I am so far behind in blogging …promise I’ll catch up!  Adam’s session was held at Sun City in Huntley.  I also did his brothers session there last year!  He was in the middle of performance at his high school where he was the lead actor.  I felt guilty for making him get up early on a Sat. morning but the pictures turned out wonderful!  See for yourself..

3 things people would be surprised to learn about you

I LOVE theatre

I am in all honors classes

I am in all choirs at my HS

3 things you couldn’t live without

Choir

Theatre

Internet

3 pet peeves

bad drivers

being late

people who complain

If I had 24 hours to live, I would

have a goodby party with all my friends

Fav class or teacher in HS. Why?

Choir, because I love to sing

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

Northern Illinois – Math education (major), Threater Arts (minor)

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.

Drake’s session was held at Lord’s Park in Elgin – the same place we did his brother’s session 2 years ago!  Growing up, the family lived close by and the brothers spent a lot of time at the park so it was only natural that their senior sessions were held there.  We only had to re-schedule Drake’s session once due to rain – considering the spring we are having in Elgin that is a good thing!  Here are some of my favorites from the session

And Central doesn’t have a tennis team but if it did Drake would have played on it!

And since he is a 2011 graduate…

Enjoy graduation and best of luck next year!

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!