Happy Monday everyone! I trust that you all had a fabulous weekend here in central Ohio, feeling relaxed, rejuvenated and ready to take on the work/school week! So as you grab maybe your third cup of coffee this morning or grab a quick bite to eat on your lunch break in between classes I want to share with you a new endeavor I’m excited about. Back in June I sat down with my business partner and life coach to discuss the direction of my brand and after much deliberation, research, reasoning, prayer and meditation we’ve decided that moving in the direction of High School Seniors is the best fit for us. We will still shoot weddings because we absolutely LOVE swooning over the floral details, dress and the LOVE that is captured on a wedding day, however, we will be even more choosey with the couples that represent our brand. The bulk of our business will now focus on High School Seniors and aspiring models within the fashion industry. I am passionate about editorial fashion, lifestyle stories, and encouraging a generation of young women who are kind, confident, and take responsibility to become the best versions of themselves possible. So what better way to incorporate all of my passions into one by photographing this incredible demographic of  innovative, inspiring, aspiring, beautiful, young, women. I believe the power is in our youth and the next wave of entrepreneurs, social-networkers and innovators are here now in our high schools ready to take on the world with big dreams and bright futures ahead of them. This is the group of individuals I want to encourage and mentor.

Gone are the days of cheesy senior portraiture… Seniors want modern, edgy, editorial images like something you’d see out of an editorial spread in a magazine or Pinterest and that is exactly what we are providing for them, The Senior Editorial Experience. With us they receive a whole host of different features with their shoot, something that is unprecedented and unheard of in the current market. We are an experience rather than a transaction that will leave both seniors and parents satisfied with their choice of senior photography.

So let’s talk about Mia, a lovely young woman who is a junior at Westerville Central High School, a signed model at a local agency and our newest brand rep! Mia qualified herself through a series of prerequisites to become a brand rep model and I couldn’t be more excited for this beauty. Because she’s a junior we get to work together for the next two years and I’m uber excited because have you seen this girl’s face?! She has incredible bone structure, the camera loves her and she can move with the best of them but more importantly though, she has a kind soul and genuine spirit! We took a road trip on a midsummer’s night to the middle of nowhere Ohio to shoot her images and her photos are seriously some of my all time favorite to date! The warm flecks of orange sparkled through the green grove of trees as I captured her ethereal look and the wind helped us create some iconic model images for her more edgy look as we played with composition and movement using her hair as the prop… Scroll through to the bottom to see all of the prettiness and check out the special offer for current HS seniors below! Enjoy the rest of your week friends! xo, Jessy
I only have 8 more slots for reps for 2016 and enrollment is open to both juniors and seniors! If you are interested in learning more on how you can become an iconic brand rep or looking to book our Senior Editorial Experience please email me at howardphotographydesign@gmail.com. For those interested in the Senior Editorial Experience you’ll receive 15% off your digital collection only IF you mention this blog post.