It’s been ages since I have done a senior shoot, so when I got the opportunity to take this session, I hopped on it!  

We shot at a very cool location in the desert… after all, that’s where we live and might as well embrace it, right!  One great thing about AZ is all the mountains… not the “carpet of green” type of mountains, but colorful boulder type mountains!  John wanted to do his photos in the red rocks right here in the heart of Phoenix… great choice if you ask me!  I love how the location added a lot of masculinity to the backgrounds!  Anyways, I love to encourage my clients to think outside the box for their sessions… locations other than the traditional park setting.  Don’t get me wrong, parks are great and I still shoot at them all the time.  But there are lots of places that will add awesome backdrops to your photos that don’t have an ounce of green  

John is a fantastic saxophone player, can sing (the tux is for that), is involved in the discipline of martial arts (i can’t remember which one exactly, but let me tell you, he knows his stuff!), loves the Lord, and has a great dog (Tosh… hope i spelled that right?!) who came along for some final shots of our session.  Thanks for being so easy to photograph John!  Best wishes for an awesome first year away at University!

I love this photo!  I was in high school when I first started to love reading the Bible… not just at church on Sundays, but on my own.

This last one is just funny…

Thanks again John!  Enjoy the cool weather up at NAU!!