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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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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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  Brooklyn – 2019 Senior from Parsons High School.  Something I love about Brooklyn is her ability to stare deeply into the camera with quiet confidence.  Brooklyn brought in her gorgeous red prom dress to the studio so we could take some shots at the beginning of the session.  All I can think is Vogue […]