pure photography by april cochran-smith

new year's card

My great idea this year was to send out a New Year's card from pure photography.  Wondering why you didn't get one?  Welllll, I got them half made & then slacked off & never finished the other side.  I was feeling productive today, so I finished the second side.  Since it'd be a little late (no comments, please) to send it out now, I thought I'd at least share it with you all here.  So, to all of my wonderful clients of 2008, thank you & have a wonderful 2009!

mason - senior

I don't know if you've ever noticed or not, but I only do senior pictures for girls.  My style tends to be more fashion oriented & that didn't seem like it'd really work well with guys, you know?  Well, Mason's mom called me a couple of weeks ago & asked if I'd be willing to photograph his senior pictures.  She said he'd be a lot of fun & that he really wanted some unique shots.  How could I say no to that?  When this was the second shot of the day, I knew everything was going to be a-ok...

 

Yeah, not shy or boring at all!  PERFECT!!!  We started out downtown to try and get some "urban" shots...

We then headed to Prophetstown because we heard there were some cool places to shoot.  As we rolled in around 6:15, little did we know (or did anyone tell us) that they closed at 6.  Luckily, there was this amazing field that we fully took advantage of...

Next, we went over to the Battlefield to see if there were any cool shots we could get there.  I hadn't been there in about 7 years, but it hadn't changed at all.  Yea!

Finally, we ended the shoot with some of Mason's favorite things.  This was definitely a first for me and I'm always up for a challenge.  Check it out...

FAVORITE!

Want more?  Just check out the slideshow in the post below!

mason - senior - slideshow