I’m loving these dark and moody pictures I took with this Marvin Ridge High School senior in Charlotte, North Carolina. They belong in a fashion magazine for sure! It has been absolutely sweltering in Charlotte this week. My camera literally was fogging up in between shots! I had to dehaze most a few images in […]

Y’all my busy senior spring season was seriously delayed this year because of Corona. I shot way farther out into the season than I ever normally would. Here is another post shutdown session with a senior guy from Parkwood High School. Hogan is an avid golfer so naturally he wanted to do his senior pictures […]

Marvin Ridge High School Class of 2020 Senior girl portraits

Here in the South, specifically where my photography studio is located in Charlotte, North Carolina, you have a few different options for sending graduation announcements and ceremony invites. In Charlotte, most high schools are contracted with big portrait studios. Usually in the summer of your junior year you go to your high school or to […]

This winter I had the honor of photographing one of my dearest friends son for his senior pictures. We headed to Downtown Waxhaw, a suburb of Charlotte, NC. Although not technically, because it’s a different county, but, as usual I digress. I love taking the guys to Waxhaw for their senior pictures because it is […]

Let’s get real for a minute. I want to talk about body positivity in regards to teenage girls, my clients. I’m quite aware that teenage girls struggle with body image and I have often wondered if being a senior portrait photographer aids in this belief. I want nothing more than to empower my team of […]

I have been wanting to do a grunge graffiti skateboard senior portrait session for as long as I can remember. Through the years I had imagined doing it in NODA, a trendy neighborhood in Uptown Charlotte where there was plenty of colorful murals or at the skate park in Waxhaw. Recently, the hubs took me […]

One of the perks of being on the NBP model team, maybe the best perk is the group photo shoots. Naturally because it was fall, we chose fall as our theme. This is an easy theme to incorporate for your team because most kids have fall style clothing. We decided to meet at Marvin-Efird Park […]

Every time a mom contacts me for senior guy portraits, it’s usually because they aren’t happy with the pictures they received back from school. So, they call me in for the save! Another thing most moms say when booking for their boys is, “We just want something quick and easy because he’s really not into […]

Natural and Urban Photo Shoot Locations in Ballantyne and Waxhaw Tyler Belle, who is an NBP model team member, traveled from Concord to Ballantyne for senior pictures. She was eager for the change in location. Tyler opted for my two-hour Gold session which comes with two locations, multiple outfit changes, outfit styling and professional makeup. […]