Vanessa Joy | Senior Portraits

Before I begin this post, I'll tell you that this was probably the most fun I've ever had shooting senior portraits... only because not did I have a privilege of photographing a dear friend and fellow photographer, but I went along with many of my other San Diegan photographers here. Yesterday I went on a little photo excursion with several of my friends. We had a bunch of photographers and some friends come along... and we all rotated being models and what not. These were taken at Lake Hodges. If you aren't familiar with this place, it's where Phil Wickham shot his cover picture for his album Cannons. I am having an unbelievable time here in California. It's definitely exhausting me... in a good way. A more detailed post with even more photos of everyone else will come soon. For now, here is Vanessa.

I also met Vanessa last November when I went on the missions trip. Before I even met her, I was impressed by the way she held herself and looked up to her because she truly is a daughter of Christ. Also, she is extremely talented... you've got to check out some of her work here and her musical talentness on her YouTube.

What I love most about these portraits are probably the fact that they are so unique from my other Seniors. They're a little bit more on the artsy side only 'cause Vanessa is also a photographer and I wanted to get more of a 'bio' shoot going on. :) We also used a Polaroid camera, which I've been wanting to do forever! I'm privileged to say that I was able to photograph her while I'm down in San Diego. Love you girl!

Had some fun with a Polaroid camera...