family affair: Eric was our driver and sister Joslyn was my lighting assistant.
I spent the day before scouting locations. We did really well! Here are just a few from the over 500 images shot over the three day period.
More to come soon 🙂