Beau Soir (Beautiful Evening)

When streams turn pink in the setting sun,
And a slight shudder rushes through the wheat fields,
A plea for happiness seems to rise out of all things
And it climbs up towards the troubled heart.
A plea to relish the charm of life
While there is youth and the evening is fair,
For we pass away, as the wave passes:
The wave to the sea, we to the grave.

I really, really love my job. Have I said that before? Seriously, how many jobs out there let you play around on a beautiful evening, in the water with fun, young, energetic people and capture the beauty that is all around us?  How many jobs are there that allow a person like me the chance to create something beautiful, every day?  Not many, I would say.  And I am so very blessed and thankful that I am able to do these wonderful things and not only make myself happy, but the people around me too.

I want to welcome the lovely Miss Katey back to the Dawn Fry Photo blog! You all met Katey a few months ago when I posted her head shot mini session.  Katey is a senior at Leander High School and one of my amazing Senior Models for the 2010-2011 school year.

Katey is in Drama in school and is very active in the productions throughout the year.  I am so excited for her and proud of her for landing the Head Stage Manager position in her school’s spring musical! Hopefully I will be able to see it (hint, hint Miss Katey – hook me up with the performance dates, ok?) .

I tried to keep her passion in mind when editing these images and I tried to give them a bit of dramatic flare.  I can totally picture the one above on a HUGE canvas. The texture is so beautiful! I may need to get myself one for a studio sample. 🙂

Katey also made me so happy on this water session by wearing one of my old vocal performance gowns in the water (the title of this post is one of the songs I performed at my senior recital).  It worked perfectly with her amazing eyes and beautiful skin!

These images are from only half of her full senior session. She will be doing an urban senior session next month and I am so excited to get her out on the streets on Austin with all of the cool architecture and scenery.  So, keep checking back for more of Katey in December – I know she is going to rock that session too!

The next two are a couple of my favorites! Katey is such a character and still so beautiful!

Katey, you. are. awesome. 🙂

Thanks for looking!