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August 14, 2017

Christie + Dave

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My time as a high school teacher taught me how to instantly connect with teens and make them feel comfortable in front of the camera. I love photographing high school seniors all over the Greater Des Moines Metro and Midwest (yes, I’m willing to travel). 

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She was such a fan of doing Cooper’s senior photos at 6:30am, she scheduled her family session for that time as well this summer! Leave it to Christie, a teacher, to be ok with the early wake-up call! Not sure the rest of her boys were fans, but they put on a good face for me. 🙂 I loved the morning sunrise we had and we found a rare patch of green grass downtown as well! I’d say it was a win-win. 

I was really thankful that we started at 6:30am so we beat the bulk of downtown traffic and were able to carpool 4 cars to find parking spots! Everyone had different places they needed to be after photos were wrapped up, but it all worked great!

Since we’d already gotten a LOT of close-ups of just Cooper, we focused on Tucker at the tail end and yes, we got toothy grins from him. It may have felt like pulling teeth to get it, but we did! 😉 

Christie + Dave: Thanks so much for the early wake up call and being such willing participants in it! I hope you enjoy the tail end of your summer days and start the school year feeling refreshed and rejuvenated. 

Blessings, 
Carrie

PS You can view more of our time together HERE. And Cooper’s senior photos HERE. 

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