Senior Photos in Memorial Park
A Golden Hour Session at the Houston Arboretum
The best senior sessions feel like an adventure with a friend, not just a photoshoot! That is exactly what the RGP Team got with Laine’s senior photos in Memorial Park. We spent the afternoon capturing senior photos along the shaded Houston Arboretum trails, and it felt just as fun and easy as Laine is. She is the kind of senior who lights up a room the second she walks in! An extravert through and through, she loves meeting new people and hearing their stories. Between National Honor Society, The Debate Team, Student Council, and the Recycling Club, Laine spent her whole senior year showing up for everything, and that same confidence showed up in front of the camera too!
Senior Pictures Along the Arboretum Trails
For her first look, Laine wanted something soft and wholesome, and that pale yellow floral maxi dress under the dappled Arboretum light was exactly that! She brought her best friend along for the whole session, and the two of them made sure every dress, every wave of hair, and every smile hit Laine’s exact vision. You can tell how much fun they had finding it together! Laine has never been shy about going after what she wants. Whether she is representing her class on Student Council, arguing her point on the Debate team, or running the Recycling Club, she is the type to decide something needs to get done, then just get it done. That same determination shows up all over her face in this first set, walking the shaded trail like she owns it!
College Themed Senior Photos Are Always Fun!
Look two took things from soft to bold: a rust colored lace mini dress that Laine wore right into a field of golden grass just as the sun started dipping low! It was the perfect moment for her to throw up a Hook ‘Em Horns, because this fall Laine is headed to the University of Texas at Austin to study Biology, with big dreams of becoming a dermatologist one day! She said that dream might change over the next few years, which is just Laine keeping it real. She loves trying new restaurants, working out, traveling, and hanging out with her friends, and you can feel that warmth in every single one of these photos! Summer is her favorite season, and this golden field, lit up gold right at the end of the day, might as well have been made just for her!
Senior Photos in Memorial Park at Golden Hour
For her last outfit, Laine swapped the yellow and the rust for a white lace off-the-shoulder mini dress and her cowboy boots! We headed to the wooden bridge tucked back in the trees just as the sun dropped below the treeline. There is something about golden hour on a bridge in the middle of the woods that makes every twirl and every walk away look like a scene straight out of a movie, and that is kind of Laine’s whole senior year! When she is not in class, she is showing up for other people: scooping ice cream at Cloud 10 Creamery, working the counter at Nothing Bundt Cakes, volunteering with the Houston Food Bank and Kids Meals, and spending her summer as a camp counselor at Camp Longhorn. When we asked about her favorite high school memory, she did not even hesitate: senior homecoming, with her whole friend group together for one last dance! She also has a dog named Murphy, a pit-lab mix she absolutely adores, and that same warmth followed her through every single frame of this session!
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Laine came into this session with a clear vision (happy, wholesome, and a little bit golden!) and she left with a gallery that captures exactly who she is: determined, warm, and so excited about what comes next! Congratulations, Laine! We had so much fun with you this season and feel so honored to have been part of your senior year, wishing you all the best in whatever comes next, college included!
If you are a senior, or a senior mom, dreaming up your own golden hour session at Memorial Park or the Houston Arboretum, the RGP Team would love to help you plan it!
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