Zoe is a music lover, a cat lover, and a craftsman. She has plans to work in her dad’s woodworking shop after graduation.

Zoe hasn’t had much experience with formal portraits, but she is a natural beauty with an amazing smile. Her cat, LEO (capitalized because it’s an acronym), was not nearly as obliging and easy to direct for the camera, and mainly wanted to get down and explore. I will say that LEO was fairly patient at waiting until called upon. So was Evan, Zoe’s boyfriend, who took care of Zoe and held the lights for us at the end of the session, so props to both of them.

We had a beautiful evening, and the park was crowded with families getting their pictures taken. Because we had Evan to help us with the flash and softbox, we were able to shoot a few minutes after the sunset and outlasted all of them. So we were able to photograph Zoe with the pretty pink clouds of the sunset without worrying about anyone else in the picture.