I don’t do many senior portraits. I used to years back, but then all my friends stopped being 18. These three here are best friends. I met them at Adam and Amanda’s wedding a few months back. While I was shooting at the reception, moms kept approaching me one by one saying their daughters wanted me to take their senior portraits. It seemed like word was really getting around the reception hall so I decided to ride the wave. It turned out to be a lot of fun, and at least three people won’t end up looking like dorks in the yearbook. Although my mom will tell you, Sears also does a very nice job.

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George, WA at SageCliffe. I have trouble knowing what to say about Wendi and John because it kind of feels like I’ve known them forever. I was originally going to shoot their wedding in Walla Walla but when they moved it to the gorge among the rattlesnakes and arrowheads, I came along. Weeks after, I hugged them at the wedding of their friends. I have more than fifty emails in my inbox from or about them. And I’ve run through their whole honeymoon flickr set, watching them stand before European art and sit behind European dinner tables. I don’t know. I guess I can say that it’s just delightful to come across these people and to experience such sincerity and kindness.

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The Columbia River Gorge near George. Site of Wendi and John’s wedding (coming soon).

A moment after taking the above photo I looked down and found this. I can only hope the broken tip means it hit bone.