Insta @LisaMcNielPhoto Oh my, what to say about Erika and her wonderful botanical garden and historic old town senior session... First of all, Erika is a delight; happy, encouraging, open to making new friends, confident but humble. I would happily clone her. She is on my Senior Model Team and you can see her in the Runway 7 Boutique Group Shoot in Deep Ellum, Dallas , 7 Tips on How to Take Prom Photos, Santa Paws with Your Dog, and College Shirt Shoots (coming soon). She is part of the Varsity Cross Country Team at Marcus High School in Flower Mound, Texas. You can see the polite and dedicated bunch of girls and guys out in the mornings in packs running in the wee hours of the pre-dawn. Erika's also in National Honors Society, National Spanish Honor Society, and Mu Alpha Theta - a mathematics honor society, and is headed to the University of Texas in Austin this Fall. For those of you not in Texas, you have to be in the top 7% of your class for admission there, so suffice to say, Erika has a big brain! All that running gives her mega stamina. In her free time, she likes to play soccer, take hikes with friends, ride bikes, and go adventuring for coffee shops both near and far. As if she has that much free time... when she's not in class, studying, volunteering or getting in her miles for Cross Country, she works for Palio Pizza in Highland Village. Erika would like to major in pre-law so that she can one day become an Immigration Attorney. To see more recent work or book me, click here: Dallas Fort Worth Photographer That top photo was an entire page in Rame' Magazine Senior Portrait edition. Crumpled cowboy hat, shorts and boots for the win! We started Erika's session at the botanical gardens, that were partly under construction, but we moved in and around it. Then she donned this darling black and rose long romper for a city look. Erika's photos made it in to Rame' Magazine - Senior Portrait Edition, and Senior Year Magazine this year! This yellow top popped against the green in the garden. She brought a book and glasses to highlight her love of reading. I wish I had pictures of my mom and me like this. I do have some with my daughter like this at her wedding, but I love the interaction between the two of them. She has so many "looks" and this casual outfit with the Texas ball cap shows just one more side of her warm personality. Don't try to come between a girl and her Daisy covered spare jeep! Best wishes, Erika. And as they say in Pixar land... Adventure Awaits!