Zach Leon / Salem OR Senior Photographer

You don't have to take my word for it when I say Zach likes plaid! I can't blame him, I've been loving me some plaid for years now and being in all the woodsy natural settings we were it seemed fitting. He's a 2010 Sprague senior interested in graphic and web design. He found me through a web class were they were critiquing local photographer's website. Phew, good thing I've got a slick site designed by Bludomain!

Rambling....anyway, I had a blast visiting all these cool locations Zach had scouted out himself. They're places he goes with friends and people that matter, so I think it was the perfect setting for his photos. There may have been a serious hike at the end up a muddy slippery hill (wasn't a big fan) and cold gusts of wind, but at the end of it all I'm just so thankful to have this job where I interact and meet new people everyday.

Zach's a cool guy!

Ben Ishii / Senior / Salem OR Photographer

Ben and I share quite a few things in common, believe it or not. We live on the same street, both our parents go to Foothills church in Stayton, and both of us swim (in my case swam) in high school. We could almost be twins...almost ;).

He had the great idea of contacting local Willamette University to shoot at their pool so we started it off there and meandered around the campus the rest of the shoot. I love all this location has to offer, and I felt it really complimented Ben's personality! He is such a sweetheart, and he sports his letterman's jacket with style!

Zach Leon Previews - Salem, OR Senior Photographer

I can't believe it's November and I'm still photographing senior portraits! Dodging rain, hiking through forests, numbing fingers and mud caked on the bottom of my shoes.

I had the pleasure of celebrating another Senior's last year in high school, Zach Leon. Here's a few previews from our shoot last week.

Aaron Rojas - Salem, OR Senior Portraits

Some quick previews from last weekend's shoot with Aaron. Such a great kid!

Sam Scheel Previews - Salem, OR Senior Photographer

I've known Sam forever, probably since we were both in diapers, so it was such a pleasure to be able to photograph him at such an important time in his life. Here's a few previews from our shoot last weekend. More to come (promise!).

Lucas Tibbs - Salem, OR Newborn Photographer

You may remember Matt & Beth, I took maternity pictures of them not long ago. They have to be one of the sweetest couples I've met, they sincerely love and care for one another and in moments of meeting them they felt like dear friends.

Lucas was born July 16 at 3:55 AM, ten days AFTER the due date. Yikes! Way to push through mom! he was 9.2 lbs and 21 inches long.

When I met him he was...12..? Yes, about 12 days old and as awake and lively as ever. As you can see, he didn't sleep much, he was rather attentive and interested in the camera. Bonus!

I just can't get over how cute he is, I'm sure you'll agree. I don't usually throw this word around but he truly is precious! And already has quite a bit of character shining through as you'll see in his quirky little expressions!

Alright, without further ado, Lucas!

Ryan Loy (senior Rep) - Salem Oregon Senior Photographer

Ryan Loy is a 2010 Senior Rep for Salem Academy. He's the younger brother of my dearest friend Megan, son to two fun parents, Debbie & Bob, and really great guy. I'll make this short as these are just some previews from our session last week...but I gotta tell you we had a lot of fun and I can't wait to share all the amazing shots we got! Stay tuned for the rest.

Terra & Lionel - Salem, OR Photographer

Meet Terra & Lionel. They're pretty cool kids; Terra's my cousin and Lionel her boyfriend I've known since middle school. A few weeks back we met up at the local train station to get a couple shots for an ad campaign I'm putting together. It was a quick shoot, started raining in typical oregon weather fashion, but there are definitely some shots worth sharing here!

Lionel

Terra. She's got such fantastic big brown eyes!

He's completely lost it here, laughing at himself I suspect.

What a good looking guy, right? Lionel's always been such a great guy, and couldn't think of a better man to be alongside my Terra!

Silly kids.

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