Doing a shoot for a high school senior has to be one of my favorite shoots to do. Especially when there is a teenager that gets in to it like Natalie did. See I approach senior sessions like i would if i was doing a fashion shoot. So as we started out on our session I was leading the pack (me, Natalie and Mom) down a steep trail on the way to our first location. As I took a few steps on the steep slope I had slipped a little bit. All of a sudden I heard the sound you never want to hear, especially when you’re about to slip again. The unpleasant sounds of a rattlesnake. It was about 5 feet straight down the slope all coiled up and ready to strike. Thank God I caught myself. So now before I was able to take one single picture I already wanting to pack it in and go home and change my pants. But I didn’t and we moved on with our session. I’m so happy we did. As we got to the bottom of the hill and to the railroad tracks all of a sudden we hear the train approaching. So with out any warning I told Natalie to stand about 15 feet from the tracks and pose for some shots. Usually this is a bad idea because I have no way of talking her through some poses. She was no modeling experience at all and I don’t think she has even thought about how to pose or position herself for photos. So now with a very loud 200 ton freight train flying by we attempted to try and take some images while directing her with hand signals. Let me tell you she did it like she had been modeling for years. When that was done I knew the rest of our sessions was going to be incredible. Oh did I mention she loves photography as well. I told her to bring her camera a long as a prop and she might like to take a few images at the old train graveyard we went to the second half of our session. So let it be a lesson to everyone. Don’t slip on a 5-foot rattlesnake; it could have ruined one incredible Senior Session.
I would like to Thank Natalie and Maureen (aka Mom) for letting me blog about this great senior session. Also I would like to wish Maureen a speedy recovery from Back surgery. I am praying for a speedy recovery
