One of my favourite times of the year is prom season. There’s something so exciting about pretty dresses and sparkly heels, young men trading in their basketball shorts and nike shoes for a fitted suit and oxfords, and the smell of hairspray filling the air. It’s hands down one of my favourite times to photograph.
This year, I booked three separate pre-grad sessions. Two of which were on the same day. At first, I was ready to tell the second booking that I would be unable to photograph them for I already had promised that day to another group. However, the world is in fact a very small place, and my second client was not only from the same school as my first client, but also in her group of friends. Deciding to book Lucia and her family was then a no brainer.
The first booking – a group of friends from York House, an all girls school in Vancouver, had found me through Gaby – one of my long time youth girls. She had asked me if I would be interested in photographing her friends, and of course I said yes! There’s something incredibly special about being able to capture one of the most exciting moments in any teenagers life- especially for a girl I’ve seen grow and mature over the span of her high school career.
It was a rainy day – a stresser for any photographer. However with lots and lots of prayer, the rain had eased up during the course of both shoots. It wasn’t until the end, when we struggled to get past the traffic of downtown Vancouver and to our final destination, that it started to downpour. But it’s okay! Because these girls (and their lovely dates) are troopers. Graceful and elegant troopers that stood in the cold Vancouver weather, and looked absolutely beautiful doing so.
Here are a few portraits from Lucia’s shoot, and then her and Gaby’s group of friends.
Enjoy!
J.