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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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Week 6 is CLOUDS! My goal for this shoot was to create beautiful ethereal looking clouds in the studio, using Christmas lights, pillow stuffing.

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While I fully intended to bring in THREE ferns (which normally hang on my front porch, one of the ferns was home to a nest of baby sparrows – so we had to settle for just two! This shoot was all-natural light – no fancy hair, makeup or styling. Just beautiful window light, a beautiful girl, and some lovely nature.

senior photographer, rebecca shepard studios

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Week 4 concept is MIRROR. Caitlin was such my senior team member, and she right away saw the vision and helped create some amazing photos. We went to 2 locations – both a brick alley in Parsons, and a beautiful meadow outside of town – and I LOVE what we created together! 

The last photo is definitely my favorite from this set, and it includes 6 different photos of her for the final edited image!

mirror photoshoot, creative photo challenge, six weeks of summer, rebecca shepard studios, senior phototgrapher

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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