A Few of My Favorite Frames: 2021 Families and Seniors in Review | Manhattan, KS Photographer

This here folks is a good old fashioned families & high school seniors round-up with a few of my favorite frames from every session I’ve had this year. To lump families and seniors together feels so natural, because it’s the families that shaped the seniors who are about to fly the coop, spread their wings, and starting buying their own dang chicken.

Sorry… I really had to drive the bird metaphor home.

When it comes to photographing families, it’s clearer than ever that capturing those fleeting moments and those real solid dance moves (see above) is deeply important. It’s something you never want to forget, and it’s why I find family photos to be as important as they are commonplace. For this post, I’m sharing with you my favorite family moments, from the candid, silly captures, to the classic camera-aware images, to the more art-like photos that would be right at home in a gallery.

For my high school seniors, my sentiments are rather similar, but if I could say there’s a stronger priority, it’s that, yes, the classic “senior photo” is capturing, but after that the senior is seen and given a chance to preserve themselves as they are—not necessarily how others see them or how they wish to be seen, but their genuine selves, because as most people know, senior year proceeds so much change, which is why is I have a laidback, casual approach to authentically capturing this milestone on the cusp of great change in their lives.

With both types of sessions, my hope is that I can create space for everyone to show up and bring the scope of who they are: the loving, creative, pensive, calm, introverted, and loud. All the moments, moods, and expressions have value in my eyes, and I hope that you see the beauty and the importance in them as well.

Be sure to give my families and seniors pages a look-see to book your own photography services!