And the Winner is...

As a photographer you like to fool yourself by saying you can capture at least a moment of a person...true...reality...who they really are. I really love senior portraits! I don't do a lot of them, but I really like them. As a photographer that aspires for the highest art form, senior portraits don't come as the first thing in mind usually. But as a confession... I really do like senior portraits. Maybe I am not cut out for lofty artistic photography, but just mortal, routine portraiture. Lesson learned. A mother knows her son better than any photographer. Period. This young man's mom picked out a photo as the one she wanted multiple copies of, and it was a big surprise to me! I didn't think this was him...but as I took a better look, after she picked it, I realized it was very good and a great portrait of a kid I've come to know a little bit in class over a couple of semesters. Note to photographers out there: "Mom's know best" bookmark it. Seriously.