A white plush teddy bear with a friendly face sitting on a cream-colored armchair in front of a light wooden table, with a purse and a floral arrangement of pink and white flowers in the background.

A historic stone building with a clock tower, featuring a statue on top, viewed through a decorative metal fence. The building has a front entrance, trees on either side, and a street with crosswalk markings in the foreground.

Only you can see the world the way you do so be more you.

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Ellaina and Tessa BFF Senior Photos | Bolivar MO Senior Photographer

This BFF senior session in Bolivar, MO was shot by Eisley and she took Ellaina and Tessa to Dunnegan Memorial Park in Bolivar, MO at golden hour. Bolivar has a beautiful park that is full of gorgeous spots. What more can you ask for?

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Senior Road Trip Photos at Stockton Lake | Stockton MO Senior Photographer

Stockton Lake sits about 30 minutes from Bolivar in the Missouri Ozarks and it is the kind of place that makes a senior road trip session feel like an actual event.

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Kami | Senior Photographer Bolivar MO

Meet Kami, a senior at Bolivar High School and such a joy to have in the studio. She came in as a friend of our newest team member Emma, and what started as a portfolio-building session turned into one of those shoots where everything just clicks. I'm obsessed.

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Ella Senior Sports Session in the 417

As an athlete myself, something that is super important to me when taking sports pictures is being able to capture the strength, focus, and courage that comes with being an athlete. Ella did a perfect job of modeling these attributes with this sports senior session!

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Ellaina Porter | Senior Photographer Bolivar MO Square Session

Ellaina Porter is a Bolivar High School senior and we jumped out of the studio to get some photos on the square. The Bolivar Square is one of those spots that looks like it was made for golden hour: brick buildings, old storefronts, warm light cutting through at exactly the right angle when the sun starts to drop behind downtown.

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Ellaina Porter | Senior Photos Bolivar MO

Ellaina Porter is a Bolivar High School senior and she walks into a room like she owns it. Her session at Jordan Brittley Studio was an athletic studio session and she came ready to move the whole time: jacket, poses, energy.

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Senior Photos in the Snow: Eisley

Eisley is such a joy and I really wanted this mini snow day session to bring that out while also capturing her soft, introspective side.

It’s been so fun to get to know her as she has worked with me (Hi, Jordan here!) at the studio. She is kind, thoughtful, super fun and down for trotting through the frigid temps for some snowy senior photos.

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Senior Photos in the Snow: Sophie Stimpson

Sophie is such a talented, bright young woman and I wanted to capture that inner confidence that is being grown in her each day.

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Galentines Photo Session

This friend group was so fun and Eisley did such a great job of bringing out their personalities. I am obsessed with the hands-making-hearts pose and the individual pics on the stool