Inspired Designs by: Katelyn James

Monica's Senior Portraits!

This session was so much fun! I always have fun walking around and doing sessions with girls but this was super fun because we shot her portraits on her grandpa's farm.  It was the perfect location! I know it's hard to do, but picking the location is 1/2 the work of making a great session! I love it when clients pick a place that is meaningful to them because the pictures show it! There are some pictures that we took in an old barn where Monica and her brothers played and made forts when they were younger. :) We climbed in and stepped over piles of wood and hay and she showed me her fort that was still standing right where she left it.  It really was a special session and Monica is such a sweetheart!

Enjoy! 

Monica's collage is one of my favorites so far!!!

Kelsi's Senior Portraits!

Kelsi was the last of "my girls" to get her pictures done.  We decided to shoot them at the Botanical Gardens in Richmond and it was beautiful! She had so much patience walking around with me while we found some good spots! I don't know how but I still managed to find an old dumpster which made me extremely happy. :) You'll have to look for that one. ;)

Both the gardens and Kelsi looked beautiful so of course her pictures turned out wonderful! Here are a few of my favorites. 

*Remember you can click on the images to enlarge them! 

Here it is! We had a whole garden full of exotic flowers and my favorite is the dumpster, go figure:)

Katie's Senior Portraits!

I literally squealed with excitement when Katie walked in with her red high heels and black vest on.  She's so trendy.:) Black, white and red dominated this session in Carytown. We found some great walls to shoot in front of and her red shoes were quite a hit! I love Katie Beale, always have and it was so fun to walk around, talk, shoot her pictures.  She's an amazing girl and sooo talented! I can't wait to see what she'll be doing in the future.:) 

Anyway, here are a few of my favorites! 

Erin's Senior Portraits in Carytown!

As soon as I started down cary street, looking at all the cute shops, bright doors and rustic windows, I wondered why I had never been there before! Yea.. that's right.. never in my life had I walked the infamous street in downtown Richmond I have lived 45 minutes away from it for 19 years!

I love it down there and there are so many great places to do shoots! Erin was my first to shoot in carytown and her images turned out beautiful! She would describe herself and her style as kinda "hippyish" and it fits her perfectly! Erin and I actually worked together some earlier this summer at a boutique in Mechanicsville.  When she asked me to do her senior pictures I was so excited! Carytown fit her perfectly!

These are some favorites!!!

(ps. If you click on the picture... you can see it larger!)  ... but if may not want to try it if you have dial-up:)

Amber's Senior Portraits!

As I have begun to shoot multiple senior portrait sessions these last couple of weeks, I have begun to notice that these portraits are far from ordinary! You could find us shooting anywhere! In front of brightly colored dumpsters, old, rustic, abandoned shops to hidden alleys. I've really been happy with the way these portraits have turned out. They are relaxed, yet most of them have a bit of a edge that you don't find in front of a backdrop.

For this session I got to walk around downtown fred. with Amber. I've known Amber for what seems like forever. She's always been beautiful, but recently I've gotten to see her turn into an amazing young woman. She's grown up but hasn't lost her spunky personality one bit! Needless to say, we have fun trying to out run the rain and find some neat, unique places to catch some good shots. These are a few of my favorites!

Congratulations Amber! Goodluck with your senior year! ... and Mrs. Douglas!!

Alicia's Senior Portraits

It's hard to believe this group of girls are getting ready to enter their senior year of high school and then heading off to college! I remember them entering the halls of Caroline High when they were freshmen and I was a junior and I was a little over protective. :) They have all grown in to amazing young women and I'm so excited that i'm getting to be the one taking their senior portraits! My time in downtown Fredericksburg with Alicia was definitely not "3 hours of work", it was a night out with an old friend and we had a blast! We ran into some friendly people that just wanted to stop by and watch while we shot some up and down the streets. We climbed over a few fences we probably shouldn't have but it was worth it! Just look at her pictures! They turned out great! You're beautiful, congratulations Alicia!!