So, last weekend I spent the morning with Ansley and we had an awesome time at Ridley Creek State Park exploring and picture taking. Ansley is originally from upstate New York where senior sessions like this are all the rage. That is unlike here where the cap and gown with a rose smiling politely into the camera is more what we expect from senior sessions. I would post my cap and gown with a rose photo…but seriously, it’s too frightening. I love these kinds of shoots and we just had such a good time.

I’m just posting a few of my favorites here. I had a hard time narrowing down my selection because the girl is just too photogenic. :-) Ah, wouldn’t we all just die for that problem. We explored the mansion and the gardens and this cool overgrown field. Oh…and can we just take a moment to check out that first photo? Doesn’t Ansley look like an old Hollywood actress? That’s what it makes me think of. Lovely.

I loved these trees and Ansley did too…so we hung out there for a bit.

Then we headed over to these gardens with the climbing flowers. Ansley could probably tell you what sort of flowers these are because gardening is one of her many interests. I on the other hand…cannot. :-)

We all thought this was so cool (Ansley, her mom and I). We found this perfect spiderweb and decided to incorporate it into a few. Ansley and her sister were “nature detectives” (I think I got that right) when they were younger, so this seemed fitting.

I love that at this age you’re in between child and adult. I think this is a grown up one.

I told Ansley that if I posted from this series I’d give her full credit because it was her idea to shoot in this little nook. I think it worked out pretty nicely.

How awesome is the lighting?

Now on to my favorites…the field. Sigh…I just loved the lighting and the whimsical feeling. I couldn’t pick my favorite, so here are quite a few.

Doing some reading.

Let me just say…this grass was wet! Ansley didn’t care and was all about laying down in the grass and getting these shots. I’m so so so glad she did because these are some of my favorite. Something so classic about this one. I love the detail of the pearl bracelet.

I love this one because it looks like a moment, not posed, just living. :-)

Thank you Ansley for letting me be your senior photographer. YOU are magical.