A small sampling

I like admiring people's senior pictures a lot. I think my friends are pretty. But when I got to have my own done I was little bit nervous because I was all like:

WHAT IF I'M NOT AS PHOTOGENIC AS MY MIRROR SAYS I AM.

True story.

But photographers, you see, practice the art of making non-photogenic people look like they must look this great all the time. And in my case, the practiced artist is Keilah Engstrom over at Vanilla Bean Photography. I never really realized all the stuff that goes into photography (like this little invincible light reflector thing. That was cool.) and it takes skill and knowledge -- something which she's definitely not lacking in! (I just point and shoot and stick it in a filter. Not real photography, kids.)

Contrary to my preconceived expectation ("taking pictures of yourself...that sounds vain. and awkward.") this was really really fun, (and not awkward at all), and I highly recommend her if you need senior, family, or wedding pictures. (and while I guess I can't say I speak from experience on the wedding part, if you look at her blog there are some SUPER gorgeous ones. ahh! wedding pictures make me kinda happy.)

Here's a bit of the fun we had, and you can see more of them HERE and be sure to check out her facebook page HERE.