BE unique BE empowering BE genuine BE tenacious BE inspiring BE yourself BE kind BE extraordinary BE strong BE confident These are just a few samples of the BE words the girls chose after our first 2018 JGP Street Team shoot together. It made me so happy when they sent their one word answers back to me and they power that was in them. It was exactly what I wanted and had envisioned. The girls feeling comfortable and confident being their unique selves. We've talked a lot about this BE campaign and what it means - I want it to be a force for good. A way to spread positive good feels throughout the community and schools and for them to focus on being forces for good. We are all bombarded with such negativity and it is especially rough being a teenager right now, I am seeing it in my own young girls and when talking to so many more. We can be an amazing source of comfort and strength for one another by being positive and strong. Will everything always be insta perfect? NO and that is ok too! It's ok and normal to have a bad day but let's BE kind and support each other through it. Don't be afraid to BE yourself - in fact embrace it, that's what makes this world such a fabulous place to be. My favorite thing about photographing seniors is showing them the way that other people really see them through the lens, amazing individuals with unique beauty and gifts. I love showing them this and then watching them walk away with a pep in their step and new found confidence. We are wayyyy too hard on ourselves. If we can see ourselves the way our friends and family see us, as our true selves, stop trying to be the like others, mimicking and just embrace our individual genuine BE - then we will find the most happiness. Our shoot that afternoon and night was amazing! I got to know the Street Team girls and they got to know each other. Watching them come together and get comfortable, relax and enjoy the people that they will be having fun with and serving in the community with over the next year was awesome! We have a great group of Street Team leaders. I had a blast getting to know all of the girls. We had fabulous makeup artists, Cristina, Bobbi, Mallory and India get them camera ready, they wore clothes from Apricot Lane and Scout and Molly's as well as received their new #JGPSTREETTEAM BE shirts. We had fantastic food and laughed forever, it was a great night. It's going to be an awesome year. We have upcoming BE events that we are super excited for! Our senior sessions are booking up quickly! Please call the studio asap to get on the schedule, we would love to get to know you and give you the JGP experience.