Naperville Photographer, Downers Grove Photographer | Sweet 16

August 5, 2016 / Firefly Nights Photography / Comments Off

I had the pleasure of photographing this lovely, young lady for her Sweet 16 session. They wanted to do something in downtown Naperville, as well as something sunny and fields. A Sweet 16 session isn’t much different than a high school senior session. It’s only a year shy. They brought a few outfits, and we picked where we wanted to do each of them. I love the champagne coloring of her first outfit. With her skin, it just looks great.

While I go all over downtown Naperville frequently, for some reason, I had never put anyone in front of this beautiful mosaic wall. I have no idea why, because it was perfect! I will definitely be using it again. She wears glasses, and we decided to do some pictures with and some without.

As we were walking, I spotted this little alcove. I LOVE it. We’ve talked before about how much I love monochromatic images – just like this. It is just classic.

Then it was time for a casual outfit change. Better suited for a possibly getting a little dirty.

I love the lighting at this little spot. The water was low, but that’s okay.

Last outfit change and a different location. Ok, so while she was getting changed, her mom and I were talking. And for some reason, it comes up that mom is terrified of snakes. Well, at this location with tall grasses, I have always figured it would be a snake haven, but it has never come up. Yes, you see where this is going, don’t you? As we are walking up the hill to get to where I want, a snake crosses the path in front of us. Mom yells and points it out, so then daughter immediately wants to just leave. I try convincing them that snakes are way more scared of us and will go away from the sound of our footsteps, but daughter is adamantly NOT wanting to continue. Thankfully, I get her to do just a few more. LOL I think I told her to look away and she could be as mad at me as she liked. LOL