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Gienna’s Fall Senior Session | Milwaukee, WI

Gienna had a perfect Fall evening for her senior portrait session! We started in Milwaukee's Third Ward and had fun exploring different spots while getting to know each other.

She's a dancer, a medalist in the Special Olympics, and she loves long walks, lifting weights, watching movies, shopping, and traveling to visit family.

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Haley’s Golden Hour Downtown Milwaukee Senior Session

It was wonderful photographing for this sweet family again! Haley just started her senior year, and we photographed her sister Nicole's senior portraits a few years ago, too. Such an honor to capture another exciting milestone for them!

Haley had a perfect evening for her senior photos along Milwaukee's Lakefront! We started near Discovery World and made our way to the Milwaukee Art Museum and its bridge. The lovely blue sky and water contrasted nicely with her white outfit, and we used the wind to our advantage with her hair!

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Lily’s Lake Park Senior Photos | Milwaukee, WI

Lily likes reading, watching movies, listening to music, volleyball, track, baking & cooking, and after high school she plans on studying Food Science and Spanish.

We had a great evening for her senior portrait session as we made our way around Lake Park and talked about baking. On our way back up from the woods, we were greeted with a perfect sunset that made for a wonderful end to her photos!

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Corrine’s Third Ward Mini Senior Session

Corinne is an artist - they plan on going to art school for illustration and are interested in becoming a tattoo artist - and wanted the vibe/feeling of our shoot to be similar to that of a nine legged, two headed deer caught by a trail cam. It was so much fun running with this as inspiration, and we had a great time making our way around Milwaukee's Third Ward while talking about art, National Parks, and bats. Thank you so much for the honor of capturing your senior portraits! Hope you have such a fantastic experience in art school next year.

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Ellery’s Golden Hour Senior Session | Lake Park

Ellery chose Milwaukee's picturesque Lake Park for her senior portraits, and we captured a variety of photos for her during golden hour: historic bridges, wildflowers, the woods, and some nearby historic buildings for a dark academia vibe.

She brought two different outfits that worked perfectly with our locations, and we also incorporated some dramatic lighting for her nighttime photos.

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Cerek’s Boerner Botanical Gardens Senior session

Cerek runs track, plays multiple instruments and skateboards- it was so much fun incorporating his interests at his senior portrait session!

He’s into nature as well, so Boerner Botanical Gardens made a perfect location. We also got creative while including some of the pieces that were set up before China Lights was fully up and running.

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Keara’s Downtown Senior Photos | Milwaukee, WI

Keara loves playing video games, working out, watching movies, listening to music, playing volleyball and gymnastics!

We had a great time making our way around Milwaukee for her senior portraits, from Black Cat Alley downtown, to the Third Ward and even a bit in Walker’s Point, complete with some photos on top of a parking structure with the awesome cityscape as our backdrop.

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Megan’s Boerner Botanical Gardens Senior Session

Megan was a blast to hang out with at their senior portrait session! He brought the style, complete with his amazing yellow jacket, and the colors popped against the lush gardens. They are interested in pursuing landscape architecture, and it was wonderful talking about nature, lawn alternatives and sustainability... right up our alley! Thank you so much for a fun session; I had a great time getting to know you and wish you all the best in your post high school plans!

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Lexi’s Downtown Milwaukee Lakefront Senior Photos

Lexi loves the water - snorkeling, swimming, hanging out on the beach, etc. - so downtown Milwaukee's lakefront made a perfect location for her senior portraits! We had fun making our way around the area to different spots including Lakeshore State Park, Discovery World and the Milwaukee Art Museum, and the variety of backgrounds worked well with Lexi's different looks, too!

We had perfect golden hour lighting that evening, picturesque clouds, a gorgeous sunset, and we also captured some dramatic nighttime photos at the end of her session! It was fun hanging out with Lexi and her mom, getting to know each other and talking tennis :)

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Nia’s Senior Session | Downtown Milwaukee

Downtown Milwaukee's Lakefront and Third Ward were perfect locations for Nia's senior portraits! She frequents Summerfest and loves hanging out along the lake and in the city. It was fun hearing about recent concerts she's been to and talking about theater!

She plans on going to college for a major in Elementary Education and minors in Psychology and Political Science, and we wish her a wonderful time in pursuing her dream!

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Scarlett’s Outdoor Senior Photos at Grant Park / Seven Bridges

Scarlett is a talented flutist in the marching band (she's marched in our favorite parade, Tournament of Roses!), and (Miranda being a fellow flutist), we had fun talking parades at her senior portrait session!South Milwaukee's Grant Park / Seven Bridges made a picturesque location for her session, and we had beautiful golden hour lighting in the woods for her first outfit.

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Yasmin’s Golden Hour and Nighttime Senior Portraits | Milwaukee’s Third Ward

We had a chilly evening for Yasmin’s senior portraits in Milwaukee’s Third Ward, but she did a great job dressing for the weather, and the cold didn’t phase her. She really wanted a city feel to her senior photos as well as an evening/nighttime vibe, so we started her session during golden hour (we had perfect soft, warm lighting) and then incorporated off-camera flash for some dramatic and moody nighttime pictures.

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Peter | Senior Portraits near Discovery World

Peter’s a senior at Burlington High School but also loves spending time in Milwaukee, especially downtown and along the lakefront, riding scooters and eating at food trucks… so MKE’s lakefront by Discovery World was the perfect location for his senior photos. We were able to capture a variety of looks there with the cityscape, the rocks along the lake, wooden steps and modern architecture.

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Lexi | Industrial Senior Photos in Milwaukee's Third Ward and Walker's Point

Lexi wanted an industrial look for her senior photos, and Milwaukee’s Third Ward as well as Walker’s Point made fantastic locations for her portraits! We started her session in Catalano Square before making our way around the city to incorporate cream city brick, staircases, ivy, steel beams, the RiverWalk and street views. She loves the environment at cheer practice and spending time with her teammates, so we were sure to include a couple of photos with her letterman jacket, too.

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Peyton | Senior Photos along Milwaukee's Lakefront

We had a beautiful early Fall evening for Peyton’s senior portraits! We started along downtown Milwaukee’s lakefront, and the areas near the Milwaukee Art Museum and Discovery World made fantastic locations! We were able to capture a variety of looks there with the cityscape, the rocks along the lake, and the clean modern architecture. We had perfect golden hour lighting! Then we headed over to Lake Park for her second outfit.

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Teresa | Senior Photos Along Downtown Milwaukee's Lakefront

We had a great evening for Teresa’s senior photos! We made our way along downtown Milwaukee’s lakefront for her portraits, and we had gorgeous skies and sunshine to light up the architecture and water. The cityscape - complete with the Milwaukee Art Museum - as well as the clean lines of Discovery World, and the lovely nature views of Lakeshore State Park all made such picturesque locations for her pictures.

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Kiara | Nighttime Senior Photos at Lake Park and Third Ward

It was wonderful photographing Kiara at her evening and nighttime senior portrait session! We started at Lake Park where we utilized a stunning bridge with ironwork, wildflowers and the woods. We had lovely golden hour lighting and finished up there with some creative backlit photos in the woods before heading over to the Third Ward for some dramatic and moody looks.

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Nefeli's Senior Photos | Milwaukee's Lakefront, Downtown

Nefeli likes to swim and go to the beach, and she loves the city, so Milwaukee’s lakefront was a wonderful location for her senior photos! We first met her and her family a couple of years ago when we photographed a family event for them, and it was such an honor to capture another milestone for them! We had a perfect evening with gorgeous golden hour lighting and colorful clouds as the sunset began, and we made our way around different spots to get a variety of looks.

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Fiona's Evening and Nighttime Senior Portraits | Lake Park and Third Ward

One of Fiona’s favorite places is Lake Park, and she had a vision for some of her senior photos to capture her surrounded by nature. It was such a great location for the first part of her evening session, and we made our way through the trails as we talked about science. We couldn’t help but incorporate an abandoned road under one of the park’s stunning bridges, and stairs, fallen trees, wildflowers and some dramatic lighting all added intrigue and creativity to her portraits!

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