charlotte-nc-family-portraits | mcallister /  by Staci Noel

When I’m not photographing high school seniors in the Charlotte area I’m very often found photographing families which i dearly love to do! This momma knew exactly what she wanted and we worked ahead of our shoot to plan out images to replace some dated wall art from when the girls were little. It’s so fun to design a session like this and the UNCC botanical gardens have been a gorgeous backdrop for several of my clients this year. This spring the greens were amazing and this whole family could not have made my job any easier! The girls were so funny - as you can tell in a few of these:) I love letting their personalities shine through and mom ended up with fantastic new wall art to have for her home!

charlotte-nc-senior-portraits | sunee /  by Staci Noel

Fall in Charlotte has become an interesting guessing game for a timeline of autumn color. Some years it’s October and the past few years it hasn’t really started until November and hung on all the way to December. So when a senior comes in and says that the most important thing to them in terms of portraits is having amazing fall color I know we are going to have to get creative and flexible in our schedule but man oh man does it pay off! This year’s color was spectacular, especially at UNCC botanical gardens for Sunee’s session. We managed to hit all of the glorious fall trees and then head out to a field nearby my Harrisburg studio to wrap up our day. Of course we also had to capture some images of her true passion as she sketched and worked on some of her unbelievable art - this girl’s got some amazing talent!

Since Sunee was graduating mid year we also had the chance to add on a college gear session and the orange and brown colors of Bowling Green State University were a perfect bookend to celebrate!

charlotte-nc-senior-portraits | kolby /  by Staci Noel

You know how sometimes you meet people that just light up every space they are in? Well that’s this kid right here! Every shot, every pose, every location Kolby was all about it and his personality just lit up everywhere! The favorite part of his session had to be the shots with his beloved car - he was so excited to be able to pose with his “baby” Mom and dad were just as much fun to work with and as the three of them followed me all around uptown Charlotte I can honestly say I’m not sure which one of the four of us had more fun!

harrisburg-nc-senior-portraits | jay /  by Staci Noel

When this guy’s mom first reached out to me she mentioned that they really wanted to capture some great portraits and “oh maybe a few” to show the sports that he did. As we continued talking and planning for Jay’s session she casually discussed his busy schedule and I realized this wasn’t just going to call for a “few sports shots”. This guy is a three sport athlete who is going on to play one of those in college - so uhhhhhhhh yeah we’re going to create something amazing to celebrate that! I think at the end of the day not only did we get some fantastic portrait art but we got images that really showcase Jay’s personality and love of sports that put a few tears in momma’s eyes:)

charlotte-nc-senior-portraits | mia /  by Staci Noel

Let me tell you when you get to photograph the senior portraits for a beautiful girl that you first met when she was 5 years old when she and her family moved in next door to you, you might tear up during your shoot. Like how is she graduating high school and how does she look like this!!! Mia is all about fashion and had such an amazing sense of personal style she absolutely lit up the sky for our gorgeous sunset sesssion in uptown Charlotte. You’re beautiful inside and out Mia and I’ve loved every minute of watching you turn into this amazing woman! On to your next wonderful adventure and I can’t wait to see the journey you take!