Allie is a serious volleyball player and wanted some beach volleyball in her senior pictures. So when that awkward moment came up in her consultation, where I had to recommend the local Iowa beach I hate the least, it became clear that I finally needed to try an idea we have kicked around for some time. Let’s bring a nice beach to Allie. So we photographed Allie in our studio in Urbandale and then photographed some beautiful beach volleyball backgrounds at sunrise near our beach house in New Jersey and brought them together into our first art print of its kind. As a side benefit it brought Jeannie and I together for our only walk on the beach together this summer. We’re pleased with the results and look forward to doing more of this in the future. The rest of her photo shoot wasn’t bad either. Tell us what you think.

BTW - the truck was provided courtesy of some random guys we ran into when photographing in an Alley off of Lucust. They were very nice to offer it to us for pictures and just goes to show you the kindnes of strangers and how you never know what you’re going to run into on one of our senior photoshoots.