Sierra’s Senior Session at St. Lukes Anderson Campus Gardens in Easton, PA
So, pure honesty here, the weather leading up to Sierra’s session was a mess. Days of clouds and rain, and we were watching the forecast the way you watch a flight board when you have a connection to catch. But we got lucky. The sky cleared, the light showed up, and St. Lukes Anderson Campus Gardens in Easton gave us exactly what Sierra had asked for: open space, wildflowers, tall grass, and that wide-open sky she wanted behind her.
Sierra is the kind of person who walks into a space and the energy shifts a little. Outgoing, funny, and genuinely warm, not in a performed way, just in the way some people are wired. She’s heading into Early Childhood Education at LCTI, and talking to her for five minutes, it makes complete sense. She brought a kindergarten photo of herself to the session, and she wore a white stole covered in colorful handprints. Those two details together said more about where she’s been and where she’s going than anything I could have planned.
Tall Grass and Open Sky
We started out in the fields, loose, unhurried, no pressure to hit a specific pose. Sierra wanted relaxed and natural, and that’s what we went for. Cory and I may have attempted to demonstrate a few midair poses off a wall at one point. I’ll say this: there’s a reason we stay behind the camera. Fortunately, Sierra nailed it easily. We did not.
Cap, Gown, and a Kindergarten Photo
The cap and gown portion of the day is where the kindergarten picture came in. Sierra held it and the gap between that little kid and the person standing in front of us was something. The stole with the handprints was a nice detail too, the kind of thing that reads immediately in a photo without needing any explanation. She’s worked hard to get here, and it shows.
Golden Hour in the Sunflowers
The shot we’ll remember most from this session is the portrait of Sierra holding a framed photo of her dad. It was one of the things she had mentioned in our conversations that she really wanted to incorporate.
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Location: St Lukes Anderson Campus Gardens, Easton, PA
