Prom: The Perfect Opportunity for the Camera Crazy Person

My oldest two sons are in high school.  One is graduating this year and the other will graduate next year.  They went on a double date for Prom.  I have a new and awesomer camera so I begged and pleaded to be given the opportunity to take photos of the young people dressed up and ready to go.  Actually, the young ladies were very sweet about it and let me take the photos.  Don't worry, each couple also had their portraits taken at the dance.

Both couples.  My oldest, Caleb, is on the right.  Jacob is the other guy.

One of the last photos I took.  They were getting tired of the camera at this point.

The wind picked up right after we got to the park and I was worried we wouldn't be able to finish the photo shoot.

We spent about 30 minutes taking over 150 photos.

The ladies.  Neither one likes having photos taken but they both did really well and we got lots of beautiful photos. 

Caleb's date lost the pin on her dress and the girls were fixing it when I took this photo.  I thought it was cute.

My boys!

I wanted to get some fun candids.  Of course, my sons were happy to oblige.

The girls showing their muscles after the boys had goofed off for awhile.  When I was finished they high-fived each other.  I didn't get a shot of that(wish I had) but my mom caught it on the video.

Good sports!

My youngest and his date.  This is my favorite shot of them.

The corsage that we forgot we needed to get until the day before the Prom.  My sons went off on a bow tie and corsage quest the morning of the dance.

My dad cracked a joke to break the ice.  My parents are visiting and they came along to watch the photo shoot.  My mom got a video of the behind the scenes which is hilarious.

Caleb and his date.  This is my favorite photo of them.  

I want to did make a collage for each couple and thought some detail pictures would be nice in the mix.

Dress detail.

One of the first photos we took before they were more comfortable with the camera pointed at them.

And here they go.  They had a fun night of dancing and a very late dinner/early breakfast.

It's bittersweet to watch my sons grow up!

This was the first time I've taken photographs of anyone besides my own family.  I was super nervous that the photos wouldn't turn out well or I wouldn't be able to pose my subjects well.  I'm so happy with how they turned out and I had a lot of fun working with everyone.

And here are the collages.

Caleb and his date.

Jacob and his date.