Mary B Senior Shoot {College}

Not a lot of people know this, but I've known Mary and her family for going on 12 years now. It all started with piano lessons through our homeschool group. Mary's oldest sibling, a sister, taught piano to kids and when my parents heard, me and two of my siblings became her latest additions to the pool of students.

I enjoyed 'terrorizing' her and her little sister, Mercy, while I waited for my siblings to finish their lessons. They were both really shy, whereas I was the polar opposite. God's the only reason I didn't scare them off for good, I think. Hehe. We'd play while my siblings did their lessons and I'd always ask if they'd want to be friends. It's funny, when we look back on it.

It has been an honor watching Mary "grow up." I've personally watched this shy flower become a vibrant and blazing star through the many events and people God has put into her life. At the end of this semester Mary is graduating from LeTourneau University. Since she hadn't gotten any senior photos done in high school, she approached me about doing some for college. Of course, I was delighted indeed.

It was a lazy Sunday around 4 in the afternoon that we took off. I used a 300mm lens and posed her by a small waterfall to incorporate some wonderful bursts of water. After that we found a random alleyway then headed out to my house for the last part of the shoot.













We arrived at my lake house at sunset, just as planned. What wasn't planned, was all of the beautiful birds on the lake.







He has opened many wonderful doors for her and I am excited to see all that is in store. As God releases this blazing star into the darkened sky to melt the ice around it, I will be eagerly watching.