Senior Portraits in 2020/Bay Area Photographer

Parents, I see you. I know that you’re overwhelmed, overworked, and struggling for a second to decompress at the end of your (work from home) day. With the future so uncertain, scheduling a senior photo session probably is probably the last thing on your mind. 

After all, it feels painful to celebrate a graduation that may not look anything like you or your senior dreamed of. 

As a mom of two little girls, I haven’t faced down high school yet, but I feel that same painful disappointment every time my five year old asks when she can see her friends from preschool or I worry over my toddler’s social development without a support system of caregivers and other children to spend time with. It hurts me to think of the world they’re missing out on. 

But there are moments. Little glimmers of how they’re growing, who they’re becoming despite the pandemic, and the wildfires, and the sense of national and political unrest. And that’s the strangest and most wonderful thing of all—they are growing. Like weeds sprouting up through cracks in the sidewalk, they keep growing. Everyday they take one step closer toward the people they’re going to become. 

No matter what’s going on in the outside world, this is who our kids are, both because of this pandemic and in spite of it. Because of the state of the world and because of the depth of your love. 

We don’t know if graduation will look the same, but one thing’s for sure: your senior will continue to grow—relentlessly. This is a special moment to capture the space between who they are and who they’ll be out in this strange new world.