Senior Portraits
Are you a high school or college senior attending school in the Treasure Valley? If so, I first off just wanted to say congratulations! You are so close to graduation and that is such a major accomplishment to be proud of! Getting your senior portraits taken is a fun way to commemorate this accomplishment and document such a fun season of life! I would be honored to be your senior portrait photographer, and capture what makes you, YOU!
When should I schedule my Senior portraits?
To answer this question, I recommend thinking about a few things:
1) Does my school have a deadline to submit a senior portrait photo for the yearbook, or any other publication? You want to make sure you schedule the photos with enough time to meet those deadlines. Typically this means scheduling pictures in the summer of fall of your senior year.
2) Do I want a certain look or feel for the photos or do I want to wear a certain outfit? The answer to these questions may affect which season you want to take the photos in. For example if you want flowers and greenery in the photos, summer would be the best time.
3) What does my schedule look like and what is my photographer’s availability? Does your schedule get busy when school or extracurricular activities start up? That may mean it is better to schedule the photos in the summer. As your photographer, my schedule tends to get busy in the fall as well, and so its best to schedule for the summer, or schedule in advance if you want a session in the fall.
The end of the summer is a favorite time of year for senior portraits. The weather is still warm, the sun is shining, you have a golden end of summer tan and you can wear whatever outfits you want(versus having to put on layers and layers to keep warm).
This session was a chilly one, but you wouldn’t know it because Milla’s warm and fun personality brought all the heat! A soon to be graduate of Boise High School, Milla was an honor to photograph for her senior portraits.
Jamie came from Iowa for her senior portraits and we had a blast exploring around downtown boise, then hiking up into the foothills for a glowy sunset over downtown.
Cameron’s session was my last senior session of 2022 and it was a fun, albeit cold one! She was a champ braving the cold for some epic views from the top of Camel’s Back in downtown Boise.
Today I am sharing part 1 of Madison’s senior portrait session. Madi went with my seasonal deluxe senior portrait package which meant she had a session with me in the fall as well in the spring!
So the truth about why I enjoy senior portrait sessions so much…might just be that I’m still a high schooler at heart. Surri and I had so much fun exploring around Hyde Park and Camel’s Back Park for her senior portraits.
For Lydia’s Senior portraits, Lydia requested flowers and her mom wanted the Boise foothills, and so we were able to find a good combination of both. First we met at Edwards Greenhouse and did a few photos in their outdoor gardens. Lydia loves watercolor painting and so we were able to incorporate that into the shoot.
For Hailei’s senior portrait session, we started in the foothills where we found some wild sunflowers. After a short hike, we found a view of the mountains to the north. Even though it was a bit smokey that day, it still made for an interesting vantage point.
I had such a blast capturing West’s senior portraits. West wanted her portraits done in the spring when flowers were in bloom, but needed to submit a photo for the yearbook by January. At the time it was already fall, past prime flower blooming. So I suggested we split her session into a fall shoot and a spring shoot.
Sasha is graduating from The Ambrose School in Meridian. For her senior portraits we had fun incorporating one of her favorite hobbies, archery. Sasha is a sweetheart and was up for anything I threw her way during the session. I had her climbing a tree, frolicking in a field (in heels) and and laying down in the grass.