A portrait is not made in the camera but on either side of it.
– Edward Steichen
Seniors who graduated last year had an unusual year, but I think this year’s seniors will have the more difficult year. They are burdened with uncertainty, anxiety, and abnormality. Many of them play sports and may not get to do that this year. Those of them especially that are planning to go to college have to focus more on their academics so the distractions don’t cause them to lose vital GPA points. All of them deserve a happy and safe senior year. The school system that I work in returned from the closure and summer break on time without delaying and after one full week and couple of days our school has no confirmed cases of COVID-19 and to their credit students are doing a good job of social distancing. We did have several hundred students opt to remain home and attend school virtually. However, there is still just a feeling in the building of things are not back to normal. Many I have talked to are anticipating a spike at some point somewhere near us that causes us to go all digital again. Regardless of what happens we will navigate this unprecedented time by doing everything we can to keep all students safe and make sure our 12th graders have a happy and safe senior year. I have now begun to offer photography sessions and I had the pleasure of taking Senior Pictures for my nephew who is a basketball player at Heritage High School. We did a variety of typical photos that I have updated my featured photos section with some of, and we did some more fun basketball themed pictures. Of course it was special to take his Senior Pictures because he is my nephew, but it also felt really good to be making memories again. I look forward to creating images for others very soon.
