CHRIS | Class of 2012

Chris, his mom, and I headed over to Johnson Park for some senior photos last night.  Chris is the younger brother of one of my good friends from high school, so I was really excited for this session.  The weather–absolutely perfect!  We couldn’t have asked for a better evening.

Chris wanted to do pictures at Johnson Park.  He and his cross country team train and run races at that park.  I do not envy the steep hill that they run as part of the course!  Thanks, Chris, for a fun senior session.  God bless your senior year!

SAVANNAH | Class of 2012

Savannah and I had an awesome time yesterday for her senior session.  The weather was perfect and she, Caiti (who was my amazing assistant) and I had a blast wandering around this gorgeous greenhouse.  Savannah–I hope you have a great senior year!  You were wonderful to photograph.

LOVE that windblown hair!

Happy 4th!

Splash

Play Ball

Married| John and Ashley

I spent my weekend in Warsaw with Ashley and John for their wedding.  The weather was perfect, the church beautiful, and the couple adorable!  Here’s a mini preview–more to come soon!

John and Ashley

This adorable couple is John and Ashley–and they’re getting married tomorrow!  In a couple hours I’ll be driving down to Warsaw, Indiana for their wedding and I can’t wait.

John, Ashley, and I snapped some engagement pictures back in October (yes, I am a horrible blogger).  It was cool and rainy, but it was the ONLY Saturday that schedules matched up, so we made the best of it.  John and Ashley are a genuinely joyful couple and it was a pleasure to take their pictures.  God bless the both of you as you start your new life together!

The almost kiss! So cute!

I love Ashley’s expression in this photo–you can almost feel how much she loves him.

Memorial Day

Leon Scholten sits on a park bench on eighth street on Monday morning, May 30, waiting for the Memorial Day parade to begin. Scholten served in Europe for two and a half years during World War II.

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Brothers Dominik (left), 9, and Aiden (right), 7, place a flag at a veteran's grave on Saturday morning, May 8. The boy scouts met at Pilgrim Home Cemetery to put a flag at every veteran's grave.

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Springtime at the Sentinel

Riley Hopp, 8, pokes holes in a mound of dirt to plant squash seeds while Kyndal Bennett, 8, brushes dirt off her hands.

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Anahi Romero, 8, looks at her newly painted face while Brianna Wynn holds up a mirror.  Wynn was a volunteer at the Park Party in Rosa Parks Green on Thursday, May 19.

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My first week at the Sentinel

Buddhist monks snap pictures by the tulips at Windmill Island on Friday, May 6.

Mike Bailey, sophomore at Holland High School, begins the relay race at West Ottowa High School on Saturday, May 7.

Jim Kelley's wife takes a picture of the damage done to her home after an elderly man drove into it. No one involved was seriously injured.

Governor Snyder enjoys Hudsonville Ice Cream on Wednesday morning, May 11, after recieving a tour of the company. Snyder was presented with two flavors that were made just for him.

I love the Sentinel already.  I’ve met some really cool people and I feel like I’ve done a semesters worth of shooting in just a week.  It’s been an adjustment and a learning process–going from one, maybe two, assignments a week to three or four a day.  I love my job!  It’s everything I ever wanted–fast-paced, exciting, challenging, creative, and full of interesting people.  This might be the best summer I’ve ever had.