senior // samantha. sorg opera house + caesar's creek state park. | dayton ohio senior portrait photography

you might've noticed by now that i don't have photoshoots in the same location within a close timeframe.  why?  because i don't want to get comfortable.  being comfortable scares me.  i never want my photography (or any art that i do) to become mundane, the same, old, uninspired, cliché.   and so when samantha's mother contacted me and asked if we could have sam's senior photos taken in a theater i squealed.  of course i've never shot in a theater, and of course i've always wanted to shoot in a theater.  i mean, how incredible does a person have to be to request a senior shoot in a theater?! 

pretty darn awesome.  so meet my girl samantha.

she's talented and outgoing.  unafraid to dream.  accomplishes goals.  confident in her own person.  inspiring.  she's an actress, a dancer, and she's beautiful.

and these are her photos.

way to live outside the box, samamntha.  i love it.

(a huge, huge, huge thanks to the sorg opera house for letting us use their currently-under-renovation building.  it is gorgeous, and being able to shoot there made my year.)



senior // bailey | dayton, ohio senior portrait photography

bailey. 

...funny story :)

one day, a loooong time ago, i was babysat by her mother. bailey and i were supposed to play nicely together.

supposed to.

bailey generously let me play with all of her dolls...

...that were broken. 

sooooooo i didn't like bailey very much. ha.

but years passed, and over a decade later, here we are :) ((i've since forgiven her for the very inhospitable treatment she gave me, and in return gave her some pretty gorgeous senior images.))

our evening was such a delight...even at close to 90 degrees. she rocked it. it was my pleasure and honor to photograph such a beautiful and joyous woman!

without further ado: