OH MY GOSH every single one of my senior models I've been able to meet so far is amazingly beautiful and has been so much fun to work with! This is making me SO stoked for the summer - senior portrait season is my favorite time of year! Who am I kidding, it's pretty much summer right now. Anyway, Rachel is no exception! This lovely lady drove up from Pueblo, and met me halfway in Colorado Springs for her mini-session. We were planning to meet at one of my (formerly) favorite spots in the Springs - the cool woven sculptures on the CC campus - and I got there, and they were gone! I knew they wouldn't last forever, but I had no idea they'd be gone so soon :( Well, we made a last minute change of plans and found some other amazing spots in downtown Colorado Springs :)

We've had a really, really early spring here, which I'm freaking out about, so I had to find some blossoms, because I'm just a little bit obsessed. But first: Rachel, you are SOOO gorgeous!!

Sometimes, I think the greatest measure of beauty is what happens when your subject isn't aware and posing for you ... those small in-between moments of gracefulness, of beauty, are so true and authentic and un-fakeable. For example: one of my favorites-

And another lovely in-between shots shot: