Sometimes you don’t have to go far at all to find amazing scenery for senior portraits. And I always love exploring right here where I live in Snoqualmie. Sometimes, even in places I’ve been numerous times, I’ll find new things or new ways of doing things under different lighting or different seasons. And so when this amazing high school senior from Seattle wanted to have his senior portraits right here in Snoqualmie, we visited some familiar spots and also discovered some new ones too. Seriously, it was such a fun adventure! And he’s a super nice young man (his parents are wonderful too)! Plus, I should also mention that he grew up skiing at the same local mountain I did – Alpental! Oh, and he does the high jump on the school track team too!

I’ve always been fascinated with very old, weathered structures, so for part of the session we visited some retired Railways that run (or rather, used to run) right through Snoqualmie to carry logs many years ago. One of them was even that famous railway bridge from Twin Peaks (that has since been converted to a solely pedestrian walkway). Since Halloween had happened about a week before, there were some leftover carved pumpkins impaled on spikes along one of the old moss-covered and overgrown tracks. And then we discovered a shiny green water tower deeper in the woods that made for an inspiring backdrop.

We had an awesome time exploring and his casual attire worked quite well with the scenery. He’s planning to go into business or finance and study in Arizona, which is interesting because it is like the polar opposite climate we have here. He’ll be back though. 😉

Thank you all for the wonderful session! It really was a pleasure spending the afternoon with you and I’m glad we got such an unusually warm early November day for you, albeit a bit breezy! Congratulations to this awesome senior and the class of 2026!