ABBIE: Senior pics

I could entitle this post:

The Girl Next Door...or

Mesmerizing...or

I Wish I Looked Like Her...

She's beautiful...and captivating...

you'd never know by just looking at these pictures that we were FREEZING cold outside and that the wind was blowing and we'd have to wait to get a quick second to take the picture...

She was just enchanting...it was natural...

and I don't think it's because she's just one of those "lucky photogenic" people...

it wasn't just that...she has beauty that runs deeper...yes, her hair is gorgeous and her skin is flawless, and she knows how to put together an outfit, but that's not what gets me...

she has learned the art of accessorizing her HEART!  It's what she was wearing on the inside that was shining through in these pictures...

such a gentle humility and natural confidence...a contentment and graciousness...

did I mention how cold it was at our session time? She had traveled all the way from Chicago to have these pictures taken...her attitude and perspective could have been so drastically different based on the weather the wonderful midwest threw at her...

However, she had a confidence that WHO she was, wasn't going to be sacrificed in what was caught "on film"...

I was giddy as I begin going through her images because they just spoke volumes to the woman that she has become...

Thank you for traveling all the way here...I had such a great time with you all!!!  Congratulations on your graduation...God is already doing fabulous things in your heart!!!