Eden: A Process

Now, I'm not so sure Eden is a process.  She seems pretty well settled into her awesome self.  Rather, this project is a process, and these photos represent phase one.

To introduce Eden, I'll start by saying that I consider three people to be the standard of my improvement as a photographer.  Two are my sweet baby cousins, Miles and Oliver.  I've been photographing them since their wee infant days, and though their cuteness defies impossibility and increases exponentially every day, I feel like my growth as a photographer (albiet more slow!) tracks alongside them a bit.

The other person by whom I can measure myself (check out the grammar in this sentence!) is dear, sweet Eden.  This is the third time I've photographed her, and my oh my, I am so grateful and humbled for the chance to prove to myself that I really am improving.  Eden is genuinely one of the most beautiful women I know, and she has been so sweet as to model for me a few times.  I feel like her natural beauty and organic soul are more obvious in this shoot than ever--which, to me, indicates that I'm growing in the right direction.

Eden is a SENIOR! now, and this is phase one of her senior portraits.  We were going for romance with these.  The future will be a bit more edgy.  :)  Stay tuned.

dress:  vintage, Buffalo Exchange, Chicago
flowers:  Jan Barstad
hair/makeup:  Eden Carter

xoxo Bec