It is no secret that I love working with my model team and it’s also pretty common knowledge that my favorite shoot of the year is always our annual thrift store challenge. Each year, our models have a limited amount of money to spend on a head to toe outfit that must be purchased from a resale shop and then they can choose to style their look for the session. The hard part of this shoot is trying to perfectly match each model’s look with a different backdrop, while not repeating or reusing any of the same spaces, ensuring that everyone’s photos look different.

This year, our votes went down to the last minute of the challenge! Over 5,200 votes were cast and in the closest race to date, Elias and Emily went head to head! At the time we closed voting, only six votes separated the two and Elias and his salmon colored look took the top prize! Looking forward to working with Eli on his spring session in April!!

I can’t wait to see what our Moxie models will choose this summer!!
So happy to share my five favorites with each model (and a couple of extras of our winner)!!

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.