Western Albemarle High School Football Player Senior Portraits

From the first time I met this handsome WAHS football player many years ago, I was instantly endeared to him. He has so many of the fabulous qualities that I admired in his beloved mother: he draws people in and recognizes the good in others. Even as a boy, he effortlessly charmed everyone around him with his easy-going spirit and natural joy. I cannot overstate how proud I am of this incredible young man. He has endured unimaginable heartache and loss, to an extent that many grown adults would have stumbled beyond recovery. Yet, he has persevered …and flourished! His intelligence, athletic ability, and diligence are all impressive, but his beautiful, kind heart is one of a kind! It was such a gift to spend time with him and to hear about his lofty goals for the future during his senior portrait session. I hope that as he moves on to exciting new chapters of his life that he always knows how amazing and fiercely loved he is.

“You were born with a light inside of you-the light that makes you who you are. All of your talents, all of your gifts, all of the joy and love and enthusiasm you have to give the world; your smile, your laughter, your ideas, your heart is all embodied in that light. Your light is unique to you. There is no other light in the world that looks exactly the same as yours. So, please. Please. Don’t change that light. The world needs it.”  -Kelle Hampton