I recently had the opportunity to borrow a dress from an amazing company called Opal and June. They are just getting their business set up, and they let a few photographers shoot their dresses so they would have content to blog about. I was fortunate enough to grab a dress before they were all taken. I have to say, this dress is the BOMB. Gah! I fell in love with it as soon as I saw it.

Once I got the dress rental set up I knew I wanted to take a picture of a senior, or at least a student from a local high school. I set up a poll on my Instagram page and waited. Enter in beautiful Saige. I had met Saige once before while I was taking her best friend’s senior photos just a couple of months earlier. I was SO happy when she offered to let me take her pictures in this dress! She was exactly what I was looking for, and I knew that we were going to have a great time together.

We got the dress in the middle of September and planned the shoot for a Friday. Saige and Grace and I met up at our fabulous make-up artist’s home for her hair and make up. Cathy  was AMAZING. I really hope we get to work with each other again down the road. She was awesome.

After hair and make up were complete we headed over to the church I had envisioned to go with this dress from the beginning. The location was perfect. It was also the windiest day of the year. In fact, I overshot this session since many of my pictures were with Saige’s hair in her face. I was worried, but the wind worked to our advantage.