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Kelsey & Lauren | Class of 2012 | Broadneck Senior High Photographer

mandysroka — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 04:36:29 +0000

Whoa! It has been a LONG time since I blogged. It seems like the moment after I photographed Kelsey & Lauren’s senior session, the holiday rush smacked me in the face & I’m just now starting to get back up. So before blogging all those holiday mini sessions, I wanted to share these two wonderful gals!

Kelsey & Lauren are both friends & seniors in my area. They decided to have a joint senior session, and I loved it! We chose to split it into two seasons: Autumn & Spring. These photos are our autumn pics. And they were so great that I’m super stoked to scout out a location for our spring session next year. Can’t wait girls! Enjoy the photos….

An early Christmas gift

mandysroka — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 21:46:47 +0000

This next mommy you’ll see is my friend Lauren…and my slave-driving personal trainer! I mean she was almost 9 months pregnant while pushing me around in the gym the last time I saw her. And now she’s given birth to this beautiful baby boy!

Lauren is such a blessing & an encourager to me while trying to help me reach my health goals that I felt honored to return the favor in taking photos of her dear, growing family. Her new son was born just a few days after Thanksgiving and just a few days after she & her family moved to a bigger house. Talk about great timing! Her dad was telling me the family had Thanksgiving, moved Lauren’s family to the new house, & then she had her son a few days later!

Thank you, Lauren, for all your encouragement. You are making a lovely momma of two! You & James will be great with them both!

Seniorific

mandysroka — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 20:24:00 +0000

I don’t know about you, but for me, as a girl in high school, I definitely did NOT feel beautiful. I struggled with wearing the right clothes, doing my make-up the correct way, staying thin (I still struggle here), and being friends with popular people. What I’ve come to discover in my almost 29 years is that in the end, none of these things matter – they are like chasing after the wind…it cannot be caught. Your clothes will go out of style, your physical beauty will fade, & the friends you crave just because they are popular are probably not your true friends at all.

What does last…and I know this sounds cliche…is inner beauty. And that’s one of the reasons why I LOVE photographing people, & especially seniors. It gives me the opportunity to find true, lasting beauty in every person I am blessed to capture, and to in turn, show them that beauty from my point of view. I ADORE when clients…no, friends, tell me they feel their true personality was conveyed in the images I was able to give them. It makes my day! I love letting you see you how I see you!

These two senior girls below are nothing short of beautiful both inside & out! Carly & Lauren are BFF’s (yeah, I did just use lingo that is way cooler than me) & were such a thrill to work with. We met this past Sunday at Carroll Creek Promenade in Downtown Frederick to take their senior pictures. It was a gorgeous day with some gorgeous girls & TONS of outfits & shoes! There’s not much more I can say about these two that you can’t just see through their session. They rocked! And if you’re dying to see more, I’m doing something a little different and putting their entire sessions on photo albums on my Facebook Fan page. So pop on over and see the absolute beauty I saw in them. Here’s Carly & Lauren….