It was a beautiful day in Central Oregon Thursday to capture senior portraits for CJ. Even hobbling around from a recent leg injury, she was a real trooper and pulled it off beautifully.
I was very much impressed by the beautiful setting around their home. Open space – lots of open space with natural growth all around accented with nicely maintained fields. Inevitably it made me more than a little nostalgic. I grew up in rural settings where having open space around the home was typical. Even living in neighborhoods of homes, large front, side and back yards were the norm. A person had room to stretch a little and breathe! There aren’t many people in Bend that have the luxury of being able to step outside their home and not be looking right into their neighbor’s windows.
It’s a real shame neighborhoods are following this “pack ‘em and stack ‘em” master plan. Makes it even more enjoyable though to get out in the open for great projects like this one.