Nicole - Loyola Sacred Heart High School | Montana Senior Portraiture

Here's a fun little behind the scenes of this AMAZINGLY bold, bright, and stylishly stunner HS Senior session that I had the honour of shooting for Nicole of Loyola Sacred Heart HS.

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Where did this photo shoot take place?
This shoot took place in downtown Missoula. We had to do some REALLY quick thinking on where we wanted to go because as soon as we finished getting ready for the session, a gi-NORMOUS rain storm hit, so we had to dodge for cover to get out of the drenching rain! So while it rained buckets, we shot here:

Did you collaborate with this senior to come up with the clothing and/or concept for this shoot?
We worked together for this session via Pinterest. We created a "VRP Shoot Idea" board, where Nicole showed me the look she was going for, and then I collaborated with one of the local boutiques in town, One Eleven Boutique, to dress her in the style she wanted! 

What do you want this session to convey about this senior and about your senior photography style?
This session was meant to convey "Classy". My photography style is meant to be Classy and Unique. Edgy and Chic. I ALWAYS want Mum and Dad to be happy while giving the Senior the unique edge that teenagers crave. Always timeless... never aging.

Thank you Nicole for allowing VRP to be a part of the most amazing and important time in your life! Each of my seniors mean the world to me, and I love that I get to take the time to be there for them! Not just being that run-of-mill photographer who you set a date, shoot and disappear... I get to know my senior and their family! Giving that extra special touch, where it's needed and wanted the most. 

A lil Marilyn, and a lot a bit mod! | Montana Senior Portraiture

You don't have to be in Hollywood to be glamourous or to have an amazing sense of style. All you need is amazing personality & enthusiasm, and of course it helps to be the  VioletRay Photography Senior SpokesModel for Hellgate High School!

Erin has all of those qualities and yes! She is the Senior SpokesModel for Hellgate High here in Missoula.  She's got an amazing perspective on life and that's why I knew she'd be the perfect girl for the job.

So if you're a Hellgate HS Senior, Class of 2014, you can contact Erin to find out more about what it's like to have your senior images taken by VRP, or of course myself, Trina @ VioletRay Photography / treenbean@violetrayphotography.com. Don't let the images of the past hold you back from having the most amazing time of your life, and most importantly, having the BEST images ever taken!

Erin's session is featured on the Senior Style Guide "Be Inspired Artist" which is an "Invitation Only" honour given by the staff at Senior Style Guide. So check it out, leave Erin some love on the SSG blog and make sure to get your copy of the SSG magazine which will have the images in print! 

Senior SpokesModel: Erin, Hellgate High School

MUA: Hannah, Skin Chic

Hair: Dana, Shear Art Salon

Derek Senior Session | Missoula Senior Photographer

This senior session was alot of fun! Derek wanted to make sure his senior
images were special and different, so we went on a small hike along the
river banks of the Bitteroot River at Chief Looking Glass.

His personality totally shown bright in his session. He is an aspiring
musician, being a member of the drumline, pep band, and choir at Florence
- Carlton High. His goal is to go to college for Audio Science. He's an
active member in his youth group at church, and we even did some of his
images there in the UpperRoom, Youth Group hall!

As well as loving music, he took All-State in football and is in AP
Calculus! Wow! Go get 'em tiger!

Paige Senior Session | Missoula Senior Photographer

VioletRay Photography is an all natural lighting photography business out of Florence, MT. Serving all the greater Missoula areas, I get to partake in all the joys of being a photographer in Montana!!! There are many wonderful reasons to be a photographer in this Big Sky state, and I was fortunate enough to have a senior who wanted to showcase Montana at her finest!

First thing off, as a opening to this session, the first thing you have understand is that in Montana, you can any one of the 4 season at any given point in time of an average day. No jokes, it's snowed in July before! So when Paige, a High School Senior student from Sentinel High, chose to go to a remote location up Rock Creek, a wilderness area where he grew up on a ranch, I knew there would be a spark of "epic" to his session. 

The started off slightly blustery, when we met at Starbuck (yay for coffee!) and headed out for our spot, and by the time we got there the sun was showing its golden glory. We managed to find golden fields of wheat and a terrific old fashioned fence. As we moved down the back roads heading towards a swinging bridge the weather definately started to change towards the more "snowey" side giving us some great in-depth dimensional looks!