Two life celebration sessions in a row on the blog is definitely something to get excited about!  If you didn’t check out last week’s post make sure to hop over after finishing up this one.  This session with Alani was so much fun!  Not only was it a life celebration session (which I love), it was also my very first quinceanera shoot.  When her mother, Lina reached out to me after seeing images of her co-worker’s bridal session that I had done a few months ago, I was excited for the vision she and Alani had planned for her upcoming quinceanera session.

We settled on Glencairn Garden in Rock Hill, SC as our first shoot location.  This would be the more traditional portion of her shoot and when I saw Alani in her gorgeous red gown for the first time I was truly taken aback!  She literally glowed and having her girlfriends there as her hype women to tell her “Yassss girl yassss” was the icing on the cake to give her that little boost of confidence she needed to absolutely SLAY her session.

The second half of her shoot took us to downtown Rock Hill also known as Old Town.  It’s one of my favorite places to shoot because it has texture, color and a city feel without all the hustle and bustle of large crowds in bigger cities.  The second portion of her shoot was laid back and fun and showed off her personality.  I know that her quinceanera party was a magical night and I’m so happy that Lina allowed me to capture such an amazing time in their lives and it’s something I look forward to doing again in the future.