Senior Portraits: Vaughn

Some people bring natural charisma and personality to a portrait session. From the first click of the shutter, Vaughn was killing it and projecting that personality straight through the lens into the camera!

During the Pre-Session Consultation, we established that Vaughn was looking for an “urban” look and feel. So, we settled on the Milwaukee skyline as seen from the lakefront near Discovery World, the Harbor House, and Milwaukee Art Museum as the first location. We also discussed his interests and hobbies and decided that we needed to incorporate music as a theme. Guitars are wonderfully portable and make great props, but I’d seen a miniature piano in one of Vaughn’s TikTok videos and asked that they bring that as well.

Along the lakefront, the best light is just after sunrise, that morning “golden hour”. It’s a little cruel, to make a teenager be ready for photos at 7:00AM, but Vaughn was a trooper and it made for some great portraits!

Although we always bring lighting equipment, even to outdoor location shoots, we ended up not needing to use anything other than a scrim to even out the sunlight on his face. Sometimes, the morning sun is all the light you need!