As my fourth year photographing for the UNCA Athletic Department comes to a close, so too draws near the graduation of the first class of freshman I photographed. As I’ve worked with these stellar athletes for the entirety of their college careers, it is a little sad for me to see them go, but I’ve had such fun getting to do one last shoot for them to commemorate their time at UNCA.

I started off this grad photo season with Cole’s shoot last weekend. A soccer player and management major, we wanted celebrate his four years as a student athlete by using significant parts of campus as backgrounds as well as shooting from Greenwood Field. We lucked out as all the beautiful trees on campus had just started blooming!

While Cole proclaimed he was rather un-photogenic, the results say otherwise! I had a great time during our shoot reminiscing about our early years at school, talking about our experiences in our respective sports, and chatting about what our futures might hold.