Photo Shoot - Northborough Ward YW 4

In addition to the group shots and shopping cart shots, I did individual shots of each girl on a fun bench we found. The girls chose props and worked the camera like supermodels! They did a great job. I also took pictures on Sunday of some of the girls that couldn't be there at the fashion shoot. We did the pictures in front of a brick wall so all the shots would look similar.



















I have over 300 pictures that I posted for the girls on my proofing site, but I'm going to leave you with this post for now. Until I take more pictures of them, of course. :) Check back for more stuff next week!

Photo Shoot - Northborough Ward YW 3

We had the good fortune of finding an abandoned shopping cart. It needed to be used.

A near collision with a garbage can. They handled it in style.

And some previews of the fashion headshots:

I've spent hours looking at these pictures, but I still grin every time I see them. I adore these girls. I had such a great time taking their pictures, but the best part was spending time with them.

Photo Shoot - Northborough Ward YW 2

More shots of the girls! The headshots in the last post were taken outside our church building on Sunday. Am. wanted a different look for the rest of the shots on the bulletin board, so she planned for another shoot on a Saturday afternoon. She had the girls wear a fun outfit and brought magazines and props for the girls if they wanted to use them. We went to an outdoor shopping center in a nearby town and found some great spots to shoot the girls. I did some more individual shots (which I'll post later), but we also did some fun group shots. The only unfortunate part was that we were missing a few of the girls that day.

Aren't they beautiful?

I love how the next series turned out. We had finished taking their individual pictures and I was looking for some unique group shots. I turned around to talk to one of the girls and saw the way this line of columns looked from where I was standing. I like how the girls in the background are posing and that it looks like they are there to support the girl that is in the front. At least, that's what it says to me when I look at them...

I took some shots of smaller groups. They turned out well, but these are the most memorable for me. I was laughing so much taking these I'm kind of surprised they are in focus.

I almost dropped my camera after I took this next one, I was laughing so hard.

The last shot of the day. And my favorite shot of all:

I used the "High School Musical" jump reference from the start, and they were on the same page immediately. (Lesson learned.) :) It took a few jumps to get the shot, but I love how it turned out.

Fashion headshots and shopping cart shots coming next!

Photo Shoot - Northborough Ward YW

In our church, each congregation has a youth group for the girls called Young Women's. I was lucky enough to work with the YW group in our congregation for about a year. Working with the YW is always one of my favorite assignments at church.

A few weeks ago, my cousin (and former YW of mine) Am. (seen here modeling for one of my portrait assignments) asked if I could take some pictures of she and the other girls. Am. was completing a project in which she was designing and creating a new informational bulletin board for the YW at the church building. She wanted pictures of all the girls on the bulletin board and had the idea of doing a more serious picture and a more fun, fashion inspired picture of each girl and of the girls interacting together. We've been taking pictures at church over the last couple Sundays. Here are their "serious" headshots. (I also need to thank [b]ecker for his headshot tips he posted on the [b]school. It helped so much to have a process to work with when setting these up.)

Portrait Assignment with Am.

Am. was kind enough to help me with my portrait class assignment yesterday. It was a beautiful New England fall day and we needed to catch some backlight and take a picture with porch/door/garage light. She looks stunning and she did a great job posing for me. I don't think I could have finished this class without the Robison's help!