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I thought I would post a couple photos of senior girls with their dads! I know I showcased some mother/daughter photos in the Senior Magazine. So I thought I would be fair and put a few with Dad too! The first photograph is with Class of 2012 Senior – Ellie from Johnston, with her dad!
And this photo is with Meaghan – 2013 Senior from Dowling Catholic High School (and her dad). We just had this session last week!
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Ok, so I’ve never done this before, but thought it would be fun to enter a photo in the chic magazine cover contest. I was so honored to have a feature on their blog this month showcasing many of the fabulous 2013 Seniors! CHIC FEATURE Here’s the photo I’m submitting for the cover! This photo was taken of gorgeous Meaghan from Dowling High School (West Des Moines, Iowa) — the last 2013 session of the year!
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I love this image! I am suck a sucker for sunbursts though 
Beautiful!
Gorgeous!!
So excited to share Sloane and I’s big trip to New York City last weekend! We were able to share the experience with friends of ours… Claire and Erin! Erin is the only one that had been before, and it had been years since she’s visited! I love traveling to places I’ve never been before. And it was so fun to share this experience with my daughter! 3 days/2 nights – jammed packed with lots of sight seeing and a few photo shoots! Our flight took off at 6:15am in the morning! After getting checked into our hotel and doing a little walking around and shopping, we met my friend Nicole Taylor at Grand Central Station and traveled to the Brooklyn Bridge for some photos! (the following photos are a combination of iPhone pics and my canon 5d markIII)
Above is a photo taken from our hotel room. Next we were off to see an 8:00pm showing of Lion King on Broadway. We all loved the show! Then we walked around Time Square a bit! So late at night, yet there were people everywhere and it was very lit up! The girls thought it was fun that two French guys wanted to get their photo taken with them!
The next morning we rode the water taxi to the 9/11 Memorial. It was so sad to stand in the place where so many lost their lives. I can’t imagine what it was like to be in New York City on that day.
Above is our group shot! I probably should have lowered my camera so you could actually see my face! ha!
Next we got back on the water taxi and headed to view the Statue of Liberty. Definitely smaller than what I had imagined in my mind. But very cool!
The next day after breakfast we headed to Central Park for a fun senior photo shoot with the girls! You can check out that here: Central Park Photo Shoot. Then Sloane and I visited some museums while Claire and Erin did some shopping.
The rest of the photos are just some random shots throughout the weekend! The view of the city lights were taken at the Empire State Building the night before. It was so cool to see so many lights and buildings for miles and miles! Goodbye New York City – Thanks for the wonderful memories! We will be back!
L-O-V-E love!! Incredible, fun photos put together so perfectly! Just awesome!!
This past Sunday, we found ourselves in Central Park, ready for a fun senior photo shoot! The flowering trees couldn’t have been more gorgeous! It was chilly, but the sun was out and it was a beautiful day! This is the first of many senior photo shoots for Sloane. Why not start the fun in New York City? To be honest, I’m a little sad at what this means, that she’ll be a senior this fall and then soon off to college. I know her senior year is going to go by so fast, so I’m trying to put together as many fun experiences for the two of us! I’m hoping to slow it all down and create some amazing memories!!! So what better place to have a photo shoot than in central park? We traveled with our friends and had a wonderful weekend! I enjoyed the morning taking some of Claire and Sloane’s senior photos!
Gorgeous!! Love them all!!
Jill
What amazing photos. Your daughter looks stunning! What a great trip for you all and amazing memories captured.
Beautiful girls and beautiful portraits! I love the one in the taxi too. Captures all of the excitement. Glad you are having so much fun together.
How fun! Love it!
Jill,
You’re so amazing. I’ve been to NYC a couple of times and it never looked as beautiful as the pictures you took. You have a gift of capturing the best of everything.
Sloane looks so grown-up and lovely. Great photos…
How did you get that taxi to sit still long enough to get a photo? Ha…
Aunt Jan
Wow! Absolutely amazing, I could never pick a favorite. Perfection, Jill!
Jill, you’re my idol! Great job as always!
So excited to share this fabulous 2013 senior session from last summer! When Samantha told me that she wanted photographs with her horses, I was so excited! I even had Laraine Davis, who is amazing with horses, help me with them on the session! So much work was involved for everything to come together! Samantha’s aunt worked hard prepping the horses all day, and we ended up having a gorgeous evening!
Jill, I always look forward to your posts! If I were 15 years younger, I would fly you out to Utah to do my Senior portraits. These are fabulous!
Gorgeous as always Jill!
Thanks so much Carrie and Aimee for your sweet comments!!!
Amazing pics!!! Gorgeous!
I LOVE these!
These are so cute! I really try to do the mother/daughter shot but I am so bad at remembering. I love that you got some dad’s too
So sweet. Love this idea!
What an awesome idea, love it and such sweet images!