Kody West | Rifle High School Class of 2020

HUGE shoutout to the Rifle High School Class of 2020 as they celebrate their graduation this Saturday with a Motorcade Processional through downtown Rifle. Times are certainly unique and unfortunate for Seniors but we will celebrate them the best way we can.

Among those Seniors walking (or rather, driving) this weekend is Kody West. Kody has missed singing and putting together music with RHS’s Varsity and Men’s Choirs the most during quarantine. He’s been done with school for a while now and was really looking forward to hanging with friends and making music for the last couple of months. Sorry, Kody! Kody plans to attend CMU in the fall and is looking forward to the adventures ahead!

Congrats, Kody! GO BEARS!

Hayley Wood | Coal Ridge Class of 2020

Congratulations to all of the Coal Ridge Class of 2020 Graduates!

Another high school graduation is upon us and it’s pretty safe to say that this is one we will all remember for the rest of our lives. One day, the children will be discussing the year 2020 in their history classes. It’s been a wild ride for these Seniors and I can only wish them all the best on their new journeys.

Hayley is a Coal Ridge High School Senior who has already received her diploma. She didn’t get to attend a formal graduation ceremony with all of her peers, family and friends. Instead, she walked quietly alone across a stage receiving school admin handshakes and her parents in the background secretly shedding tears. She turned to the empty gymnasium, flipped her tassel and smiled into the video camera. Hayley will officially graduate this Sunday, May 17th at 1:00pm via a video that will be streamed to the public through the Coal Ridge Facebook page.

Miss Hayley expressed to me that the hardest part of the past few quarantine months has been not being able to hang and talk with her friends at school every day. She has really missed the social interaction more than anything. She’s kept busy at home with online distance learning and baking. She loves to bake! Hayley is looking forward to the fall when she will attend CSU for Music Education, another love she is very passionate about.

Good luck to you, Hayley!! I wish you all the best in your new journey after all the craziness!

xoxo,

Carrie

Candy Apple Carnival!

Summer is for FUN!  And there's no better end to summer than a visit to your local county Fair!  Fairs make the perfect backdrop for a high school senior photo session.  The lights, the people, the cotton candy, the rides, the smell of horse poo in the air...I love it all!   

Next summer when the fair rolls into town, hit me up!  

Rifle High School | Shelby

My Shelby girl is another graduate who will walk tomorrow with Rifle High School!!  Shelby is another amazing dancer with the Full Throttle Dance Co. team that will be heading to Worlds this summer.  If you read my post about Kylee then you know exactly what I'm talking about ;).  Shelby plans to hang with me this summer and I learn what she can about the exiting life of Photography, maybe even assist me with a few weddings which I'm totally stoked about!  

Congrats, Shelby!!  Have so much fun this weekend and take lots of pictures!!  

~xo

Care 

Rifle High School | Class of 2018

Coal Ridge Titans | Samantha

Remember, I told you that the Coal Ridge Titans are graduating tomorrow!  That includes this lady Titan right here, Samantha!  I spent a good part of the winter watching this young lady on the basketball court and if you didn't get to see her play then you totally missed out!  I might be a little bit biased as basketball is my jam ;)  She is also an avid soccer athlete and her and her team had a good season this year as well.  If you see Sam out and about this summer then please congratulate her on her future endeavors!  She will be headed CMU this fall with a few of her fellow classmates. 

Congratulations, Sam!!  

Coal Ridge High School | Class of 2018

Coal Ridge Senior | Amethyst

The time has come to give a shout out to the Coal Ridge Seniors as Graduation day is quickly approaching!  I have had the pleasure of getting to know this girl right here and I have to tell you she is beautiful, sweet and so thoughtful.  She has had an incredible Senior year which included a trip to state with one of the top cheerleading teams on the Western Slope!  Props to Amethyst as she is headed to AZ this fall to attend the American Institute of Interior Design!  Woah!  Congrats, girlie!!  

Best of luck to you, Amethyst! 

~xo

Carrie

Dirty Laundry | Roaring Fork Senior Photographer

Yearbook photos have been turned in and this Roaring Fork Senior Photographer is celebrating another successfully busy season!  Thank you to all of the High School Seniors who have chosen CJP to create some totally rad images to document this important milestone!  What do I do now that the season has ended?  Well, I get to catch up on all the adult tasks that come with owning a business like taxes and the not so fun stuff that these seniors will soon get to complain about as well.  But, during the midst of adulthood I enjoy getting to spend every chance I get with these young people before they embark on their new adventures.  It's a time for me to be creative, play, and shoot without pressure.  That's exactly what we did here in our local laundromat!  Enough with the cold winter months, let's do something indoors.  So I called up these two awesome gals and said "hey, find some retro"ish" outfits and let's go play in the Laundromat (because I had been there not long ago and the light was amazing!).  We did and we had a blast!  Although, the Laundromat was quite busy - who knew?

Central High School Class of 2017 | Reilly

They are graduating faster than I can produce the blog posts!  I couldn't forget Miss Reilly who walked with Central High School's Class of 2017 yesterday morning!  I've said it before but I'll say it again, I am so lucky to get to work with such a great group of Seniors year after year.  Reilly has really been one of my favorites this season because she is such a hard worker and an inspiration to her peers.  She has already turned her tassel and tossed her cap in the air and this fall she is headed to Colorado Mesa University to study Psychology.  She is excited for her college adventures but she is going to miss her friends and the nights spent in the student section at the volleyball and basketball games!  She even admits that she will miss the teachers that she grew close to during her 4 years of high school.  Awwwww, Reilly girl, you are such a sweetheart!  I can't wait to see and hear about all the fun you are going to have at CMU!

Congratulations!!

"The Best is yet to come"

xo,

Carrie