I was so excited to meet Jackie! I had talked to her on the phone a few weeks ago to discuss what ideas she had and to learn a little about her. So I was really excited when the day arrived and I got to meet her in person.

I find myself often impressed by the young men and women I get to photograph. When I was their age I really wasn’t sure what I wanted to do, let alone where I wanted to go to school. But I’m discovering a lot of these seniors have thought ahead to their futures and where they want it to lead. Jackie is one of these awesome seniors! She would love to be an event planner and is thinking about attending Eastern or ISU to pursue that line of education. How fun and awesome is that?

In addition to knowing what she wants to do for a living, this girl is drop dead gorgeous! I’m talking Beautiful with a capital B! In my opinion – this girl could definitely be a model! She’s got this amazing shiny brown hair and her eyes are this light hazel that changes colors. In some of the pictures her eyes are a rich chocolate brown, in others they are more of a golden amber and in a few they have more of a green hue to them. But in very single picture they just pop! Oh! And Jackie’s got these amazingly long lashes! She just gorgeous!

Okay enough of my ramblings… but since I’m feeling like being ornery today, we’re going to start from the last location and work our way back to the beginning. 😉 So here we go….

We finished Jackie’s session at Rock Springs. I love Rock Springs because you can get so many different looks and environments in one location. The pine forest is probably one of my favorite spots to do pictures. The light is always perfect; it’s usually cooler under the trees; and the height, shape, and texture of the trees adds an element of interest to the pictures that I just can’t get enough or! Add a beautiful young woman into the picture and you’ve got some killer photos!

We thought it would be fun to take some photos by the pond so Jackie did a quick outfit change into this cute white sundress and we headed over to the pond at Rock Springs. The light back here was tricky, but we got some good pics with the water in the background.

I had been doing some location scouting earlier in the week trying to find some fun new locations to shoot at with Jackie. I knew some of the ideas she had and I melded them with mine and found some new spots that I’m pretty happy with. So these are just some random spots in Decatur I fell in love with.

I knew Jackie wanted some pictures with railroad tracks so we just found the nearest set of tracks (which isn’t hard to do in Decatur). I love how her eyes pop in these pics!

Oh my gosh! Seriously! Doesn’t this look like a CoverGirl photo or something? Jackie – You’re gorgeous!

Now this was my favorite location of the day! I knew I was going to love, love, LOVE this spot the minute I found it. I showed it to Jackie and we got her all set up and I could help but make my goofy excited sound. I kid you not – Jackie looked like a movie star playing a princess who has escaped from the ball and is hiding in this little known corner of the castle grounds. … Don’t believe me? Just look at this amazingness!

(Insert goofy excited noise here) Look! LOOK! Doesn’t she just look like she’s supposed to be there! **sigh** Jackie – you make this picture awesome!

This is hands down one of my favorites because I absolutely adore her happy smile in this picture!

Well I hope you enjoyed your sneak peek! I’m so thrilled to have you as part of the Green Tree Media family and as one of our Class of 2012 Senior Models! I can’t wait to go through the rest of the pictures with you at your viewing session! 🙂

Have an awesome Monday!

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