Jim’s session was held at his rural Elgin home.  The weather held out just long enough for the session and then it started to rain AGAIN!  So glad we were able to get the session in!  Jim’s little dog “Tank” followed us all around but then when it was time to get his picture taken he was suddenly “camera shy” but we managed to get some good ones with him too.  Here are some interested facts about Jim:

3 things people would be surprised to learn about you

I play golf

I like to fish

I like to play basketball

3 things you couldn’t live without

Food

Family

good weather

Fav movie or book

Inception

3 pet peeves

don’t have any

3 foods for a year, what would they be?

pizza

hot dogs

gyros

If you won the lottery, what would you buy first?

a vacation

If I had 24 hours to live, I would

finish my bucket list

Fav class or teacher in HS. Why?

CADD with Mr. Day

What are your after graduation plans (college & major, work, etc.)

Business at UW Whitewater

And then a couple “would your rather” just becasue they are fun!

• Would you rather
  never use the internet again
  X never watch TV again
• Would you rather
  X always lose
  
  never play
• Would you rather
  
  X get caught singing in the car
  
  get caught with your fly unzipped
• Would you rather
  be able to read everyone’s mind
  
  X always know the future

And some of my favorite pictures from the session.

Jared’s session was held at Muirhead’s Farmhouse Bed & Breakfast.  With all the rainy weather we are having this spring, we were lucky to get the session in! We had a lot of fun just wondering around the grounds and Jared was such the trouper and up for anything!  He is planning on attending Bethel college in Indiana next year.  Here is some information to get to know Jared better!

3 things people would be surprised to learn about you

I enjoy cooking shows

I would like to learn to play piano

my nose has been broken.
3 things you couldn’t live without

Food

Family

Friends

Fav movie or book

Dumb and Dumber

I have NEVER…

Hang-glided

3 pet peeves

Being woken up from a nap

when someone tells me I cannot do something

nagging mothers

3 foods for a year, what would they be?

chicken

mom’s cookies

beef
If you won the lottery, what would you buy first?

my house

If you could ask one person (dead or alive) 1 question – who would you ask and what would you ask them?

Michael Jordan – what did you do to win?

If I had 24 hours to live, I would

Go crazy and do everything I could with everyone possible

What are your after graduation plans (college & major, work, etc.)

Bethel college to study Criminal Justice

And then a couple “would your rather” just becasue they are fun!

• Would you rather
  never watch TV again
  X never use the internet again
• Would you rather
  X always lose
  
  never play
• Would you rather
  
  X get caught singing in the car
  
  get caught with your fly unzipped
• Would you rather
  be able to read everyone’s mind
  
  X always know the future

And some of my favorite pictures from the session.

Enjoy the rest of your senior year and best of luck next year Jared!

I was very excited and honored to be asked to photograph Jeff Nesseth, one of the most well-liked teacher at Burlington Central High School!  He has been the  choral director at the school for 15 years and was selected as the cover story at the national choral directors magazine .  It was a fun hour of photography him in the classroom environment with his class of students.  He has taken his choral groups all over the world including – Ireland, England, Scotland, Czech Republic, Austria, Germany, Switzerland & Italy with an audience of the POPE at the Vatican!

He likes to start the class period off with the kids all rising to their feet in a congo-line and giving back massages to relieve built up tension and just over all loosen up and laugh before warm-ups begin.

Here are some of my favorites from my time spent in the classroom.

Loved the mural on the wall that one of the talented students painted!

Congratulations Jeff!  The recognition is well deserved!  As a Burlington Central High parent we are very proud of you!

Aaron’s session was last fall at his relatives gorgeous property in rural Elgin.  Aaron has such a genuine, natural smile it was hard to get him to give me a serious face.  He is planning on studying heating and air conditioning (HVAC) at Elgin Community College next fall.  Best of luck Aaron!

I am excited that I get to share these pictures now.  I photographed the boys over Christmas break with the idea of putting together 16×20 collages to be displayed at Senior night .  Senior night was last night at Rocket Hill and the Rockets won!  (Its always nice to win your last home game!)

And some of my favorite group shots:

Congratulations on a great season so far and good luck on the on finishing the rest of the regular season strong and then on to the  post-season tournament.

I’ve fallen behind on my blogging – I have a couple more fall seniors that I will be adding in the next couple of days!

Brandon is a 2010 graduation senior that never got his senior pictures taken.  But he signed up with the Marines and will be leaving for basic training in the spring, so his mom knew this was the time to get them done.  Even though the day of his session was a cold one, they are thrilled with the results!  Brandon is very much into his dirt-bike and competitive racing with it so it was only natural that we incorporated his bike and truck into the session.  Enjoy!

And here is a square collage of some of their favorite images!  Love this printed as an 8×8 and displayed on an easel!

Kristen’s session was held on 2 separate days because after about 15 minutes on the 1st day the skies opened up and it started pouring – complete with thunder and lightening!  We went to Mount St. Mary’s park in St. Charles.  Luckily the 2nd session the weather was MUCH better!  I photographed Kristen’s older sister Megan when she was a senior, so it was fun catching up with Kristen’s mom and hearing about Megan’s plans.

Kristen is a senior at Kaneland High School.  Here are some interesting facts about her that you may not know -

 3 things people would be surprised to learn about you

- it bothers me when people eat off my plate

- always get bloody noses

- I’ve never broken a bone

3 things you couldn’t live without

- my cell phone

- my family/boyfriend Kyle

- FOOD!

Fav movie or book

Movie – The Dark Knight

I have NEVER…

been outside the country

3 pet peeves

- when people’s tags stick out of their shirt

- when people play with their gum

3 foods for a year, what would they be?

- french fries

- chicken tenders

- almonds

If you won the lottery, what would you buy first?

an Audi R8i

If you could ask one person (dead or alive) 1 question – who would you ask and what would you ask them?

Jodi Picoult – where in the world do you get ideas for all of your books?

If I had 24 hours to live, I would…

spend it with the people I love.

Fav class or teacher in HS. Why?

Mr. Green – because he’s hilarious!

What are your after graduation plans?

Attend a 4 year university and to attend law school!

Would you rather 

never watch TV again                 - or - never use the internet again

be able to read everyone’s mind  - or -   always know the future

get caught with your fly unzipped- or –  get caught singing in the car

always lose                               - or -   never play

Here are some of Kristen’s favorites from her session!

Sam is a gorgeous senior that goes to South Elgin High School.  Her session was at Sun City in Huntley on a beautiful fall day.  Here are some interesting things about Sam:

3 things you couldn’t live without:

Family, Friend, music

Fav movie or book

The last song by Nicholas Spark

I have never:

been sky diving, but would like to someday.

3 pet peeves:

people who walk slow in the hallways, girls that act dumb, and sarcastic people

3 foods for a year, what would they be?

burritos, pizza, goldfish

If you won the lottery, what would you buy first?

Lots and lots of clothes

If I had 24 hours to live, I would…

spend it with my family and friends.

Fav class or teacher in HS. Why?

My favorite teacher is my environmental teacher. He’s a really cool, funny guy and i always have fun in his class.

What are your after graduation plans?

I plan on going to either ISU or UIC. I want to major in elementary education.

With Sam’s outgoing personality and winning smile she will be everyone’s favorite teacher!  Here are a few of my favorites from Sam’s session.  Best of luck in your senior year!