Cassie is fabulous. During the shoot she braved the cold out on the loggia, re-enacted a Folger's commercial, and made friends with little monsters in the basement. All this while running track, being a full-time student, and generally being a badass.
// And glitter. Glitter = reflection of Cassie's perpetual happiness and her ice-melting smiles.
Tela (another fellow photographer) and I explored a building on campus and found a hidden corridor with beautiful light. Sort of like in Harry Potter, only without the three-headed dragon...
Always impressive when photographers do well on the other side of the camera. Wowsa.
And glitter.
Fellow photographer, adventurer extraordinaire, and snow-lover from California. Here's Aaron, everybody.
Ready for adventure! It was a balmy -15 windchill...perfect day for a hike around campus.
Reveling in the snow.
Braving the Iowa tundra, channelling Bear Grylls.
Miles away from civilization (well, a few yards at least), the adventurer ponders his next move.
Resting after a long days' hike.
PS - Here's Aaron's sometimes-updated website here.
Oh, Rita. Smile-y, bubbly, kind, so incredibly smart, hardworking, beautiful, willing to do jumps for photos...I might as well stop here and let the photos speak for themselves.
Madysen braved the cold for the first portrait shoot of 2014. Wintry golden light, a beautiful iron gate, and Madysen's pointe skills helped make this portrait shoot beautiful.
The following photos are my favorites from the past 364 days. This year I did 19 (informal and formal) portrait sessions, 6 high-school senior sessions, 5 headshot sessions, 2 sporting events, 1 engagement shoot, and 1 music album photo shoot. Whew. Thank you so much to everyone who chose me to do their photos!
January 2nd, 2013 - A cold winter afternoon at Wilderness Park
January 7th - Catching the last few rays of sunlight at Pioneers Park
February 15th - Grinnell Invitational at Grinnell College
February 17th
February 17th - An impromptu group photo at the conclusion of the Grinnell Invitational
March 17th
March 17th
March 18th
April 6th
April 6th - Hayley worked so hard to get to DIII Swimming Nationals. Powerful.
May 7th
May 11th
June 12th - Early morning sunrise
June 19th - My first ever collaboration on a modeling portfolio
July 13th
July 16th
July 25th
August 2nd
July 30th
August 5th - My first engagement shoot!
August 6th
August 9th
October 5th
October 7th - Sarah is a force to be reckoned with. She ran at DIII Cross-Country Nationals this year.
October 8th - Work for Cristal's upcoming album cover. You can listen to her music here.
October 12th
October 12th
October 23rd
October 26th - "Pursue the authentic"
November 15th
Here is to a great 2014!
Victoria is a talented young woman, and her senior session was fun to shoot!
Love that golden lighting.
Madeleine is pretty fantastic. As in smart, driven, and really into theatre. We braved the cold and snapped these portraits just before the sun went down.
Gorgeous.
Devon and I explored a little backwoods of Grinnell as the sun was going down, and we were not disappointed.
Those blue eyes!
The idea of using draped fabric I got from Wyn Wiley, a phenomenal photographer from Lincoln, Nebraska. Check out the shoot he did with fabric here. I can only dream of being as good as he is.
I was honored to work with one of Grinnell College's top cross-country runners. She is incredibly driven, talented, and - best of all - really fun to be around. Click on any photo to enlarge it.
Yep. 'Nuff said.
