arizona senior photographer | kreatid photography | rachel

I. Like. This. Girl.why?for a few reasons...but two I'll tell you about :)1. for her social media...she is unashamedly, perfectly, 100% herself on social media.social media is great for learning about who I'm going to be photographing...you can find out likes/dislikes, music choices, what kind-of character they have, what lights them up...it's pretty cool.and no, I don't think it's weird to check out peoples social media accounts...it's what it's there for...to get to know them. ;)what I love about rachel is like I said, she is unashamedly, perfectly, 100% herself - in person and on social media.you won't find a "like my tweet for an honest DM" on her twitter feed.you won't find duck-face selfies on her social media...nope, you'll find mad lip-syncing skills in her daily entertaining snap chats...as in MAD lip-syncing skills...if you're on snap chat you should follow her just for that. ;)on her social media, you'll find amusing but all-too-true conversations with friends...my recent favorite was to one of her guy friends:guy: girls are just so confusing.rachel: I mean I could explain it to you if you wanted me to?guy: yes.rachel: basically us girls think too far ahead. when guys are in a relationship they see right now and that's it.girls don't think like that. we think ahead.I mean I had only gone on three dates with a guy and I was already thinking about what tux he would look good in for prom.we all do it.that's why we get so mad at guys.cause' we had all of these perfect plans and expectations in our minds that we just expect guys to know about and they don't.guy: that makes a lot of sense.rachel: *this is my favorite part* yes, I know. I'm a genius. *;)*think about a time when a girl got mad at you.even when you weren't even together.you were just kinda talking.you didn't understand her anger because you really hadn't been talking that long.but to her, she was already thinking about taking you to her family Christmas dinner and you ruined it by not talking to her anymore...me: *laughing at her spot on wisdom*besides her hilariousness...you'll find that she uses social media to actually care for people.she encourages...she's not afraid to encourage...I've found that some people are actually afraid to encourage...it exposes that you actually care about people and that opens you up to ridicule sometimes.she's not afraid and I like that.2. she is confident.can I preach for a minute on confidence?there is a difference between confidence and arrogance.arrogance tends to be self esteem built on outward sources such as financial privilege, external beauty and thriving on constant praise.arrogance tends to expose itself when one of those external sources fails and their internal self-worth is in jeopardy of exposing itself because there's just not much there.when that happens arrogance either deflects and try's to expose/belittle someone else making themselves feel better, or anger and frustration tends to erupt.confidence comes from within. confident people have a realistic picture of themselves and desire to respond to life authentically.confident people can see their flaws + successes but they don't find their identity in them and they typically treat themselves and others with compassion.this girl?she is confident.is she perfect?nope...but her confidence is deeply rooted in her because she is His and it's obvious and makes her even more beautiful.you can see it in how she talks, tweets, snaps, insta's, laughs, responds...lives.yep, I like this girl.a lot.and I'm thankful to have gotten to spend an afternoon with her +my awesome assistant josie adventuring and photographing her as she closes out this season of life.I genuinely can't wait to watch her (thank you social media) ;) do the next four years of her life! :)

highland high school senior | rachel

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