Milla wanted portraits that looked like they were taken at some of her favorites places she’s lived and loved. While it would’ve been fun to have flown to Alaska or Montana for a shoot, I had an idea of the perfect locations to make her feel more at home! So we set out to create some Nevada City senior portraits in the nearby foothills forest!

Narrowing down Zachariah’s interests to what we could capture at a senior portrait shoot started off a little challenging but was fun for us all to work on together! While we couldn’t make an actual track meet or music performance happen, I love how they chose a location with so much variety and loaded up their car with props and outfits that showed off his hs accomplishments!

Yes, we did get the usual full on smiling pictures, but the more serious ones show off Paige’s sweet, thoughtful side and her beautiful eyes! Loved being able to get together for makeup styling before her senior portraits. Wanting to be in nature, the rain storms we scheduled around made for a the perfect, vibrant green backdrop!

So fun styling these sisters with hair and makeup, going for that editorial glow, before their shoot! It had been overcast and dark then started to sprinkle rain as we arrived at our location. But you’d never know it with their smiles and model looks!

You might not even be able to tell, but the rain really started coming down so these model looks are through the rain drops!

Sometimes the last minute shoots work out best! Between all her senior classes, work, and a deadline for printing awesome graduation announcements, we were able to find the one afternoon to fit in Sage’s shoot! You probably can’t even tell that many of these favorites were shot after sunset as a storm rolled into town! Love that Sage could just go with the flow and make everything look as effortless as her natural beauty!