Meet Averie.
We met up with this gorgeous MHS beauty at the Brewed Book over in Davenport for the first part of her session.  What a great spot to capture Averie’s love of reading and literature!  Averie showed up looking like she had just stepped out of the pages of a magazine, and we were able to get some amazing shots (my favorite being the one where she is laying on the floor holding the book).  I love when my seniors incorporate things that mean a lot to them, and Averie was able to bring her love of travel into her images along with being able to capture some images with her Grandpa’s truck and her dad’s car.  We had so much fun and shared so many laughs over the course of the afternoon/evening.  When I came home to load her photos, I was like a kid on Christmas morning, going through all of the images.  The only hard part about her session was trying to narrow down what images to post as her previews on social media!  Averie, you are such a kind and beautiful soul and I am honored that you chose to us to create your senior photos!  I can’t wait to see what your amazing future holds!

Here is a little about what Averie’s awesome mom Jenna had to say about their experience with Moxie:
“The session with Moxie was incredible! We had such a great experience working with Karen. She had us laughing from the start. Her laid back nature and warmth helped Averie feel relaxed and confident, and it shows in all her gorgeous photos.  We were going for something that felt uniquely and authentically Averie. Karen and Averie nailed it.  The whole afternoon from start to finish went flawless and Karen allowed Averie to feel like her best self. Our favorite part of the senior experience was watching the slideshow of her final looks. We were over the moon in love with how they all turned out. There may have been some tears.  My favorite shot from the session would have to be her headshot at Lindsay park. She was sitting on the park bench with her hand gently on her face. And the bookstore pic on the floor! Gah, they’re so perfect. The most memorable part of the session was seeing a part of Averie that she keeps hidden emerge. She absolutely glowed, and owned the moment.  If I were telling my friend about senior photos with Moxie, I would say make it happen. Karen is so easy to work with. The whole experience was effortless.”

One piece of advice that Jenna has for future seniors getting their photos taken? “Enjoy the moment. It’s all about YOU!”

If she could describe the overall experience in one word, Jenna would choose  “magic.”

Thank you for being awesome, Jenna and Averie!!

xoxo,

Karen

Moxie Design is an award winning boutique photography studio that specializes in providing a boutique high school senior photography experience in the Quad Cities and surrounding areas including but not limited to Moline &  Rock Island, Illinois, Davenport & Bettendorf, Iowa.  Karen Bishop, owner of Moxie Design, has been recognized on both a national and international level as one of the top up and coming high school senior photographers in the industry.  Moxie Design will offer you not only images that represent the awesome person that you are, but an experience that you will remember for years to come. 

Meet Kacie.
This Sherrard senior and Moxie model and I have been able to work with each other multiple times over the course of the past year.  When we met up over the summer for Kacie’s session, we started at her high school gym to capture some volleyball images.  Following that, we headed downtown Moline where we started off at a recreational area that has all of these trails and open fields. It was absolutely beautiful, but the downside was that the bugs were out in full effect.  We always carry multiple types of bug spray with us, but that day, nothing seemed to do the trick.  After we finished with our park setting, we headed further downtown and utilized some gorgeous spots along the river.  Kacie has an absolutely gorgeous smile, is so sweet and her outfits were AMAZING!

Here is a little about what she had to say about her session with Moxie:
“It was so much fun! I loved picking out my outfits for my big photo session and working with Karen. I also loved all of the extra mini photo shoots, not only because we got more pictures but because of the different themes. I wanted a summery look for my main three hour shoot!  The most memorable part of my session was that there were a lot of bugs out that day and almost 100% humidity but Karen still made it so much fun and helped me relax and forget about all those things. My favorite part of the Moxie Senior Experience was the thrift store challenge. One of my favorite things to do is go thrifting, so getting to thrift for the perfect outfit and getting photos in the outfit I chose was so much fun.  Karen is so fun to work with, picks the best places to take pictures and will put you at ease in front of the camera! I love Moxie Design because Karen is so much fun!”

One piece of advice that Kacie has for other seniors getting their photos taken?  ” If you go on a really humid/hot day, use lots of hairspray!”

If she could describe her overall senior session experience in one word, she would choose  “amazing!”

Thanks for being a part of the Moxie team this past year, Kacie!!  You are awesome!
xoxo,

Karen

Moxie Design is an award winning boutique photography studio that specializes in providing a boutique high school senior photography experience in the Quad Cities and surrounding areas including but not limited to Moline &  Rock Island, Illinois, Davenport & Bettendorf, Iowa.  Karen Bishop, owner of Moxie Design, has been recognized on both a national and international level as one of the top up and coming high school senior photographers in the industry.  Moxie Design will offer you not only images that represent the awesome person that you are, but an experience that you will remember for years to come. 

Meet Chloe.
This Class of 2022 Moxie model and I met up late last spring for her senior session.  I was so excited going into Chloe’s shoot because during the short time that I had spent with her during our model prom session she absolutely blew me away! Chloe is so photogenic and has this natural ability in front of the camera.  She is absolutely stunning and has this amazing eclectic style that I love! During Chloe’s senior session, we started in the district of Rock Island, which provided the best urban backdrops – so many different textures and colors!  Chloe didn’t shy away from any of my crazy ideas and embraced anything that I suggested we try.  From there, we headed downtown Moline and ended up around Sylvan Slough, where the Mississippi River provided the backdrop for some gorgeous photos.  We experimented with a couple of hats, a flower crown and even some candles as we got closer to sunset. Chloe, you are so beautiful! Thank you for being a part of the Moxie model crew!

Here is a little about what Chloe had to say about her session with Moxie:
“My overall senior photo session experience was amazing. I felt so comfortable and stress-free the entire shoot. It was a super fun experience! I was going for a few different looks during the shoot and Karen was able to capture all of them. From multiple outfits to scenery changes, it was perfect. The most memorable part of my session was just working with Karen in general. She is so easy to talk to and made getting my senior photos done such a great experience.  My biggest fear was that I wasn’t going to be comfortable and that I would end up looking awkward in all my photos. The outcome was quite the opposite. Karen made me feel so comfortable the entire shoot and was hyping me up the entire time.  My senior session was such a fun time from beginning to end and something I’ll never forget.  My favorite photo from the session was in my long orange skirt when I was standing in a field of tall grass and yellow wildflowers, and I was looking off to the side. I loved my outfit in this photo and it looks so natural and candid.  I 1000% recommend Moxie Design. Like I have said so many times, my experience was great. Not only did my photos turn out great, but I had such a wonderful time the entire session.  I love Moxie Design because Karen is such a great photographer and such a sweet person!”

One piece of advice that Chloe has for other seniors getting their photos taken?  “Don’t stress, just relax and have fun!”

If she could describe her overall senior session experience in one word, she would choose “memorable.”

Thank you for letting us be a part of your senior year, Chloe!!
xoxo,

Karen

Moxie Design is an award winning boutique photography studio that specializes in providing a boutique high school senior photography experience in the Quad Cities and surrounding areas including but not limited to Moline &  Rock Island, Illinois, Davenport & Bettendorf, Iowa.  Karen Bishop, owner of Moxie Design, has been recognized on both a national and international level as one of the top up and coming high school senior photographers in the industry.  Moxie Design will offer you not only images that represent the awesome person that you are, but an experience that you will remember for years to come. 

Meet Arra.
This Class of 2022 Moxie model and I met a few years ago during her brother’s senior session on the PV track. I was SO EXCITED when she applied to be a part of our model team because I remembered how hilarious and beautiful and sweet she was and I couldn’t wait to work with her!  Sometimes you meet people and it’s just like they are immediate family and that is what the session was like with Arra and her mom Amber.  We laughed SO HARD, so many times, without which, we could have been miserable in the heat and rain.  We started off Arra’s senior session on an unseasonably warm day in the gym at her high school and it was insanely HOT in there.  After that, we headed downtown and were able to shoot a few pictures at the Current Hotel and Up Sky Bar, followed by some spots downtown Davenport, where we encountered a rainstorm.  This easily could have derailed the session, but Arra’s positive attitude continued throughout the day and we used the rainstorm to create a really cool photo with an umbrella.  We then ended the night on the Mississippi River with sparklers that took forever to get lit – and when I say forever, I don’t mean a minute or two.  It was really windy because of the storm that had blown through and we were trying to use a lighter that wouldn’t seem to spark. After two lighters and endless matches, we finally got them lit and captured some beautiful sparkler images on the water.

Here is a little about what Arra had to say about her session with Moxie:
“I had a blast working with Karen and Sam. They made my session so enjoyable with their fun ideas and great personalities. I wanted Karen to capture pictures of me that were the closest to reflecting my everyday life. Because of this, style wise I chose a more casual natural look.  I was concerned about the weather. It was supposed to be really hot, and there was a chance of rain. Well, it was really hot, but Karen did a great job of keeping me from breaking out into a sweat. It also rained briefly, but that didn’t keep Karen from being creative inside a parking garage while it passed, and also grabbing the umbrella that happened to go perfectly with the outfit I was wearing, to capture some fun pictures out in the street.  Oh my goodness, we had so much fun…I loved every part. I’d have to say we laughed pretty hard inside the elevator at the hotel headed to the rooftop for some fun shots. Karen is so much fun, and she is so good at what she does. She is available if you need help with what to wear, and will happily answer all of your questions. Our time together went by so quickly because we were having so much fun. Karen is passionate about creating the perfect shots that compliment each location. My senior session is something I will never forget, and I am so thankful to have so many amazing pictures to remind me of our time together.”

One piece of advice that Arra has for other seniors getting their photos taken?  “Have fun, and don’t stress out about it.” <— YESSS!! Great advice, Arra!

If she could describe her overall senior session experience in one word, she would choose  “delightful.”

Thank you for being such an amazing human being, Arra!!

xoxo,

Karen

Moxie Design is an award winning boutique photography studio that specializes in providing a boutique high school senior photography experience in the Quad Cities and surrounding areas including but not limited to Moline &  Rock Island, Illinois, Davenport & Bettendorf, Iowa.  Karen Bishop, owner of Moxie Design, has been recognized on both a national and international level as one of the top up and coming high school senior photographers in the industry.  Moxie Design will offer you not only images that represent the awesome person that you are, but an experience that you will remember for years to come. 

Meet Lauren.
This supermodel and I have had so much fun over the past year, working on multiple shoots. As you may have guessed, this beauty is a part of the Class of 2022 model team and she is always up for any creative and crazy idea that I throw her way.  During her main senior session, we experimented with a roll of craft paper, capturing a black and white image that is not only breathtaking, but that was featured multiple times nationally by high school senior publications.  I just kept asking her to trust me and she always responded with a smile and a yes. For her session, we stayed downtown Moline, but incorporated so many different areas – from a forest, to some cool alleyways and we ended on the top of a parking garage with this gorgeous red dress.

Here is a little about what Lauren had to say about her session with Moxie:
“I absolutely loved my session with Karen. She makes you feel so comfortable and she is like your personal hype man.  I was afraid that I would be stressed and nervous while getting my pictures taken, but Karen is such a friendly and fun loving person that I felt absolutely no stress or pressure at all during my session.  The whole session was a great experience and I would highly recommend her to anyone wanting to get senior pictures. Karen’s personality just makes the session even better. She is a very bubbly and funny person which helped me feel more comfortable during the shoot. I think anyone can take a picture but Karen really brings the pictures to life and shows your personality through your photos. Karen has a way with the camera for sure and with people. You can tell Karen really cares about all of her clients. She was a really great photographer and made me feel like I was taking pictures with just a friend. I am so glad that I got to have this experience because I have some really great memories from my senior photography shoot and I will cherish the pictures that she has taken. When it came to the shoot I knew that Karen was a professional and so I went into it with an open mind, which I think was the best option for me because then Karen could recommend poses for me, which I feel like just helped my pictures turn out overall even better. If I would have gone into the session having an expectation of exactly how I wanted the pictures to turn out I would’ve overstressed the entire thing and they wouldn’t have turned out as well, but when I just let Karen do what she wanted, they turned out even better than expected. . I feel like you can tell in all of my pictures that I am having fun and I’m excited to be there and I’m not nervous at all. I loved getting my hair and make up done professionally – that was a lot of fun!  Karen made me feel feel very welcomed and excited to take the pictures and we had some great conversation as well during the shoot. Honestly I don’t think I could pick a favorite picture because all of them say some thing different about me. I feel like she captured my entire personality through the session. Karen found a way to capture kind of what this vision that I wanted in my head that I didn’t know I wanted. I think the entire shoot was very memorable I don’t think I have a specific memory that is my favorite from the shoot because I can’t pick since they’re all my favorite. I loved how welcoming and nice she was.I think if I had my senior pictures taken by anyone else they would not have turned out as good as they did since Karen took them. I have a genuine smile that does not feel forced at all and almost all of my pictures because we were all having such a great time talking and interacting with each other. Go to Moxie Design for your senior pictures! I never thought that I could have such good senior pictures as I do until I met Karen and seeing all of the work she does. She has such a great personality and makes you feel so relaxed and welcomed during your session that there’s nothing that you need to stress about. The whole session was a blast and I had so much fun shooting it and I would highly recommend having her do your senior pictures!  I love Moxie Design because Karen made the experience something I will never forget.”

One piece of advice that Lauren has for other seniors getting their photos taken?
“Don’t be stressed or anxious about the shoot. I was a bit nervous when I went into this because I was afraid I was just gonna look a un-natural and not like myself but Karen really brought these pictures to life and I fell in love with them.”

If she could describe her overall senior session experience in one word, she would choose  “amazing.”

Thank you for letting us be a part of your senior year, Lauren!!

xoxo,

Karen

Moxie Design is an award winning boutique photography studio that specializes in providing a boutique high school senior photography experience in the Quad Cities and surrounding areas including but not limited to Moline &  Rock Island, Illinois, Davenport & Bettendorf, Iowa.  Karen Bishop, owner of Moxie Design, has been recognized on both a national and international level as one of the top up and coming high school senior photographers in the industry.  Moxie Design will offer you not only images that represent the awesome person that you are, but an experience that you will remember for years to come. 

Meet Sydney.
This MHS beauty was one of our Class of 2022 Moxie models and we have had so much fun working with her over the past year!
Our first model team shoot was last March at the Botanical Center in Rock Island and the first click of my camera with Syd was absolute magic. I knew then and there that we would create some amazing images together.  Fast forward ten months and Syd has been featured nationally multiple times and she was even printed in a High School Senior editorial magazine – twice!  I love when we are able to incorporate meaningful locations into our sessions and we were able to shoot the majority of Sydney’s full session on her Grandparent’s property – which is absolutely breathtaking!  Towards the end of the shoot, Syd mentioned that she wanted to take a shot with her jeep in this field and of course I was totally down to the idea.  We had her back the Jeep up so that one angle of the frame would be lit by the sun and then set up our off camera flash to fill in the other side of the photo and that. shot. was. ahhhmazing.  Thanks for being a part of the Moxie crew, Syd, and for rocking every shoot!

Here is what Sydney had to say about her experience with us:
“My Moxie senior photo experience was great!  I felt very comfortable and Karen pushed me outside of my comfort zones too.  I chose a few different looks for my session but I really like my western look I did with my jeep. My favorite photo is the one where I was standing on the hood of my jeep in a field and the lighting made the picture look amazing! I was worried I would look awkward in pictures because I wouldn’t be able to relax, but after 5 minutes of taking photos I felt confident about taking pictures with Karen.  My favorite part of being a model was the thrift store challenge.  It made me pick a unique outfit that I probably wouldn’t normally wear.  I really liked how open Karen was with my ideas and how she tried hard to get good pictures of me and my dog even when he wouldn’t sit still.  I love Moxie Design because there were many opportunities throughout my senior year to do pictures and I had a fun time at every session.”

If Sydney could use one word to describe her senior photos, it would be “unique.”

One piece of advice that Sydney has for our upcoming seniors?  “Be confident about what poses you are put in and stay relaxed. I feel like this really helped me during my sessions and made my pictures turn out better by being confident.”  Great advice!!

Thank you for letting us be a part of your senior year, Sydney!!

xoxo,

Karen

Moxie Design is an award winning boutique photography studio that specializes in providing a boutique high school senior photography experience in the Quad Cities and surrounding areas including but not limited to Moline &  Rock Island, Illinois, Davenport & Bettendorf, Iowa.  Karen Bishop, owner of Moxie Design, has been recognized on both a national and international level as one of the top up and coming high school senior photographers in the industry.  Moxie Design will offer you not only images that represent the awesome person that you are, but an experience that you will remember for years to come.