Chad's Senior Shoot at the Haunted Silo

It's been a busy summer!  We shot Katie's senior portraits back in July:



Katie helped us schedule her boyfriend, Chad, for senior portraits as well.  It took two rainouts; but we were finally able to shoot his portrait last week.

As we were driving up to Brighton we were in yet another downpour.  But, by the time we were able to shoot, the sky had cleared and things were starting to dry out a bit.  We picked an old abandoned silo facility right next to the highway between Brighton and Fort Lupton.  Apparently it's been abandoned for approximately 20 years; the windows are all broken out, there's graffiti everywhere and some say it's even haunted.  OK... I just made that part up, but you get the picture.  It was kind of creepy, but we managed to get some good images, before Fort Lupton's finest showed up with lights flashing.  It seems that someone reported a possible vandalism in progress.  No worries.  We were starting to lose light anyway.  The officer actually ended up thanking us for giving him the opportunity to turn on his lights and siren.  He was soon joined by a Weld County Sheriff's deputy who explained that he had jurisdiction, and that we would have to leave.

So, with fond memories of my truck catching fire at my own senior portrait shoot (a pretty long time ago...), we packed it in for the night.  Chad will always remember his senior pictures, and the evening we overcame the hazards of the haunted silo to take his portrait.    

Here are a few of his images:

 

Senior Twins

I am so bad at remembering names!  When I meet someone new, I usually will try to make a conscious effort to either use their name within the first 5 minutes, or try to associate something with their name in my head.  I actually have become pretty good at this.  However, I recently discovered that my little tricks at remembering become useless when you're photographing identical twins.

Meet Alyssa and Marissa.  They are twin sisters, and members of the class of 2011 at Arvada West High School.  I had no problem remembering their names.  The problem came in when I tried to remember which twin was who.  I immediately noticed that Alyssa had some piercings, so I thought that would be a good way to identify her.  So much for that idea!  It didn't quite work out that way.  I think they found it amusing when I continually addressed each one by the other one's name.

Twins are really fun to shoot!  We found good images in Olde Town and the local railroad tracks, as well as the soccer fields at Stenger.  Their personalities were amazing; it was really fun to discover how alike they seem to be, yet how subtly different they are.