Spreading Kindness like Confetti Mallorie was in my Senior Model Program this year and I am so glad that she was. She is an incredible human being. She exudes kindness. <3 Mallorie has the most infectious smile I’ve ever seen. You can not help but be happy when you’re around her. She is sweet as
Flowers in Bloom It is not every day you are dressed to the nines. (I think that’s the expression. ? lol!) So I LOVE doing a prom session for that reason. Every year I do a prom session for my Senior Model Team. This time of year is such an exciting time for seniors.
Taylor’s Senior Portraits Taylor senior portraits session was in downtown Wilmington. We walked around finding cool and funky alleyways and different backdrops that we thought would be fun. We stopped a few times to take senior portraits in spots that Mom and Taylor really wanted. Taylor loved those white and blue chairs at a downtown
Bulling helped me become the person I am today. Teenagers have more pressure in society than ever before. There is a social pressure to act, look and be a certain way. This is exacerbated by social media and cell phones. I know I am going to totally age myself… but those things were not there
Senior Model Program These four wonderful young women have been in this year’s Senior Model Program with me. The Program is designed to encourage high school seniors to embrace body positivity for themselves and practice support and empowerment of the women alongside them. They do all of this and more through their senior portraits. Their
Kaitlynn’s Senior Portrait Session Kaitlynn took my breath away. She is a natural in front of the camera. For her Senior Portraits, she wanted something different. Something no one else does. She pick Carolina Beach State Parkfor her senior session and then we headed to downtown Wilmington for more Urban-like photos. Wow! The contrast of
Senior Model Program These four lovely ladies have been in my Senior Model Program this year. The Senior Model Program is for high school seniors in their senior year. It’s designed to encourage kindness, body positivity and support of other women instead of judgement. Teenagers have more pressure than ever to be perfect or Instagram
Emma’s Senior Photo Session at Fort Fisher I met Emma, her mother and grandmother at Fort Fisher one warm evening a few weeks ago for her senior portrait session. Before the session mom and I chatted about the kinds of portraits she would like. And she mentioned she’d like a few images of Emma, Mom
Senior Model Program Noelle is one of the models in my senior program. This year long program helps make these young ladies have the best senior year eva! Going out with a bang! The program has sessions and events every month and February’s session was a best friend session. Dalmatians are a girls best friend.
New Years Eve Session for my Senior Model Program The December session for my Senior Model Program was New Years Eve. As a senior photographer, I am so excited to share this session. It was so much fun! When I was planning the sessions for this year Senior Program, I knew I wanted to go
Senior Model Program Teenagers have more pressure than ever to be perfect or Instagram ready. Positive body image starts at a young age, some research suggests as little as age 5 both girls and boys can have body image issues. 🙁 Society, media, ads and even other women, convince women they are not enough. Thats
Senior Model Program My photography business practice has a stand for something I care deeply about – women seeing their real beauty. I’m not talking about the stick figure, make up covered, photoshopped models you see in every ad on this earth. I am talking about so called “flaws”. At a young age, women are trained
This post contains amazon affiliate links and I will be financially compensated if you make a purchase after clicking my links. Picking your senior session outfit I know picking out your outfit for the day is already a big decision, so when the outfit is going to be photographed, the pressure is really on. But
Senior Photographer As a senior photographer, I photograph a ton of sessions this time of the year. On this particular evening in May, I photographed Jordan’s graduation portraits. At the time, it was two short weeks until graduation. So I wanted to get her images to her as fast as possible. That evening, it was
I am so excited to show you this session. Tyler is a friend of mine. We worked together at Front Street Brewery, what feels like a lifetime ago! She contacted me last month about doing some promo materials for herself. She is an amazing singer and guitar player. And you need to go check her
Happy throwback day! 🙂 With senior portrait season coming up I am getting so excited! I wanted to post Hailey from 2 years ago! We photographed her at the Burgaw Train Depot. It was my first time there. That is a great spot for photos! Plus, she was a natural in front of the camera! With her
Do you remember Kelsey’s teaser? Well here it is! The entire session. Well… 28 of my favorite images! HA! I had a really hard time narrowing down which ones I LOVE. I don’t want to toot my own horn but… toot,toot! #kiddingnotkidding I am really proud of this session. It has helped me grow as
Spencer’s mom came to me in October and mentioned she wanted to get senior portraits done for her son. From the beginning we clicked! I was so excited about this session from day one! Spencer’s mom said that he was the outdoors type. He loves to surf and go rock climbing. So, when I was
If you could be madly in LOVE with an image… this is it for me! This January, as things slow down a little bit for me, I wanted to do a personal project. Right now, the VERY trendy thing is flowy dresses and flower crowns… which, don’t get me wrong, I love as much as
I blinked and 2015 was gone! It was an amzing year both personally and professionally! Thank you so much to all my clients! Without you there would be no Lesley Veronika Photography! I seriously have the best clients! 2015 was an amazing year and I can not wait to see what 2016 brings! Happy New
So when Rehema came to me, she knew exactly what she wanted. She wants to be an actress. So we decided to do a senior session, head shot session in one. I wanted to get her some great head shots for her acting career but I also wanted to capture her bubbly personality. We spent
Happy Halloween! I did a really fun hooked mermaid session with Kelsey at Wrightsville Beach over the weekend. She is a natural in front of the camera! She was not afraid to get wet or sandy! And it was cold! We even got lucky at the end of the session with a full moon! Check
Happy Throwback Thursday! I photographed Mary last summer. Her family goes to Topsail Beach every summer for their family vacation. Mary is such a free spirit. We clicked as soon as we met. Mary plays golf so we took a few photos on the Belvedere Country Club golf course and then we moved the beach for some
I photographed the beautiful and sweet Baylee last weekend at Oak Island Beach, NC. She will be a senior this coming school year at Indian Land High School in South Carolina. Her mom wanted to celebrate this occasion with a portrait session! Baylee wanted something totally different then her friends senior portraits. They visit Oak
I recently photographed Sophie in Topsail Beach NC , only 30 minutes from the beautiful, historic, Wilmington NC. Sophie has a love for a lot of things and photography is one of them! She has photographed a lot of her friends senior portraits. After realizing she wasn’t going to be able to photograph hers, she thought of her childhood
I photographed, the gorgeous, Haley last year for her senior portraits. She graduated from Laney High School in Wilmington NC. This session was so much fun! Haley was gorgeous and sweet and very fashionable! She wanted a place that was different for her Senior Portraits so we went to the Train Depot in Burgaw NC. It
Did you know, I offer a Photography Referral Program? For every referral from you that books a complete session with us you receive A $75 print credit from a previous session OR $100 off when you book a new session with us! There is no limit to how many clients you can refer. Get rewarded every single time.
Lindsey is graduating from UNC Wilmington with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration in Marketing. We walked around UNCW on Saturday and photographed her graduation portraits. We took a lot in front of Cameron Hall, which is the Business administration building. I just love the those images. They will be very special to Lindsey, even years
I am so excited to show you my gorgeous sister in law’s senior portraits. When my husband and I started dating, Belle was 5 years old. So, I had the privilege of watching her grown up into a beautiful, free spirited young woman. This senior portrait session was so much fun and very special to
I had my first senior session of the year this week. Woo! Miss Olivia was born in Wilmington NC. Her family moved to Texas when she was just a baby. But this week she was in North Carolina looking at colleges and wanted her senior portraits taken in Wilmington. We started downtown and finished at
Last month I had the privilege to photograph Mary’s Senior session! Mary and her family vacation every year in Surf City NC. You may remember her sister’s senior session from 2 years ago. Mary was so much fun to photograph. She has a really loving, sweet personality. She loves to have fun and be silly too.
