Category Archives: seniors

Senior | Courtland High Senior Photographer

I really need to do more of these! I just love working with the Seniors. I think it might be time for a new branch of Marta Locklear Photography. This young man is a 2011 Senior at Courtland High, plays baseball and has goals of being an Architect. The last impressed me. Usually when I ask the question “so do you know what you are majoring in?” it is followed by long pauses, hems and haws, “I am not sure yet”, “I am undecided”, etc. But this time I got an immediate…”I want to be an architect.” That level of clarity and goals at the young age of 17 is impressive. I wanted to be a hundred things when I was 17…nailing it down to one was near impossible!

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Black & White | Fredericksburg Virginia Senior Photographer

Today I wanted to do something a little different for my sneak peek. I was so drawn into several of the Black & Whites from this session I decided to do this post all in BW. Trust me when I tell you that the color ones are just as divine…but you see a ton of color from me and I just don’t share that many of my BW work. This lovely senior traveled down from Northern Virginia to model for my last Evolve Mentoring session on one of those dreadfully hot days. She was a real trooper for me.

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FINALLY! | Virginia, Maryland & DC Photographer

I have been back and forth and back again with working on my website. It is a daunting task to sift through thousands of images and pick out favorites. I found myself in a constant struggle of which ones I loved, which ones I was creatively tired of, do I have enough, do I have too many, why can’t I just start all over….etc, etc. So, the site kept getting put off as my frustration with it built up.

I promised myself I would get it done though…and I did. There are still some tweaks and weeding through that will be done here and there as I sift through the site and decide what needs to still be taken care of, but over all…the site is done. It is nothing fancy. Simple, clean and image heavy. Just the way I like it. I have dabbled with borders, backgrounds, fonts, frilly things, not so frilly things and anything else you can think of to make the site a little more fluffy and unique…but I just could not find anything that fit. Or something that went with everything that I do and that I knew I would not tire of in a few months. I just never found that thing. So I went simple. Super simple. And I love it. There are no distractions…just the photography.

I did not have a proof reader today, and I have 3 kids. So I am SURE there are a few typos here and there…so if you see them…don’t hesitate to let me know. I will not hate you, bite your head off, or get offended. I would actually appreciate it :). I will be re reading over it all in the next day or so, but until then…I apologize for any typos that may be there now!

My goal for the rest of the year is to make a special folder that all my favorites go in from each session. This way I can just keep updating the website through out the year to avoid this 100% complete over haul again!

Enjoy! Click the image to visit the new Marta Locklear | Photoraphy

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Golden | Maryland 2010 Senior Photographer

I know I have said this before…but I just love working with seniors. Young adults with the whole world in front of them and eager to step out on their own. Seniors are fun, full of personality and eager to try just about anything! This young lady came all the way to me from Maryland and is going to be a huge asset the society and a budding photographer to boot! I look forward to watching her grow as a photographer and wish her the best in her future college career.

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