About Salina J Photography
Hi! My name is Salina, and I am a photographer working in the Minneapolis/St. Paul and southern Minnesota areas. I enjoy meeting new people, and luckily for me, my profession allows me to do that every week, whether I am photographing a newborn, baby, child, family or creating senior pictures. This blog showcases my recent photography, and will help you get to know me and my style of portraits a little better. I am based out of Northfield, but work on-location throughout the Twin Cities (and beyond) or in my studio in Burnsville. I work with my clients to choose the right locations, times and wardrobe pieces to ensure their portraits are beautiful and true reflections of who they are.
Senior portraits are among my favorite sessions to photograph – the soon-to-be-seniors always look incredible and are excited about their pictures. When I arrived at Kenzie’s (Chanhassen High School class of 2012) house and she and her mom informed me they had a field of wildflowers, I was even happier. What an amazing setting! And Kenzie was a natural in front of the camera, she’s got a great sense of humor and a gorgeous smile. Best of luck to her as she starts her senior year!
This is Taylor, a high school senior who drove all the way to my studio in Burnsville from little Rockford, MN to act as a model for me so I could experiment with more lighting set ups. He was very enthusiastic and outgoing, and would dance a little in between takes, then put on his serious face when the camera came back up to my eyes. Thanks, Taylor! When I photograph people, most often their portraits are in color, but with the lighting in these I really preferred them in black and white.
Derek is a 2011 high school senior at Apple Valley, and he squeaked in for his senior portraits last fall before his yearbook deadline. The session was so much fun – lots of locations, and his stepmom gave me many suggestions for poses. They liked the natural light portraits, but both really wanted some more dramatically-lit photographs with off-camera flash, so we shot until well after dark to capture the looks they were aiming for.
Good luck, Derek, as you approach graduation!
Just a few weeks ago I met up with Alex (beginning his senior year at Lakeville North high school next week; ah, I remember when little old Lakeville had just one high school!) for his senior portraits. We headed to the Mill City area in Minneapolis and made some photographs near Orchard Lake.
Here are a few of Alex’s favorites from our session! Have to love the outtake I grabbed of him on his phone – if that’s not an image parents see from their teenagers on a daily basis, I’m not sure what is!
