West Salem High School Senior Portraits - Congratulations Class of 2011!


The first time I met Laryssa, she was three years old and we did a family portrait out by the family duck pond. It was a perfect October day and the sun was just going down so we had the perfect light: a warm glow skipping across the water giving sparkles to the eyes and wrapping the faces in beautiful, soft light. The spot that we had chosen for the portrait was a little hard to get to, however, and Laryssa's dad donned his boots and gave each of us a piggy back ride through the water to get to the spot. My camera at the time, was a Mamiya RB 67 and weighed a ton so another trip through the water was made to bring the gear. That dedication is a sure sign of a man who loves his family!


A couple of years later, we did dress up portraits of Laryssa in the studio and then, much later (in 2006), another fall family portrait at Helmick Park. (No piggy back rides, this time.) The image on the right is from that session.

Now Laryssa is graduating from West Salem High School and looking forward to attending the University of Miami in Florida next fall with an intended major in French Horn Performance and minor in engineering. I wish I had her love of math and physics!


I asked her about some of her favorite things and this is what she had to say:

Favorite Color: Blue
Favorite Food: Ribs (yum!)
Favorite Drink: Thai Tea
Favorite Artist: Hanz Zimmer, the composer with a long list of movie sound track credits including Pirates of the Carribean, Dead Man's Chest.
Favorite Movie: Inception (that is a movie that really plays with your mind!)
 

And finally, a quote that expresses the central place that music has in her life:

"Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and cannot remain silent." - Victor Hugo




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