Rachel | A Phipps & North Shore Senior Session

Senior Portraits
Written By Kathryn Hyslop

Rachel | A Phipps & North Shore Senior Session

For Rachel's senior session, she wanted a mix of city and flowers. For that combination, there is no better place to go than Phipps and the North Shore! We started at Phipps and capture the gorgeous evening light.  Across the street in Schenley, we had a more boho vibe (I'm in love with her hat!). 

Then we drove down the the North Shore and parked by the Clemente Bridge. We had just enough sunlight left to capture some daylight photos with the city skyline, and then I broke out the lighting to get some dramatic night-time images!  I love how they turned out.

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