My friend Cyndi got hammered with the Class of 2020 graduation times three. Her youngest son Ethan graduated from Newberg High School. Her daughter Lauren, and her husband Michael, both graduated from Oregon State. COVID made their graduations memorable and unique. All three of these grads are uber smart, super fun, and going places in life. I loved getting to […]
Jesse is a Class of 2020 graduate from Newberg High School. His passion is theatre and because of COVID, he missed out on his last two performance. Jesse plans to attend OIT in the fall. He has overcome significant health challenges in his life and decorated his cap to reflect his love for theatre and to honor his organ donor. […]
Cheyenne is a Class of 2020 senior from Newberg High School. She sings with Newberg’s competition choir and has a beautiful voice. Since her in-person graduation ceremony was cancelled, she and her choir members, pre-recorded their graduation performance from each of their homes. It was complicated and oh-so-beautiful. Thank you for sharing your talent with our community. Congratulations Cheyenne! #jodistilpphotography […]
My daughter Katie plays soccer for Newberg High School. This year they had nine seniors on the varsity squad. At the end of the school year, we did a Cap and Gown photo session to celebrate their accomplishments. Not all nine seniors could attend the photo session, but we had fun with the ones that were able to make it. […]
My daughters play lacrosse. The 2020 season was Katie’s senior year and their last chance to play together. When the season got cancelled a handful of days before their first game due to the COVID pandemic, we shed big tears, and grieved a lot throughout the next several weeks. We missed all of the big and little things that make […]
My daughter Katie is a Class of 2020 graduate. She, like her classmates, found her world turned upside down when the COVID pandemic brought us to a screeching halt. She left school on March 13th, thinking that she was just getting an extra week of spring break. None of us could have predicted that March 13th would be her last […]
COVID came like a wrecking ball and ended Life As They Knew it for the Class of 2020 seniors. No prom. No spring sports seasons. No final concerts or theatre productions. No traditional graduation ceremonies. No All Night Party. No Senior Skip Day, Senior Breakfast and Grad Walk through their elementary and middle schools. It was just so hard. As […]
I love it when I have a high school senior contact me for winter portraits. Even though it’s barren, there are still pockets of beauty, and winter portraits just feel more unique. Liam wanted a mini session with an outdoorsy feel. We got lucky with the weather – a pocket of dry sandwiched in between days and days of rain […]
Kyler and Grace are two of the kindest, polite, and thoughtful high schoolers I have ever worked with. Early into their session, Kyler very sincerely paused and asked me, “How has your day been today? What have you been up to?” I was momentarily speechless. High school boys just don’t ask me how I’m doing. Grace was just the same. […]
Katie is my favorite senior of 2020. Duh. She’s my daughter. Isn’t she lovely? We broke her senior portraits into three sessions: a mini-session in the middle of a hike, a full session the following night once we worked out our kinks, and a sports-themed mini session with her best friend Morgan. It’s crazy to me that we are on […]
