Six of our amazing Class of 2012 DHS Models got together for a super fun paint splatter session. This is a slideshow of the whole session, from splattering each other with paint, to portraits, to jumping (or attempting to jump) together, and everything in between. It was blast! Thanks so much Kyle, Gina, Karli, Raquel, Hayden, and Savannah!

Gina is one of our Class of 2012 Senior Models at Durango High School and is absolutely stunning! We had a great time photographing her session, starting out at Hair Fusion of course, then heading over to the studio. The girls at Hair Fusion always talk about how beautiful our models are and Gina is no exception! What amazing eyes, huh! Then we discovered a new favorite location of mine, which is always exciting. Great architectural lines, colors, etc. The flowers were blooming around town so we used as many of those as we could and had Gina pretty much rolling around in the dirt. She was up for everything though and has such a fun personality! We ended up at the Smiley building, photographing on the east side of the building, which was also new to me. Thanks Gina for being so great to work with and I hope you love these few of my faves!

Jessica Gibson is our 20th, yes you read that correctly, 20th Class of 2012 DHS model! When we met to discuss the model program, I was so excited to have Jessica as a representative for our studio! She is gorgeous and fun and totally gets the business side of the model program. Her family owns Appaloosa Trading Company and I can’t wait to get to know them better and spend some more time in their shop (they have a bedroom set my husband and I want so badly and I love all their purses!). We’ll photograph at least part of Jessica’s senior session out on their property; I can’t wait! Jessica also let us shoot a promo video during her session, which was very cool. Our super talented videographer, with whom we capture weddings, Randy Parker of Silver Summit Films, shot video of us while we shot stills of Jessica. We’ll put together the stills and video to create a short video for our website so you can see us in action. I can’t wait to see what I really look like while I shoot – I have a feeling it’s pretty funny. But I am so excited to have this video on our website and I will be sure to let you all know when it is up! We started at Hair Fusion, then used my now favorite set of stairs right outside their door, then headed over to my favorite old building, then to the train tracks. It was a really nice afternoon weather wise and the clouds came out to give us some great soft lighting. Jessica had wanted a sunny day and it’s a good thing we shot her session when we did, as it snowed and rained the rest of the week! Thanks Jessica for letting us shoot our video during your model session and I hope you love these few of my faves!

Sierra is one of our models and our only female model from Bayfield High School! She is a Class of 2012 senior at BHS and she and Tyler Paxton are our BHS models for 2012. I was so excited when I received Sierra’s model application because I had photographed her family in the past. I absolutely fell in love with Sierra and her family when I photographed them a few years ago in the fall. Her younger brother and sister are adorable and Sierra and her mom, Kim, are just beautiful! Sierra came in after school one afternoon last week for her model session and was already a pro when it came to hair and makeup at Hair Fusion. She had modeled in a fashion show for FCCLA and Mary Beth had done her make up for the show, so they were like old friends. Sierra is a cheerleader as well and I am super excited about photographing her in her cheer-leading uniform in the fall because I came up with a great location idea! For Sierra’s model session, she wanted to use the train tracks and the river, so we did! I rolled/crawled around on the tracks while Sierra posed and looked beautiful – despite the wind that seems to come out of no where whenever I start a session. We then headed over to the river where Sierra had the perfect dress for it and the perfect pose idea of putting her toes in the water. LOVE!

Savannah is one of our models and a Class of 2012 Senior at Durango High School. She is also a soccer player and had come straight from winning her last soccer game (that put them into the playoffs) to her model session. She didn’t even get to shower but she looked absolutely stunning (and she didn’t smell bad either). I had her pose in her soccer uniform (that she hadn’t even changed out of yet after her game) once her hair and make up was done because I loved the irony of the situation. She had an adorable blue and coral dress that was great with one of my favorite brick walls and the wall right next to the salon, Hair Fusion. We played a little in the flowers right next to Fired Up Pizzeria and a nice gentlemen walking his dog offered to let Savannah hold his puppy in her portraits. It was adorable! Then we headed back to the studio for a few more portraits and to meet with my next model, Emily Barney, who plays soccer with Savannah, but who did have a chance to go home and shower first. We all headed back downtown and while Emily was having her hair and make up done, Savannah and I found a beautiful pink cherry blossom tree to shoot her final images with. Just gorgeous! I hope you love these few of my faves!