The Session

Jordan wasn't shy about what he wanted, which honestly made the whole session more fun. He knew he was a basketball player first and a "pose for the camera" guy never, so instead of fighting that, we built the session around it. 

The best shots of the day weren't planned at all. We were walking between locations and Jordan started dribbling just to kill time, half talking to me, half not paying attention to the camera at all. That's when it clicked. No posing, no "okay now look natural," just a guy doing the thing he actually does. Those ended up being some of his favorites too.

If you're the mom standing behind the scenes during something like this, here's what you'd have seen: a kid who showed up a little unsure about the whole "senior pictures" thing, loosened up about ten minutes in, and left looking exactly like himself, just better lit. That's the goal every time. Not a kid pretending to be photogenic. The actual kid, doing the thing he loves, somewhere that doesn't look like everyone else's photos.