Zach – Senior Pictures

One of the other sessions I did while in MN was my cousin Zach’s senior pictures. I was so excited to get to do these for him because he is my Godson and I just can’t believe he’s old enough to be a senior in high school! I moved to NC almost 12 years ago, so he was only a little older than Anthony is now. Unfortunately we don’t get to see each other often enough…we’re lucky if we see the family once a year, so it was so much fun to spend some time with him. His Mom, my cousin, Nikki and Brian and I (and of course Zach) went to the Nature Center that Nikki used to work at and wandered around taking pics – there was lots of laughing and even a few pics taken!

Nikki – Senior Session

Back in September, I did some senior pics for a really nice young lady that travelled all the way down here from Garner, NC! She and her Mom (and 2 friends) walked around Wrightsville Beach with me and stopped at various spots for pics. She was super organized and had all of her different outfits with matching accessories etc. She was an absolute natural in front of the camera which made my job super easy. We also lucked out and got the most beautiful sunset at the end.

I don’t do many senior sessions, but they are a ton of fun, so if you or anyone you know is graduating this year or next, contact me about becoming a senior rep (you can get your session for FREE and earn print credits as well!)

Danielle + Senior Session

Last week I met Danielle and her Mom for a senior session. Danielle is going to be one of my senior reps (basically she earns free prints and other stuff - and gets a free session - and in turn she tells all her friends how awesome I am and they come get their pics done by me :)) Anyways, I knew Danielle's mom already and when she showed up with her gorgeousssss daughter I was so excited to get started.

We met downtown and spent about 45 min down there - found some cool spots. Then we headed to the beach where Danielle changed clothes (twice). It was not hard at all to get great pics of this beautiful young woman - and her personality matched too!

If you or anyone you know is going to be a senior in the fall and are interested in being one of my reps, have them contact me (katie@katiemathewsphotography.com).

Carmen - Part 1

One day last week, I took Carmen and her sister Bonnie out for lunch and then the plan was to go take some senior pictures. Carmen is actually graduating next month, but I wanted to do some "sample" senior pics for my website etc, so I asked her if she'd be my model.

So, after lunch, we went to the lake to take some pics of her in her Azalea Belle dress. In April every year, Wilmington hosts the North Carolina Azalea festival. It is a BIG deal in this town. They have garden tours, the Queens Coronation, Concerts, a parade, a street fair etc. You can find Azalea Belle's at all of the events and Carmen got to be one this year. So here are a few pics of that:




Now here's where the story gets entertaining....(kinda long, but funny)

We drove around downtown to scope out some places that we wanted to go to to take the pictures...we had to park the car (obviously) and then we were going to go get some ice cream and walk around downtown and get some cool/funky shots. So we drove to the top of one of the parking decks, thinking that might be kind of cool to get some shots of the city in the background. So we get out of the car and I open the back door where my camera bag was...set my keys, phone and wallet in my camera bag (because we're getting ready to leave the car) and I went and took just a few pictures of Carmen at the top of the deck. Well, there was a guy up there with his 2 dogs and they were running around playing ball. Carmen's Azalea Belle dress was in the car so Carmen tells her sister, Bonnie, "close the car door so the dogs don't get my dress." Well, I'm in the zone and not paying any attention to the fact that she actually closed the door and my KEYS were in there and the automatic door locks had already activated. UGH. So now what? We're locked out..no money, no phone etc. We asked the guy if he had a cell phone and he didn't, but he said he lived close by and would get it. Sure enough, he was back in less than 5 min and I called Brian and asked him to come rescue us. So now what? Well, we made the best of it and still went on with the shoot....then Brian rescued us and we headed home (our family and their family had dinner at my parent's house that night and it was almost 5 by the time Brian got to us). So in a week or two, the girls and I are going to go and try again downtown!








And then little sister got in on the action.....

And here's Brian after he rescued us..ahhh..my hero!