PRIME FOCUS LAB | Adventures before quarantine | Anjeanette Photography Phoenix Az
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Senior year for the Class of 2020 has taken a completely unexpected turn, devastating many hopes and dreams as proms, graduations and in some cases senior pictures. At the very least it has postponed them indefinitely and this year's seniors are heartbroken. I am hyper-aware of this as a senior photographer, even more so as a parent of a high school senior. Thankfully we were able to plan ahead and get some of her portraits taken at the end of summer last year right before the school year started. I just may have gone a little overboard with senior pictures! But can you really go overboard? Nah! My girl is an outside of the box dreamer, with music and art in her heart always- we wanted to plan a fun trip that also expressed her personality and charm! For my daughter’s road trip session, we started from Phoenix to Palm Springs, California. The next day we hit Newport Beach and Balboa Pier, then onto a day in Los Angeles where we visited The Last Bookstore - has to be seen by any book lover- and the MOCA. Another day on the beach at El Matador and La Piedra for gorgeous sea spray and sand. We popped by the Rose Bowl to catch a DCI drum corps show one day, then we were off to one of my bucket list photo session spots: the Nelson Nevada Ghost Town and Eldorado Canyon Mine Tours. We had many more adventures planned, from cap and gown portraits to springtime outings in her future college town that have been postponed due to the need to socially distance to protect everyone which has taken precedence. To the class of 2020- you ARE resilient! While not every moment or event can be rescheduled, no one can cancel what you have achieved and your dreams will not be on hold forever. When life has returned to normal, or a new kind of 'normal', what a celebration your schools, communities, and families will have for you. Spend this break wisely, completing school work, meditating away frustration, looking up bizarre scholarships and essay writing. Working when you can, taking care of yourselves. Nothing can keep you down long seniors- you will rise from this stronger than before!~ Anjeanette Photography
Before spring break 2020, before the quarantine, my family had a chance to take a weekend getaway to San Diego. Soon it would be my daughters last spring break with us before college. Restaurants were still open, the dog beach was busy, everyone was welcome at Salvation Mountain! What a difference a month makes. we had no idea that soon spring break would be spent at home on the couch then stretched into a month off, wondering how to complete exams, worried there would even be a prom or graduation, not sure if college orientations and summer plans to get ready were going to be possible? Have hope friends. stay safe, keep healthy. Sunny days will come again.
“We’ll meet again
Don’t know where
Don’t know when
But I know we’ll meet again some sunny day
Keep smiling through
Just like you always do
’Till the blue skies drive the dark clouds far away
So will you please say hello
To the folks that I know
Tell them I won’t be long
They’ll be happy to know
That as you saw me go
I was singing this song
We’ll meet again
Don’t know where
Don’t know when
But I know we’ll meet again some sunny day
We’ll meet again
Don’t know where
Don’t know when
But I know we’ll meet again some sunny day
Keep smiling through
Just like you always do
’Til the blue skies
Drive the dark clouds far away
So will you please say hello
To the folks that I know
Tell them it won’t be long
They’ll be happy to know
That as you saw me go
I was singin’ this song
We’ll meet again
Don’t know where
Don’t know when
But I know we’ll meet again some sunny day”
yes, there are many more photos of my daughter and dog than my son- my son doesn’t love photo as much and it is important to respect his wishes :)
