I always love taking senior portraits, but the Class of 2015 holds a special place in my heart. My son is a senior this year and I’ve watched so many of his friends grow up. Jake a senior from Fluvanna County High School definitely fits into that category!
His mother Alice has been a huge supporter of my business, especially when I began specializing in senior portraits. She and I have been looking forward to Jake’s session for a long time. He is totally into sports and plays basketball, football and lacrosse! When Alice told me they wanted to incorporate all three into his session, I almost started jumping up and down! I love any kind of senior portrait session but when I get to photograph three sports at one time, it’s super exciting!
We started his session down by the Rivanna River. Jake was super accommodating about the whole thing but I knew he was biding his time until we could get to the sports portion of the day! After a few photos outdoors we moved over to FCHS gymnasium. This was my first time I’d had the opportunity to shoot basketball. Actually, it was the first time I’d photographed anybody in the gymnasium! I could have spend hours photographing Jake in there but we still had two more sports to cover! We moved outside to the athletic field for the football portion of the session. After a few posed shots, we tried to get a few shots of Jake in action. You should have seen Alice and my assistant Erin trying to throw the ball to Jake! Not a pretty sight. 🙂 We saved the last part of the session for lacrosse, which I believe is Jake’s favorite sport. It was a little difficult to get actions shots with the ball actually in the frame. Jake throws it at like 80 something miles per hour! Thank goodness Jake has good aim because I would not want to get hit by the lacrosse ball!!
Thanks for a great afternoon Jake and Alice, I had a fantastic time during the session! Enjoy the rest of your senior year Jake and good luck with your future plans!
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Ali Johnson is a portrait photographer specializing in senior portrait photography in Charlottesville, Crozet, Keswick, Albemarle and Fluvanna County VA