Hinsdale Senior Photographer, Naperville Senior Photographer | Athletes

Ok, it is finally time for the last of this year’s senior athlete pictures of Neuqua Valley High School’s Athletes of the Year with the spring sports.  One sport is missing because I never received the nomination, but the rest rock!  Being a Naperville Senior Photographer, I really do love working with these athletes.  No point in wasting time, I’m going to start!

Let’s start with possibly my big show stopper – Special Olympics with Tyler.  First off, since I do a lot of work in the special needs community, it was my great pleasure to create this image.  Tyler was awesome and is a true athlete, playing basketball, soccer, bowling, track, and swimming.  He didn’t learn to walk until he was two years old – look at him now!

 

Next up is badminton.  Now, we had another idea that was crazy, but it didn’t work out. The one I displayed for the school wasn’t this one, but I liked this one better.  I like my flying “birdies”.  This player has traveled across the country and even participated in junior nationals for her sport.  Soon she will be attending University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign for animal sciences.

 

Next we have our boy’s track & field.  They are big relay guys, and the coach wanted to see a relay pass off.  After a bunch of test runs, we finally got it.  When I talked with them, at the time, Jaquere was debating between running track in college or going to a prep school for football, while Isaiah will be continuing my academic and running career at the University of Southern California.

 

Let’s not leave out our girl’s track & field runner.  When I saw her, all I could think was, “wow, she has some serious muscles!”  And she also had the biggest smile.

 

Next up is softball.  She was a great sport, diving over and over until I got just the right image of her catching an outfield ball.  She will be attending Denison University in Granville, Ohio. I will be playing softball there, and am hoping to major in either psychology or biology with a concentration in neuroscience.

 

I definitely made my ball players do some crazy things this year.  James here had to slide into home for me. 😉  He will be playing baseball at Butler University and studying Marketing next year, so I’m sure he’s used to it.

 

Then we had dance.  She didn’t really want her face to show, so we came up with this move, and as she jumped, her hair naturally did this.  Hooray!  I LOVE this image.  Who’s heard of a dancer who doesn’t want her face shown? Crazy girl.

 

Girl’s soccer was also awesome. I love the mood in this one.  Her soccer career is officially over now as she heads off to University of Colorado.  I wish her the best!

 

Last up is girl’s water polo.  I had so much fun creating this all from scratch, and she was a blast – holding onto a ledge from our ceiling to get the egg beater kick just right.