{"id":5903,"date":"2023-09-21T13:02:20","date_gmt":"2023-09-21T18:02:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marmaladephotography.com\/blog\/?p=5903"},"modified":"2023-09-21T13:02:23","modified_gmt":"2023-09-21T18:02:23","slug":"ic-prep-high-school-senior-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marmaladephotography.com\/blog\/ic-prep-high-school-senior-photos\/","title":{"rendered":"IC Prep High School Senior Photos"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>When (not-so-little) A moved to the area with her beautiful mom and dad I was very honored to be their family photographer of choice for their Chicago area move. I remember I spoke with Nikki early on, before the move, and she told me how important it was to find a photographer to capture their early times in Chicagoland. I was up for the challenge! We&#8217;ve created some incredible moments to remember through the years, truly an honor to be selected as someone to create memories with.<br><br>These sessions with clients always make me feel like one of my own is graduating again. When I saw Nikki at our session she said to me: &#8220;It&#8217;s like we&#8217;re family!&#8221;<br><br>Yes it is!  What an honor to be thought of in the same way as I think of my Marmalade families. Because truly: Marmalade *is* family. I&#8217;ve said it time and time again, it makes me incredibly happy to see yet one of my Marma-kids graduating to the next stage in life. Not-so-Little-anymore A is a senior and is gorgeous and sweet and amazing to photograph.<br><br>&#8220;A&#8221; wanted flowers and I sought to deliver her the most incredible aesthetic area I could. I texted her mom a photo of one of my favorite locations in all its&#8217; incredible September glory (I am telling you, my dear readers, I wax poetic about September for many reasons\u2026this being one!!) and &#8220;A&#8221; immediately said &#8220;YES!&#8221;. I brainstormed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/stellamaeco\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">with my dear friend Dawn over at Stella Mae &amp; Co. Flowers (who is such an amazing Chicago area floral artist!!)<\/a> to create a beautiful crown of wildflowers for not-so-Little A to really create a beautiful high school senior session for this young lady. Dawn <strong>truly<\/strong> delivered for us. I chose the wildflowers but she did all the design and assembly work and frankly I didn&#8217;t even fully envision this crown and yet it is exactly what I wanted for &#8220;A&#8221;.<br><br>Without further adieu here are some incredible IC Prep High School Senior Photos of beautiful, incomparable &#8220;A&#8221; and her mom (and crown of glory by Stella Mae &amp; Co.)!!  <br><br><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.marmaladephotography.com\/blog-new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/MAR4203v.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5904\" width=\"506\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.marmaladephotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/MAR4203v.jpg 675w, https:\/\/www.marmaladephotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/MAR4203v-198x300.jpg 198w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 506px) 100vw, 506px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.marmaladephotography.com\/blog-new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/21-5903-post\/MAR4198.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5905\" width=\"506\" height=\"768\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.marmaladephotography.com\/blog-new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/21-5903-post\/MAR4247v.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5906\" width=\"506\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.marmaladephotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/21-5903-post\/MAR4247v.jpg 675w, https:\/\/www.marmaladephotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/21-5903-post\/MAR4247v-198x300.jpg 198w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 506px) 100vw, 506px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.marmaladephotography.com\/blog-new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/MAR4179bw.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5909\" width=\"768\" height=\"506\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>I cannot wax poetic about my history with photographing this beauty without showing off a couple of highlights through the years\u2026<br><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.marmaladephotography.com\/blog-new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/21-5903-post\/2014a032.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5911\" width=\"506\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.marmaladephotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/21-5903-post\/2014a032.jpg 675w, https:\/\/www.marmaladephotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/21-5903-post\/2014a032-198x300.jpg 198w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 506px) 100vw, 506px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.marmaladephotography.com\/blog-new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/2010a012.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5913\" width=\"506\" height=\"768\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.marmaladephotography.com\/blog-new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/2008a017.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5912\" width=\"768\" height=\"506\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.marmaladephotography.com\/blog-new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/2007a178bw.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5910\" width=\"768\" height=\"512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.marmaladephotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/2007a178bw.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.marmaladephotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/2007a178bw-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.marmaladephotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/2007a178bw-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>How fast it all goes\u2026how important it is to cherish it all. Love this family and again, this post is a mixed bag of love, laughter, happiness and sadness rolled into one. Thank you Nikki. Thank you &#8220;A&#8221;. I hope you enjoyed this sneak peek.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When (not-so-little) A moved to the area with her beautiful mom and dad I was very honored to be their family photographer of choice for their Chicago area move. 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