Senior spotlight: Madison Kelley class of 2024
When Madison and I first chatted about her senior pics I felt like we just clicked. She has such a sincere personality and spoke to me with such casual ease that people usually reserve for siblings or besties. Taking great portraits of someone who doesn’t know you very well can be incredibly challenging, but Madison made my job easier just by being herself and not making me work hard to figure out what she is feeling. We had a great time with lots of genuine laughter during her session even though we had to shoot on one of the gloomiest and icky humid days of the summer. I got to know a tiny bit about her life and I must say I am incredibly impressed by this young lady. I think she can do anything she wants in life as long as she lets herself :)
Name: Maddison Kelley
Age: 18
School: Boyd J Michael III Technical Highschool
Nicknames: Maddy
Alright Madison, let’s talk about your faves
Color: Purple
Tv show: The Vampire Diaries
Book: The Hunger Games
Subject in school: Science
Teacher: Mrs. Mcdonald
Pastime: Playing with my dog or watching The Vampire Diaries.
Hobbies/extracurriculars: Painting and teaching children at church.
Top three memories of high school: Getting accepted into the Academy of Biomedical Sciences. Becoming friends with my lab partners. Getting to work in science and medicine every day for the past two years.
Clothing item: My cheap Walmart slippers lol
Lunch spot : Chick-fil-A
About the future…
You’re done with high school, what is your next move? I’m going to attend HCC to get my gen ed’s then transfer to a 4 year after.
What do you hope to be doing in the next 5 years and where? Helping people.
What’s the number one world issue you would solve if you could? Child neglect/abuse
What is your dream career (even if it’s just a dream) ? neonatal surgeon
Just for funsies…
Madison - The Movie: what celebrity should play you? Nina Dobrev just because I love her!
And on that note, if someone wrote a novel about your life what should it be called? ??
What song will you never forget the lyrics to? The song that was engraved into my mind when I was younger was Redneck Woman by Gretchen Wilson lol
Since you mentioned that song, is it your favorite? Not at all.
Pretend money ain’t no thang- where are you gonna go on vacation right now? Probably a place with clear waters.
You can only eat one thing for the rest of your life. What’s it gonna be? Potatoes, there is just so much you can do with a potato!
If your pet could talk, what do you think they might say about you? I think my Alaskan husky, Lily, would say that I’m her favorite person to nap with.
What is your proudest (maybe not biggest) accomplishment so far: I’m pretty happy that I managed to be an honors student and stay mostly on top of all of my stuff even with everything in my life being a little chaotic.
Any obscure talents? Not really obscure but I’m pretty good at painting and artistic handwriting.
What’s a skill you don’t have but want to learn? I want to make sourdough bread and better gardening skills.
Madsion was featured in the Suits and Dresses issue of Senior Luxe Magazine! The image that received a full page is the first picture you see of her in the purple gown that is totally throwing Speak Now vibes!
Don’t miss the picture of Madison from her freshman year at the bottom of her beautiful senior portrait session!