Meet Avery | 16 Candles Session
How did we get here?!! I can't believe my little girl now young lady turns the big 1...6 today. Wowzers! This girl is the one who helped me launch my photography business when the digital camera era started making waves in 2008. She inspired me to capture moments that I would always want to remember and some of the ones we didn't. She gave me a purpose that was greater than myself and its been a decade and a half that has brought a new perspective to life.
I have been planning this shoot for the past 16 years, haha! I just didn't have all the details.
Avery is even more beautiful than I imagined. Her big beautiful blue eyes drive me crazy! She still is a spicy teenage girl but her beauty is radiant and I loved capturing her in this milestone moment.
We had a fun day trip to the Mall of GA last weekend to purchase her dress which we found at Macy's. Not all of our teenage moments have been sweet but this one was.We walked into the store and it was like the dress was glowing and signaling us in that direction while screaming, "choose me"!!
We both saw the dress and knew it was the one. She tried it on and loved it. One and done. I wasn't expecting her to choose pink. She has strayed away from the girlie palette for years but my heart was full of frills as she said yes to the dress.
I wanted to do something different for her session. Balloons and confetti have been done too many times, so I thought i'd work with the candles.... 16 of them. As a nod to the 1984 Molly Ringwald Blockbuster hit, Sixteen Candles, we purchased a little white cake and stuck 16 candles in it.
I purchased some hot pink fabric from a local fabric store for our backdrop with cake and candles as our props. A one light look with a reflector to give that pageant glow. We wrapped up the studio shoot and headed to Monroe to shoot in front of one of my fav pink walls in Walton County at the old Silver Queen.
It was a treat and she is pretty in pink. If your daughter is getting ready to turn a sweet 16, we would love to capture her and her 16 candles too. Click the link below to inquire about a session.
Happy Birthday Avery Elizabeth Smith!!!
Shoot Locations:
- Studio
- Silver Queen Monroe
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