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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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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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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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Blair LOVES her freckles and I do too!! NOTHING makes me happier than girls feeling confident & powerful, and most like themselves for their photoshoot.

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When it was time for Eli’s senior pictures – I couldn’t believe it! It felt like just yesterday I’d taken his sister Skylar’s senior photos! Eli is a country boy at heart – and knew he wanted to include his truck & ATV in his senior session. Somehow we lucked out with PERFECT fall weather […]

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Browyn’s first session was focused on the studio, headshots, and all things pink and flowers! We ended her last session in a meadow – you can catch up with her first session here! For her second session – this beautiful girl wanted sunflowers and to include her beautiful bay horse Nash! We started with a […]

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Her senior picture location wish list included sunflowers, a creek, field of yellow flowers, and deep green woods….

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Like many of my Independence High School girls – Browyn participated in Neewollah’s Queen Neelah pageant – and so she opted for not one – but TWO senior sessions! In session one we focused on studio and a variety of clean, beautiful headshots, her love of flowers- and all thinks pink and ended her session […]

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Like so many juniors & seniors – Hannah had the perfect dress- the perfect date – and because of the pandemic – lost the chance for prom. Instead- she brought her dress in

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I am so excited to introduce you to Senior Team Member Lauryn! Lauryn loves cooking, painting, calligraphy, and two arts I’ve never had the chance to try but always wanted to; pottery and macramé! She has a big heart and is an active volunteer at the local Food Bank, youth group, and is on the […]