Explore Session at County Line Orchard | Pumpkin Spice and Everything Nice!

I was thrilled when Elly and her Mom chose County Line Orchard as their location for her senior portraits. It’s one of my favorite places to visit and shoot. (Of course I had to take some pumpkin donuts home with me!) We incorporated every fall favorite the orchard had to offer. Apples, mums, pumpkins and sunflowers were the perfect accessories for our fall themed shoot!

Her beautiful and natural makeup application was done by makeup artist Ami Sanchez of Full On Glam and her cousin did a fabulous job on her hair. Also want to give a shout out to Mom for being a great assistant!


1. You're going on a road trip. A: Where are you going? B: What one person are you driving with? C: Which song is definitely on your playlist? D: What's your must have snack?: 

I’d definitely be going somewhere tropical like Florida with my best friend Erica because we’d have the most fun. A song that would definitely be on my playlist is No Role Modelz by J Cole because it’s such a feel good song. And my must have snack would be Cheez-It’s for sure.

2. If you were putting on a concert for your school, which three bands/artists would you book? 

Well knowing most kids in my school listen to rap probably Migos because everyone likes them, J Cole because he’s my favorite, and U2 because I think that’s funny.

3. Movie you could watch over and over? I just recently watched the Joker and I liked it so much I wanna go back and see it again, so probably the Joker.

4. Tell us one stand out memory from your year so far: 

My most stand out memory would be when my family and I got our puppy Toby, he was so shy and small and sweet!

5. Dream job when you were a kid? Dream job now? 

As a kid I would always play pretend teacher because I wanted to teach so bad, and now I’m planning to go to college to major in elementary education!

6. What skill would you like to master? Speaking Japanese!

7. Fave Quote: Darkness cannot draw out darkness, only light can do that. Hate cannot draw out hate, only love can do that.

8. 3 words your friends would use to describe you:  

1. Funny
2. Caring
3. Generous

9. What do you value most in a friend? The memories made in the friendship.

10. Favorite way to treat yourself? Going to target and spending all of my money!

11. Tell us something about yourself that not everyone knows. I actually really enjoy painting and being creative. I have an artsy side!

12. What would a world populated by clones of you be like? Very lazy but happy.

13. For what reason did you last cry? I was watching videos on facebook of dogs being rescued.

14. What's the last thing that made you laugh? My boyfriend sent me a funny meme on instagram, but I can’t remember what is said lol.

15. Name something you are proud of. How much of a hard worker I am.

16. What fictional place would you most like to visit? That one scene in the Disney movie Tangled where Rapunzel and the dude were on that boat and the sky had all those lanterns, it was magical.

17. What is one of your favorites smells/scents? I love anything that smells like or reminds me of fall. My favorite candle right now is my sweet cinnamon pumpkin one.

18. Your advice for incoming freshman: Enjoy your high school years while you can because they fly by.

19. What are your plans after graduation? I plan to go to college to Purdue University and major in elementary education and hopefully become a 2nd grade teacher one day!


I was dying over this sweater Elly chose. She was working that fringe. I told her to dance around and give me a little Stevie Nicks action. Haha! Mom totally got where I was going with that and to my surprise, Elly knew too.

Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadows. It’s what the sunflowers do.
— Helen Keller