Why Senior Sessions Mean so Much to Me

Interestingly enough, not everyone knows me as a photographer. If you are here, you're more than likely interested in my work. Now, you could also be here because you are one of my students that I have had in the past or currently, who happened to find this blog and you want to bring it up in class. As much as I love photography, my passion since I was young had always been to become a teacher one day and help out kids like me.

If you are reading this, you may not know that photography is my second job. My main job is teaching English at a public high school. It was through this job that I gained such an admiration for each one of my senior sessions. Though I had done multiple senior sessions before, it wasn't until I became a teacher that they started to impact me directly. As a teacher and photographer, I was lucky enough to photograph my own students and see them grow into the amazing young adults that they are today. It gave me a new motive to photograph seniors. I began to understand that each kid had a different story and I wanted to be there to help them create art that demonstrates who they are in their young careers.

My job as a teacher is everything to me and there is nothing sweeter than seeing young adults celebrate such a monumentous moment in their lives. As someone who graduated as a first-generation student, I am so happy that I have been able to photograph so many lives and impact them both in and outside the classroom.

This blog goes out to my kids who have graduated and those that I will see graduate one day.

If you are struggling to financially hire a photographer, know that I am more than just that. Please feel free to reach out and we can discuss different options because I may be able to work out something. I know how big these moments can be for kids and I want to do as much as possible to make it happen!