There comes a time in every photographer’s life, when she will  ask her younger sister — a sister who is on the verge of her senior year of high school — to precariously sit herself on a rusted half of an old wagon wheel and pose in such a manner that suggests a carefree, though excited, air of readiness for the future.

Or, you know, because it looks cool.

Elise somehow managed to speed up time and we find ourselves already facing her senior year of high school. I’m pretty sure we’re supposed to have about 12 more years to go before this mile marker. However, she is altogether convinced it is high time to sally forth into her post-high school years and is taking the rest of us along with her. Whether we like it or not.

Here is a small sampling of what we came up with on our first outing to photograph some senior portraits yesterday evening. Yes, “first outing.” One of the perks of being the younger sister to a photographer is getting as many do-overs as you like on such portrait sessions, until you get them just as you want them. One of the perks of being the photographer for such a gal in this scenario is that she pays me in coffee.

More to come!