Fall is always a busy time for all of us, Portrait Photographers, and it is no different for me. This time our goal is to do formal pictures. We started out at a local park call Opdyke Park. The colors were all but gone, but they do have some exciting things. An old barn that they have events in, and I like this field that is in the area. While waiting for the Senior, I did a setup that I had in mind. The Barn is very dark, and I wanted to show sunrise. Out came three lights to create this. A key light that lights her up and the two lights in the background are the sun rays. Without them, it would have been totally dark.

After a few pictures inside the Barn, it started to warm up, and the sun came out. Next was the field. Using the sun as a backlight, with help from her mom, I went with a reflector to bring life into her eyes.

While scouting for this Senior, it was time to move to another park that was at a peak when it comes to color. Off to Bible Park.

It was time to have fun and let a Senior be a senior. Sometimes I would use flash, sometime I would use a reflector. Fall is so much fun for pictures, but you know, so are winter pictures not that I am looking forward to it, but hey, I am a photographer, and I like taking pictures in all of the seasons that we are given.