Class of 2021 | Your missing out on a lot- you don't have to miss out on Senior Pictures!

Class of 2021, like the seniors before you, so much has altered what was supposed to be one of the best years of your life. The celebration of friends & milestones after 12 years of hard work.

Of course, there is SO much more to come and this isn't going to stop all the awesome adventures that your life will bring. But it's hard- this is HARD NOW, a disappointing way to start your big year.

You don't have to miss out on every part of senior year! Stay connected with friends on social media, make memories, research colleges, or post-grad adventures & plan your senior pictures!

YES, you can still enjoy a fun senior photos experience that is safe, socially distanced, and still vibes epic! I can help!

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Praying the world gets healthy soon, we all grow stronger, & you lead us into a better future...& that school starts back soon in REAL LIFE so you can get back and see your friends!

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Some fantasy edits I did during the hot summertime off season- just for fun! Usually I prefer to keep it natural and full of soft glowing golden light - sometimes it is just fun to play! If you want to see what you can expect from your session check here: Outdoor Portfolio

Michaela Class of 2020 | Peoria Az senior pictures by anjeanette Photography Phoenix

I have know Michaela and her wonderful folks since we moved to Arizona and they welcomed us into their high school marching band family! Michaela is an accomplished musician and leader in her top-rated competitive performance band, and one simply cannot give enough thanks to her parents for all that they give to the heart and soul of all the kids, band directors, and staff. The phrase 'countless hours' gets thrown around a lot- in this case it is a lot more like 'countless months' I am a big fan of Michael's art, her sense of humor, and her adorable smile. The cutest nose wrinkle! She did an amazing job at her session, from styling to all the silly prompts I asked her to do :) SO honored and blessed that she and her folks chose me to be her senior photographer!

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Projection: ra·di·ance in Music | Oonagh

Mylo Xyloto : Projection of original cover art for Mylo Xyloto by the artist Coldplay. The cover art copyright is believed to belong to the label, Parlophone, or the graphic artist(s), Coldplay, Paris and Tappin Gofton. http://coldplay.com/

““Music is simply a force that cannot be explained. It messes with our heads, it makes us feel different emotions, sometimes even physically changes us. Music unites us.” ”

— Adam Crouse, Reporter, BLHS Bobcat Network

Projection of original cover art for Neon Bible by Tracy Maurice and François Miron for Arcade Fire

Neon Bible is the second studio album by Canadian indie rock band Arcade Fire. It was in North America by Merge Records. 

Artist: Arcade Fire

The artwork for the album is a photograph of a six-foot neon sign that the band commissioned for use while on tour. In the photograph used for the cover, the lighted Bible is caught in mid-flicker.[9] Rolling Stone named the artwork one of the five best of the year.[16] AOL Music cited the cover as an example of an artist "keeping artwork alive."[17] The artwork would go on to win Tracy Maurice and François Miron the Juno Award for best CD/DVD Artwork Design of the Year.[18] Frontman Win Butler stated in an interview that the album title is derived from him being particularly attracted to the image, not from the John Kennedy Toole novel The Neon Bible.[2]

Release date: March 5, 2007

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Projection of original cover art for Neon Bible by Tracy Maurice and François Miron for Arcade Fire

Neon Bible is the second studio album by Canadian indie rock band Arcade Fire. It was in North America by Merge Records.

Artist: Arcade Fire

The artwork for the album is a photograph of a six-foot neon sign that the band commissioned for use while on tour. In the photograph used for the cover, the lighted Bible is caught in mid-flicker.[9] Rolling Stone named the artwork one of the five best of the year.[16] AOL Music cited the cover as an example of an artist "keeping artwork alive."[17] The artwork would go on to win Tracy Maurice and François Miron the Juno Award for best CD/DVD Artwork Design of the Year.[18] Frontman Win Butler stated in an interview that the album title is derived from him being particularly attracted to the image, not from the John Kennedy Toole novel The Neon Bible.[2]

Release date: March 5, 2007

best senior picture Places near me Phoenix Arizona take senior graduation pictures SDOHS High School Peoria Az Anthem high school portraits grad photographer Anjeanette Photography

Projection of original cover art for Neon Bible by Tracy Maurice and François Miron for Arcade Fire

Neon Bible is the second studio album by Canadian indie rock band Arcade Fire. It was in North America by Merge Records.

Artist: Arcade Fire

The artwork for the album is a photograph of a six-foot neon sign that the band commissioned for use while on tour. In the photograph used for the cover, the lighted Bible is caught in mid-flicker.[9] Rolling Stone named the artwork one of the five best of the year.[16] AOL Music cited the cover as an example of an artist "keeping artwork alive."[17] The artwork would go on to win Tracy Maurice and François Miron the Juno Award for best CD/DVD Artwork Design of the Year.[18] Frontman Win Butler stated in an interview that the album title is derived from him being particularly attracted to the image, not from the John Kennedy Toole novel The Neon Bible.[2]

Release date: March 5, 2007

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Anjeanette Photography-original cover art for Reflektor by Caroline Robert

Reflektor : cover art for the album Reflektor by the artist Arcade Fire. The cover art copyright is believed to belong to the label, Merge Records, or the graphic artist(s), Caroline Robert.

The cover art can be obtained from Merge Records.

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Above: Projection of original cover art for Neon Bible by Tracy Maurice and François Miron for Arcade Fire with Merge Records.

There has always been a place for rhythmic sounds that can communicate our feelings." Exploring your mind: Psychology

My daughter has a very hectic schedule. No, we really are not one of those who overschedule kid's, not that there is anything wrong with being an active family. She has passions and drive all her own thank you and we support them. But behind every drawing, every book or math problem has always been music. When daily life stress overwhelms her, she soothes with music either dancing with her headphones or drawing to music. When she is elated-music! No surprise she plays like a thousand instruments.

And in between, she puts up with me taking thousands of photos and documenting her passion and life. We had fun playing with a projector last week! On the occasion of Oonagh’s birthday, for the very very very tentatively titled "Oonagh's favorite songs" project we have been working on off and on for over a year. This in no way encompasses all the music she loves…hopefully the project will continue on!

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Anjeanette Photography-original cover art for Reflektor by Caroline Robert. Original cover art for the album Reflektor by the artist Arcade Fire. The cover art copyright is believed to belong to the label, Merge Records, or the graphic artist(s), Caroline Robert.

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This photo and background paper created by Anjeanette Photography. Original artwork & idea for BØRNS "Blue Madonna" photography and Album & singles covers are photographed by Chuck Grant (@Yourgirlchuck). Click small BØRNS below to get more info on BØRNS and where to find album (um, everywhere!)

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This photo and background paper created by Anjeanette Photography. Original artwork & idea for BØRNS "Blue Madonna" photography and Album & singles covers are photographed by Chuck Grant (@Yourgirlchuck). Click small BØRNS images above to get more info on BØRNS and where to find album

“Studies have shown that music can buoy your mood and fend off depression. It can also improve blood flow in ways similar to statins, lower your levels of stress-related hormones like cortisol and ease pain. Listening to music before an operation can even improve post-surgery outcomes.”

— TIME magazine

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Above: Projection of original art by JR: Everything Now installation for Arcade Fire. More about the artist JR and musical artists Arcade Fire here. This photography by Anjeanette Photography. Visit Arcade Fire

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Photograph by Anjeanette Photography. Original artwork projected: An Awesome Wave is an album by alt-J, released on 25 May 2012 through Infectious. The projected image of album artwork for An Awesome Wave is a multi-layered radar image of the Ganges river delta in Bangladesh.[5] The image in each of the three layers by the European Space Agency's Envisat Earth-observing satellite,

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Above: Ólafur Arnalds albums “Re:Member” (in blue) and “For Now I am Winter” (grey).

I could not locate album artwork artists.

A little about the images I photographed: For the B0RNS album, we built the cover design set with nothing but painted paper- even the white shirt is white lacey paper! Ok, ok the suit is fabric, and her hair obvs. Next for the remaining album or single track art homages, we used a projector, not Photoshop. I love PS, this just wasn’t how we got the album art up for this ;) Other tools used were strobe Flashpoint falshes, a triangle prism, plastic sheets and blue gel squares. Originally the idea to do this began from recent experiments with gel lighting, then later I looked it up and saw that there is so much truth to the saying "there is nothing new under the sun"- because it seems like everyone is getting some awesome artistic photography going with projectors recently!! Heck yeah! Don't worry about that, don't let the fact that there is nothing new that hasn't been done discourage you. Do it anyway, play with your art because it has never been done by YOU, and your voice like music is what unites us. SO, ANYWAY, I was checking out some Jake Hicks gel lighting tutorials on ProEDU (as recommended by David Byrd) ...and I saw a Jake Hicks projector mini tutorial. Then I started playing! I held up a piece of clear plastic for the ghosty white in two of these, and a prism for the one (bouncing it off the projector light because I was standing right next to it in that one- don't think it would work from another angle bc besides the strobe to light to light her face no light in the room) So you can totally get flare and prism and those effects really easily in PS and I do all the time, art is art! We were just playing and sometimes its fun to see what can happen “in real life” I tried a projector that was basically my phone in a fancy cardboard box and it did NOT get great results. We used an Epson digital for this that I borrowed from my husband's studio. The colour was fantastic! I ran into issues Jake mentions like chromatic abrasion on wall image (esp with BW lines etc) and the ‘screen door effect’ where you see pixels so I pushed the projector as close to her as possible and unsharpened (blurred) the focus a tiny bit and that helps. I would love to try with a film slide projector! I still have slides of my old work!! One part I love less but is basically a PART you cant control is shadows- so she def is going to cast a shadow duh hahahh! I didn’t want just straight ahead perspectives however so ya gotta live with those. A few others I used a second gelled strobe and that was really great. Sooooo much angling so that the strobe doesn’t wash out the projection! We got clear mod heels and the white painter coverall from Amazon. It was the smallest they had but still 10 sizes too big for my girl so there are a lot of pleats and a tape belt. Smoke and mirrors baby. Oooh, I should have used some mirrors! Staring camera info (I changed it up as needed throughout- play with it!) iso100, 35mm, f/1.4-2.8, 1/200ss Epson printer tethered to Mac using HDMI cord. Sometimes we messed with the perspective and blur knobs. All rights and respect go to the music and artistic directors and original artists of the original images! DIrect credit as I could find it below each image, original images projected are only belonging to the artists created them and those they have agreements with etc. None of the original artwork projected belongs to me..

Ashley CLASS OF 2019 | Anthem Community Park | ANJEANETTE PHOTOGRAPHY GRADUATION PHOTOS PEORIA AZ

Ashley did such an amazing job at her Senior Portrait session a few weeks ago! Her classic beauty and gorgeous smile made my job so easy-with the backdrop of the Anthem Community Park waterfalls we had an easy time capturing fantastic portraits to commemorate her senior year of high school.

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Shelby Class of 2019 | Phoenix Graduation Pictures | Anjeanette Photography Peoria Az

I LOVE it when seniors have a unique spot picked out- someplace they love and want to incorporate into their session. Custom sessions are pretty much my favorites because they always showcase the seniors personality and style- and hey thats why I actively pursue (or just nag) seniors to choose their location adventure! Added bonus: when the locations rock and are happy to serve as a beautiful backdrop- huge thank you to Restoration Hardware for being so open and inviting to us! Fantastic location choice Shelby!!! Isn’t she stunning???

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Lauren Class of 2019 | Downtown Phoenix Graduation Pictures | Anjeanette Photography Senior Photos Peoria, Phoenix Az

I have had the pleasure of knowing her a few years now as she has lead my daughters band, and can I just say this kid is so dang cool! Lauren is a leader, a musician, and a haircut trendsetter- but she’s also the kindest, coolest, and funniest person! Loved out session down on roosevelt Row in Phoenix- we visited all the murals and lite them up with Lauren’s smile and some smoke bombs! Can’t wait to read all about her future adventures!!!

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Mikaela Class of 2019 | Downtown Phoenix | Anjeanette Photography Seniors

The splashes of colour and city vibe have def been the most popular spots this high school senior portrait session season! We are so blessed to live in a vibrant fun city with so many neat spots- and Mikaela rocked them all! From Roosevelt Row to Grand ave this Arizona girl stunned in her graduation photo session!

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We had some help from Mikaleas brother Aaron- he manned the Ice Light on a fushia setting to create the zig zag halo behind her head for this photo!

Hannah Class of 2019 | Roosevelt Row | Anjeanette Photography Seniors Phoenix Az

Phoenix had a surprisingly windy and cold- snowy even- and so Hannah’s senior session was a whirlwind of colourguard flags in the wind and golden curls. After warming in up in charming BeCoffee the sun popped out to end the afternoon session in warmth and reflections in Phoenix!

Shoot Out with Valerie Waldvogel | The Glendale DUMP Styled Shoot | Anjeanette Photography Seniors Peoria, Phoenix Az

I am SO tired of all the styled shoots that are "pretty" let's be honest for a second...I WANT REAL LIFE. I want you to think outside the box. How do you react in real life situations. -Valie Waldvogel, VW Photography

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The other night I got to go on a photography ‘playdate’ - you know us photographers, the glitz, the glam, the dump. Yep, we went to the dump! Shout out to Valerie Waldvogel for styling, providing amazing models, and securing the most wondrous of locations: aka the Glendale Dump for her new monthly styled sessions “What I See Shoot” aimed at photographers on every leg of their journey from noobies with their first dslr to more seasoned, professional photographers.

(Hmm what seasoning would I be? Am I in the Cumin stage of pro photography or a little more Paprika?)

Valerie used this session to provide education and experience to a group she taught throughout the afternoon , and to just boost camaraderie with all of us- be it on on manual mode with our own photography businesses or first ‘real’ camera.The shoot was a reminder to challenge oneself - find beauty in any situation, any location. I had a great afternoon meeting everyone in my group, folks in other groups, and just enjoying the warm sunshine through the lens.

Getting out and practicing and playing isn’t something you ever ‘get too good’ for. Creative meet ups like this one Valerie organized keep the passion alive!

Always learning, always experimenting, always evolving!

These beautiful models and dresses have me like…PROM…though!! Moody or bright and airy- I love prom season! It is just around the corner believe it or not, and I already have booking for April 27th…make #PROM2K19 plans today!

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Hallie class of 2019 | Desert Botanical Garden Senior Portrait Session | Anjeanette Photography Peoria, Phoenix Az

Gorgeous session at the Phoenix Desert Botanical Garden with high school baccalaureate Hallie! Super smart and adorable, she did a fantastic job as we enjoyed a photo shoot through
a beautiful winter day. Great Seniors = Great Senior Portraits!!! So happy to have met Hallie and her folks and blessed they choose me for her portraits :)

Before I moved to Arizona I did not even know Aloe bloomed! Right now the city and gardens are lush and green in the state’s heavenly “winter” season.

Click here to check out the Botanical Gardens today!

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Rachel Class of 2019 | Westgate Entertainment District | Anjeanette Photography Seniors Phoenix

Caroline Class of 2019 | The Orpheum Theatre Phoenix | senior photo portrait artist Anjeanette Photography peoria & scottsdale Az

So excited to release these images of amazing Carolyn!!! This theatre kid had to have her session at the most beautiful stage in town- none other than the Historic Orpheum Phoenix. Everything about this session melts me in puddles- great smiles, great kid, great location! Now she is off, continuing her stage career near the Great White Way! I know a lot of directors and friends will miss you here Carolyn, congrats on your adventures, go get that apple!!