Senior Sessions
The mission of the Senior Empowerment Collective: Ithaca, NY
The mission of the Senior Empowerment Collective is to birth the next generation of fearless community leaders who are NOT afraid of their own greatness. When the world tells a teenager that their dreams are too big, or that their goals are unattainable, or that they need to “be more conservative, rational, or reasonable” I’m…
Read MoreIthaca, NY Senior Portrait Photographer tells about her own senior portrait experience.
Moment of truth time… I HATED having my senior portraits taken!!! Back in 1997, there was only two options in my small hometown, you either paid thousands of dollars to one photographer that only worked in a studio, or just did the photos from the staff photographer who showed up for “picture day”~ well we…
Read MoreLocal teens challenge racism with an epic performance of Hairspray: Ithaca, NY, event photography
Backstory: When local high school junior Emma Ellis, who is caucasian, was cast as Esmerelda for the school play, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, student activists from Students United rallied together to create a protest letter to the schools administration. They protested the plays lack of diversity, and felt that the use of cultural appropriation…
Read MoreIthaca, NY Senior Portrait Experience: Urban Graffiti Theme
I had just finished a product photoshoot project for the magical herbal goddess Amanda David of Rootworks Herbals when she mentioned that her son was a senior and really needed to have his senior portraits done before the school year was over. I was like AMANDA!!! not only do I have your back for product photos…
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