Jonathan | {Kentlake 2012 Senior}

Just a week ago I drove to Covington and had the opportunity to meet and photograph Jonathan and let me tell you, I was quite impressed with this young man. First off, his dynamic smile just grabs you, but in talking with him, you quickly learn just how nice and relaxed he is. Besides Jonathan, his mom, Jenny, joined us during the session and it was really enjoyable to talk with the two of them. We were fortunate to have a beautiful day, maybe a bit more sun than one would want, but it sure beat the rain that had been “hitting and missing” during that week. We had lots of trees to work with around their yard and it was nice to have such a lovely afternoon to spend outside! Jonathan is an avid mountain biker…actually more than avid, he competes around the country and is considered semi professional and is often spending his weekends traveling to compete in different locations…he was off to Kellogg, Idaho just two days after our session. When I asked Jonathan about his future, he said he’d love to be a real “professional” in the mountain biking and actually make some money at it….and was willing to sleep in his car and eat poptarts if that is what he took, to follow his dreams! Wow, I love hearing things like that…he truly has a passion and I hope he’s able to follow his dreams!

Talk about a great smile…I would imagine that he’s caught the eye of at least a few (if not many) young women….

You can see the passion Jonathan has for his sport….he’s very dedicated and devoted and obviously quite good…it would be great to see him race sometime, I’m sure he’s even more impressive when flying down the mountain on his bike!

Jonathan is trying to decide where he’ll be next year at this time and at this point he’s looking at Western Washington State University and Washington State University (Go COUGS!) – I am sure that wherever he ends up, he will be successful as he’s a determined young man with great goals to succeed!