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Last fall I saw a photo of myself that broke my soul.

I was standing in a beautiful studio seeing shots pop onto the screen. I stared at the images and couldn’t breathe. My stomach flipped. I was looking at a photo of me – and I couldn’t even SEE myself….

The photo of me that changed everything….

model portfolio photographer, senior photographer, rebecca shepard studios

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What happens when every girl on the team loves shades of purple and lavender, and I find a scrap of vintage fabric at a goodwill?

Senior Team Modern Studio Shoot *PURPLE*

dark academia photoshoot

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How do I begin to describe Paige? Normally I ask my seniors what they are involved in and what they do in their free time. With Paige I never got to the second question! Maybe it is the fact that besides being an online Honor Role High School student, Paige is a firefighter (who was […]

Dark Academia Senior Session, Paige

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On week 3, my goal was to experiment with light painting, a technique I had never tried. It involves shooting in complete darkness, and using long exposure, and a flashlight to physically ‘PAINT’ light onto a SUPER still and patient subject.

light painting tips for photography, rebecca shepard studios, photographer

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I started with some soft and pretty images of Isabelle with the white daisies, and then we took things up a notch with bright yellow daisies, and despite our time restraints – I think we both NAILED gorgeous images!!! Which is your favorite? The white or yellow daisy photos?

creative photo challenge, rebecca shepard studios, senior photographer

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Welcome to my Six Weeks of Summer Creative Challenge! In the summer of 2021,I challenged myself to six weeks of taking ONE concept, one senior, and 30minutes to create images that are above and beyond the normal ‘portraitsession’. Every week I collaborated with one of my six Senior Team members, tocreate something amazing. I promised […]

senior photographer, rebecca shepard studios

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The girls wanted to create a photo that captures the beautiful mess of the creative process and this thing we call life. I adore this sister photo!

family photographer, kansas, photogapher, oklahoma family photographer, missouri photographer

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It took us two hours to carry in totes & boxes of memorabilia, lighting, and set up the high school senior year photo Mallery dreamed of since 8th grade. It took her 12 years to earn that shot. Every medal, every trophy, every ballet slipper, every uniform, all of it representing hours, and days, and […]

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Capturing her love of the Acadamy of Dance in Pittsburg Kansas was a must have for her session, but when her mom pulled out her very first, teeny, tiny, pink, puffy leotard, I think we all got misty eyed.

frontenac senior photographer, senior pictures, rebecca shepard studios,

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Caitlin’s session is a perfect example of a September photo session. Sunkissed greens turned gold, the last bit of summer coming to an end.

rebecca shepard studios, senior photographer, kansas city

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I love that we captured her life long love of dance and love of nature in her senior picture session!

senior photographer, kansas, oklahoma, missouri,

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One of the most special things about Kelci’s senior photo session was that in her consultation she talked about loving the idea of having a long, beautiful pink dress for a part of her photoshoot. After looking and not finding what she wanted, Kelci’s mom CREATED the dress. It is pink, long, flowing, and almost […]

Pittburg kansas Photographer

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Elissa is looking forward to participating in the Queen Neelah Pageant this fall in Independence, and I wish her all the best! I know so many amazing girls who participate every year!

coffeyville senior photographer