Category Archives: Dow Gardens

My Last Senior Session of 2020

Senior teenage guy holds his violin outside Dow Gardens in Midland | Michigan Senior Photographers

My Last Senior Session of 2020 took place in October. I feel like I’m ready to  be done with sessions by the time late October rolls around. The weather is colder. There is less light. And I really look forward to celebrating the holidays with my family. Luke was my last senior for the year,...

MHS Drum Major in Dow Gardens

Beautiful teenage girl and Drum Major plays her flute outside at Dow Gardens | Senior Photographers Midland, Michigan

MHS Drum Major, Nicole James, is a wonderful teenager. I’ve known her family personally for years, and they’re one of the best there is! Which is why I am grateful I got to take her senior pictures. She wanted to have her senior session taken in the fall because she wanted beautiful autumn foliage. And...

Dow Gardens After the Rain

A senior stands on a pathway at Dow Gardens for her senior session | Midland Senior Photographer

Rain is the best. Being from a city from the desert (St. George, Utah), I never take rain for granted. Even now, 15 years after moving away from St. George, I still get giddy when I see a rainstorm. However, now that I am a senior photographer in a place that gets more than five inches of...

New Locations at Dow Gardens

A beautiful senior girl poses at Dow Gardens for her senior session outside by some stairs | Senior Photographers in Midland, MI

New locations are something I love to seek for and discover. I’ve done so many senior sessions at Dow Gardens I’ve lost track! And the last thing I want to do is take the same pictures in the same spots all around Dow Gardens.  So, a few days before Jada’s senior session, I went there...