Haley is a 2013 Mount Rainier Lutheran High School senior. Her graduating class is a small one, but she has BIG plans!
I’m sure her mom knew she was going to do great things when she was just a little girl!
Now, she is getting ready for college. She’s been accepted to the top 4 universities! Harvard, Princeton, Yale, and Columbia! She hasn’t made her decision yet, but she will be taking a trip soon to visit them all and decide.
She wants to major in Political Science.
She loves the waterfront and often runs there, so that is where she wanted to start her session.
We were fortunate that the tine was out, so we could use some of the ruins and rocks that sometimes find their way under water!
We found a little bit of spring and had to use it!
Haley loves the speech & debate team, is on the basketball team, track team, soccer team and plays piano. She is also the Student Body President.
She also loves hiking, listening to music, and eating froyo! (come on, am I the only one that had to look that word up?)
Haley was a natural in front of the camera and she thought she would be awkward, NOT! 
I love looking for new spots that are close to old shooting spots.
I LOVE LOVE LOVE this one!
And this one too! We moved to downtown Tacoma for the rest of our shoot.
I haven’t roamed the streets for a while, since a lot of my seniors have specific spots in mind, but Haley just wanted anywhere downtown, so we explored and laughed and just had a good time.
I love the textures in this one.
More laughing – note… same spot as above, just a different perspective.
Haley loves going to the Grand Cinema with her mom, so we had to hit that at well while we were exploring downtown.
Then, across the street from there I spotted this orange wall and knew it would be a perfect place for the classic pose!
Haley, you are gorgeous and I enjoyed every minute with you!!! I can’t wait to hear which university you picked! Congrats on such a huge accomplishment. You have obviously worked very hard to get where you are!
Cuties! 
This family likes the rustic spots for their shoots, so last time it was Ft. Steilacoom and this time the dairy farm. We already have our next location picked for next year!
Aren’t they a fun family!!
Boys and sticks, haha
Darin and Patricia are great together and can you believe, they are raising this family AND both in nursing school!!! What a load!
Cute little Presley!
Twins are always fun to photograph. I LOVE this image!! It would be great in black and white too.
My favorite image of the session. Just precious.
Head butting the boys… a guy thing…
So fun having the kids pick their own poses! It makes the session fun for everyone!
A beautiful family and as you can see, a beautiful day too!
Can’t wait to see you all next year. It’s so fun watching the kids grow
We started early in the morning, so we didn’t have the big crowds to deal with.
I love going to Seattle! Joe came on this trip with me, so we made sure to have pizza and cupcakes afterwards.
I only had 1 person to photoshop out of this shot! The benefits of going early
There are so many places to use in Seattle I get overwhelmed every time I shoot there. I feel like I have shot on every street in Tacoma, but Seattle… that is so untapped for me!! I love this shot of Grace and Dariel in the staircase leading to the gum wall.
For some reason they wouldn’t lean on the walls for me, so I settled for the street instead. Again, only one person photoshopped out! haha
On our way to Post Alley we had a hint of sunshine come out and I just had to take advantage of that spot while it was there. I just didn’t know how long it would last.
We hit Post Alley next. I love shopping here, but I have never done a shoot.
And I love we we got of this romantic moment.
A quick kiss in from of the brick wall.
A hug by the Post Alley sign and then we were off to the UW campus to see the Cherry Blossoms during their spring break.
I love the connection between Grace and Dariel. I can tell they have a lot of fun together and just enjoy each other’s company.
Dariel went to UW, so he is very partial to this campus. Grace went to UPS (like me!), but graduated much later than me of course!
Ok, this was all their idea!! I did bring a ladder though, so I was an accomplice. I LOVE IT! So worth the struggle to get there! Adorable!
The campus was so pretty we decided to do the rest of our shoot there as well. 
I can wait to capture them together in September when they become husband and wife.
That’s a content face!
We had such a great time with you Grace and Dariel!
Thank you for allowing us to be part of such a special time. You guys are a joy to be around!!! 
She had two paper published in scholarly journals and was the 6th 4.0 in the 55 year history of her school.
Also, she is a National AP scholar, National Endowment for the Humanities Scholar, History Bee State Champion, History Bowl State Champion, Emerson Prize winner, Cum Laude inductee, National Merit Commended Student, and President’s Volunteer Award recipient.
She was president of Model U.N., president of Science Bowl, president of NHD Club, founder and co-leader of her school’s human right’s club (Global Outreach), first chair clarinetist in the band, stopper on the varsity soccer team, ASB secretary, and a piano player.
She also participated in track, Knowledge Bowl, theatre, and Knowledge Master Open.
She is currently attending Stanford University, where she is pursuing a triple major in history, biology, and Iberian and Latin American Cultures.
She plans to earn her PhD in American history, become an author of both historical fiction and non-fiction, and teach at a major university, such as Stanford or Harvard. 
So, as you can see, Sarah is amazing, so we took an amazing “classic” pose of her!
She loves to run, play soccer, do core, read in the sunshine, conduct research on historical topics, and smile 24/7. 
What a great shoot we had and I had such a fun time with her mom, Jenifer! She loves photography too and we talked shop the whole time
It was a wet afternoon, but that didn’t stop us from getting some great shots.
Donna (mom) is the sister of another great client, Ianna. You can see their family portraits 
Such a cutie and happy the whole time!
Love the happiness these two have!
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