mountain pointe high school senior | connor

guy sessions are fun for me.for a couple reasons:1. 95% of the time the guy is getting his session done because his mom wants him to.being a mom myself, I totally get it that looking like a guy in a magazine isn't every guys fantasy...according to the guys I talk to, their greatest desire at their session is to simply not look like an idiot.(on the rare case that I do meet a theatrical guy, that can sometimes be the complete opposite, but that is another post for another day.) ;)why does knowing this make it fun for me?well, it just does.as a mom, I want to give their mother's pictures that they can have forever that bring a tear to their eye because their little boy is all grown up.on the other hand, I don't want them to look like an idiot either. :)I think guys facial features are interesting photographically, their collar bones are different...how they carry themselves is different typically due to muscular build.If I can take that 95% indifferent guy and make him look at himself andsay "eh, I look pretty all right.":)then I consider that a success and it's fun for me to take on the challenge. :)and 2. because guy sessions aren't girl sessions.ironic since 80% of my clients are high school girls.don't get me wrong...there is NOTHING more than I enjoy photographing thana high school girl - the colors, the fashion, the beauty, the drama...but guys?I come at them a little differently than the next.I always tell my guy clients that I want nothing more than for a guy to look like a manly guy.I already told you that visually their facial features and build are interesting to me photographically...and finding a location that compliments their personality is something I enjoy doing.there is never going to be a time in this guys life where the freedom to be themselves is at an all time high...they don't have mortgage payments, no kids, no bills to pay...nothing but a wide-open future that gives most of the guys I shoot a little bit of a confident swagger.and this guy?laid-back, incredibly musical (seriously, being serenaded by a ukelele? doesn't get any better.), crazy blue eyes and a volleyball stud...and oh yeah, part of that 95% making his mom happy...which in my book, is a percentage worth being a part of...loving your mom will always be a manly thing to do at 18.thanks for hanging with me for the afternoon, connor! :)