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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….

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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*

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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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What can I say about this family!? I ADORE when families come back to see me- and the last time I photographed the Gartner Family, Rob was retiring from his role as Battalion Fire Chief for the Parsons Fire Department after 26 years and moving into a new phase of life as their oldest headed […]

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In her senior session consultation, Lydia told me she would love to incorporate some of her favorite books of poetry into her session in some way. When I saw the book she brought – I couldn’t stop smiling because if you pop open my phone to my screen shots on any given week – you’d […]

pittsburg senior photographer

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“I can’t decide if I want to wear this red romper in the studio or in the alley like we talked about!” Ember held up this adorable romper and I made her decision for her. “BOTH”. Absolutely BOTH. For her senior session – Ember brought the HEAT! 😉 Did I just HAPPEN to have a […]

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One thing that excited me to no end was that Molly is a golfer and wanted to include her favorite sport in her senior photo session! She brought her a- game both in the studio and on location for her photo session – and she is also excited about participating in the Queen Neelah Pageant […]

golf photoshoot

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Have you seen the perfect hair flip in a photoshoot? If you look through Mikayla’s senior photo session you will!

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Like so many mommas, all Rianna wants is beautiful photos of her and her beautiful girls, together!

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Nothing gives me joy like photographing love and connection and seeing the way Jake looks at Rachel made my heart melt all the way through their maternity session!!

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Introducing the GORGEOUS Isabelle – from Parsons High School – to the RSS Senior Team!!

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I can’t believe she’s already a junior, (the last time I photographed her was in middle school!) I’m so happy to have Sarah Rose Martin on the team! Sarah attends Labette County High School.

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High School Senior Team!

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