We went to the St. Louis Botanical Gardens on possibly the busiest and definitely the hottest day of summer last year to shoot these. I enjoyed my first-ever Senior Portrait session! Hope you enjoy how these turned out.
You can see the effects of the sun on her face
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Surprise!
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My favorite
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Sometimes you just have to stop and smell the roses