Senior Portraits: Maddie

So much of what we love about senior portrait sessions is helping the young people express their vision and sense of self! Maddie came to us with a very clear sense of what she wanted: something with style and artistic flair with an urban bent; she also wanted some portraits with a softer more natural feel.

Black Cat Alley in Milwaukee was an obvious choice for the artsy-urban look and the ravine and waterfall at Lake Park was nearby for the more natural environment. For both locations we brought along lighting equipment, but only ended up using it in the park. The alley, closed in on the sides, gave us a lovely soft light filtering in from above that beautifully showed off Maddie’s face, features, and perfectly done makeup. Although we have makeup artists that we can partner with for portrait sessions, Maddie chose to do her own and did a stellar job! Down in the ravine at Lake Park, however, we did make use of lighting gear to balance out the ambient light.

Working with her throughout the session was a breeze. Maddie’s instincts for modelling were on point and would take minimal direction and run with it!

The result is a set of images that nail the looks that she was going for!

The lighting gear used was a single 22” beauty dish on a 400W monolight strobe. Additionally, for location sessions, we always bring a pop-up changing tent for the client to duck into for wardrobe changes.