06/03/2026
Most of my senior sessions involve a beach somewhere.
Joanna had a different idea.
She wanted woods, trails, fall colors, and her guitar.
So instead of heading for the Cape Cod shoreline, we spent the afternoon exploring Myles Standish State Forest with her family close by and a guitar never too far away.
One of my favorite photos from the session wasn't planned at all.
As we were walking between locations, I spotted a stop sign and asked Joanna to lean against it with her guitar.
The reaction was immediate.
"What am I doing?" 😂
But that's often how the best photographs happen. A little trust. A little creativity. A willingness to try something unexpected.
When the gallery was ready, that quirky stop sign portrait quickly became a favorite. In fact, Joanna loved it so much that she chose it for her yearbook photo.
Let's just say Mom and Dad weren't entirely convinced at first.
But that's what I love about senior portraits.
They're not really about creating the photo everyone expects.
They're about capturing a young adult at a moment when they're becoming more confident in who they are, what they love, and where they're headed next.
For Joanna, that story included a forest, a guitar, and one stop sign that ended up being exactly the right choice.
