Colorado Springs Senior Pictures : Laurel
Monday, May 07, 2012
I photographed Laurel's senior pictures on the campus of the Colorado Springs School last week. Laurel is graduating from Manitou Springs High School in a few weeks and while it's a bit late for senior photographs for the yearbook, Laurel still wanted to have some made to give out to friends
and family. Nine years ago, I photographed Laurel and her parents at the Garden of the Gods. I've included pictures of her from that session in July of 2003 in this post. For all of you parents out there, a reminder of just how fast time flies:) Thank you Laurel for inviting me to make your senior pictures and congratulations on your high school graduation! — Sean 
I just did a portrait session for my neighbor Liz at Monument Valley Park. Liz is a senior at Palmer High School and also a great baby sitter to our children. Inspiring stories make for inspired photographs and Liz has one incredible life story. Liz was born with a complete, unilateral cleft lip and cleft palate and is from a village called Birobidzhan located in the far east of Russia. When she was 13-months-old she was adopted and her parents brought her to the United States. Since then Liz has undergone eight surgical procedures to correct her cleft lip and cleft palate. It's been a long journey for her and for her parents. But it hasn't stopped her from doing what she sets her sights on like playing lacrosse, her favorite sport. And when I asked her folks if they knew what to expect 17 years ago, Mom's answer was immediate and unequivocal, "Yes, we knew." If that isn't enough to inspire, Liz is the oldest of four sisters, all of them adopted from different countries; Mexico, India and Sikkin. As you might imagine, my schedule for the next few years involves more inspiring senior pictures. There's still plenty of babysitting left to do too:) — Sean 
My sister Cathryn spent the week with us and we could never find the time to get her senior pictures made. The rainy weather in the afternoons kept stopping us and a wedding this weekend postponed it until the very last minute — this morning before she left. We got up early and went to the Garden of the Gods. As it turned out, the morning light was beautiful and we made some great photographs. I've posted a couple of them here. We had a great time during her visit and the kids were just thrilled to hang with her. — Sean
