Imagine this:
She is almost 7 years old, ridiculously cute with wavy auburn hair, and has the most contagious giggle.
I mean, you could NOT keep a straight face once she unleashed it. I assumed she’d lose that sweetness over time and eventually morph into a stoic teenager, too cool for the giggle. Boy, I was wrong. Thank goodness!
Over the years, Jorah has been remarkably consistent. Sweet, funny, wise, empathetic, warm, a creatively talented soul, and a GREAT laughter.
She grew up playing in the ferns on the mountain in Flagstaff, so that is where we headed for her senior photos. It was a heart-filling session. I was grateful to be with Jorah again, and we reveled in a succession of ideal lighting conditions – first beautiful clouds, then the blessing of a quick sprinkle of rain, and lastly, sunshine.
Ever the imaginative theater kid, Jorah did accents with me, making up a hilarious fictional narrative about boarding school. Later, she graced us with a song, her voice carrying across the meadow to me and my camera, making me beam.
She brought the sweet and quirky Voodoo along. After completing his puppy modeling duties, he found his little body and leash completely ensnared in a pile of ferns. Thankfully, his family executed a highly skilled rescue.
Jorah’s mom was on hand for support. (In case you can’t tell, I adore both of these women.) Glancing over, I could see Ariel soaking this all up, as she always so masterfully does. Taking in this once-in-a-lifetime scene, her daughter in a watershed moment, shining like a beacon of light.
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Kristen Dacey Iwai of KDI Photography is a full-time professional portrait photographer based in Flagstaff, Arizona with decades of experience. Making portraits of families, pregnancy, newborns, babies, children, and high school seniors in her downtown studio and on location, she serves clients from Flagstaff, Sedona, Tuba City, Winslow, Payson, Page, Williams, Prescott, Mesa, Scottsdale, Phoenix, Arizona
