July 20, 2016
London Calling- Karen Menyhart Photography’s dream session in London , UK
Here it is . My Magnum Opus.
Sounds pretty lofty, doesn’t it? ( I’m not that lofty, I had to google Magnum Opus to make sure I was using it correctly )
My baby girl. Her Senior Session. London, UK
Many of you know that I photograph weddings, but I also really love high school senior photography. I usually blog those sessions on my other site, www.karenmenyhartphotography.com . All of my brides and grooms know my daughter, Genevieve, my right hand assistant. She works with me at every wedding. Its a joy and an honor to work with my daughter. This year, she graduated from high school. For the past 4 years, she has assisted me in hundreds of senior shoots. When we were planning her session, she told me . ” Mom, I do not want to go anywhere that we have been to photograph a senior shoot”. Which practically wipes out all of Cleveland and North East Ohio. Genevieve’s favorite place in the world is London. It holds a special place in our hearts. As a surprise and a huge thank you to my favorite senior, I surprised her with a London Calling destination photo session.
Photographing your own daughter is challenging- I was viewing her through the lens as a subject and as my daughter- Its intensely personal, and subjective. I tried to shoot with the photographer’s eye, but I am sure many of these have the Mom’s eye. I want you so see the beautiful, intelligent and artistic daughter through my lens/eyes as well. Genevieve is starting Kent State University in the fall to study photography and video. I can’t wait to see what she will accomplish.
Day One- Jet Lag, 3 new Top Shop outfits and Piccadilly Circus at night in the Rain…
Day Two – London Eye, Westminster, Leeds Street Tunnel, Tower Bridge
Oh the crowds! Spring Break in London…. people everywhere… I gave up trying to shoot around them and embraced the maddening crowd…
Day Three- St. James, Buckingham Palace, MillenniumBridge
The day it rained sideways, and then it stopped. Jumping in front of massive tourists, to do a rapid 5 second vogue in front of the palace gates, The Queen was in residence that day.
Thanks for staying to the end of this long post! God Save the Queen!
AND… on the sly, camera turned on me…Tower Bridge and my fave from the B roll..
xoxo,
These turned out amazing, Karen! I’ve been waiting for this post. Your daughter is beautiful! What an awesome surprise that I’m sure is full of so many wonderful memories. Love these! Including that beautiful image of you at the end.
I am SO impressed she was able to keep her hair + makeup on point in rainy weather! This is such an incredible memory and I love every stinking image. I am sort of obsessed with the people in the background, it adds to the cool London vibe!! Your daughter sure has style – Love these gorgeous images!!
Absolutely stunning! So fun and very rock star!! I’m sure it’s a trip you will cherish forever. It’s great to have these captured forever. You’re an awesome mom 🙂
Beautiful! That’s so exciting. The photos are wonderful and she’ll remember this entire experience forever. I think my favorite was the one of her on the subway with the little smirk. <3
Kamron, thanks for stopping by and the sweet words! xoxoxo
Gorgeous!! Best Senior Photos Ever! Your daughter is one lucky lady! <3
Okay seriously these are the coolest!!! I’m dying over the one of her with the umbrella and the reflection from the water on the ground! So good!!
I LOVE LOVE LOVE the shot of her on the subway! This is such an amazing session and what a great experience to share with your daughter! So good! Love her edgy looks too! Can she come style me? thanks. 🙂
That black and white umbrella shot needs to be a 30×40 canvas in your home!! Holy moly its amazing! What an awesome adventure with you and your daughter <3
Karen,
This is your BEST work yet! You never cease to AMAZE! Absolutely captivating images.
thanks sweet Mary! I still have to blog your amazing Grace!
Wow…you are an amazing Mom!!! This is beautiful and I know she will just love love love it forever and you! Thank you for sharing. These are such great images and to go to London?! Just wonderful.
These are amazing! And I can tell how proud you are of her – what a great memory for you both. They are all awesome, but I love the ones in front of the graffiti wall!
Sweet mom move taking her on such a fantastic trip, and it was obviously worth it! She’s lovely. 🙂
How cool is this!!! Gorgeous images! I bet she loved this trip!!
LOOOOVE!!! Gorgeous images of a gorgeous girl! Congrats on your senior year!
Ah-maz-ing!!! Love every.single.one!! Gena, you are flat-out BEAUTIFUL, stylish, and just plain COOL! And Karen, you outdid yourself! I am in awe!! <3 <3 <3 <3 <3!!! Thank you for sharing every one!!
Magnificent!!!!!! Gah! What an amazing blog post! And my hands down favorite image is the graffiti wall where she’s looking to her left. The colors and the lighting and the outfit in that image is so FREAKIN awesome. Well done!
Ohhhh Karen these make me so happy!! What an incredible session for you two. My faves are the ones in the striped dress.. But they are all awesome!
these are incredible karen! you captured your daughter so perfectly. i love her bold lipstick, and those portraits against the graffiti wall are AMAZING!
ok, coolest mom ever!! What a gift! These are amazing and your daughter is stunning!
Karen! Your daughter is so beautiful, this is such an awesome session! I love that you embraced the crowds, every shot rocks!
Karen. Seriously, how epic is this session, trip, and quality spent with your GORGEOUS daughter??! I love that you can see these images in both a mama’s perspective, as well as your artistic professional eye! She is SO incredibly lucky to have you as a talented mom and to have such special images to document this memory forever! Love all of the variety and vogue images you got from this trip. XOXO
She may be one of the coolest kids on the planet, with the coolest mom of course! She’s gonna treasure these forever!
A session in London?!? I love them ALL!!! 😀 PS Your daughter is gooooorgeous!