Seniors Through A Lens

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What to bring to your senior session.

OK, to make it short and succinct just bring it all. JK

For guys, Mom, a word to the wise if you are bringing a son in for senior pictures.  Left to their own devices, a typical senior guy will bring in what he is wearing which is usually a ball cap and t-shirt. If pressed on the issue he will bring a second t-shirt, for formals of course. So guys need help. Lots of help. Threaten, coerce, bribe or do what ever you can to talk them into bringing in at least one long sleeve solid shirt or more if possible and then let them bring what ever else they want. Encourage them to check out our website where they will see some pretty cool guy shots with everything from i-pods, to laptops, to sports equipment to what ever.

 If they are into it, have them bring it. I can't tell you how many times I've had a senior guy in the studio and they actually start having fun with the session and then wish they had brought some thing from home. So tell them they owe you that much, you might need them to babysit or you may let their childhood bed wetting details slip in front of their friends but do what you have to do to get them to bring stuff. You and they will not regret it.  And when all that fails, just put it in the car yourself.

For girls, bring at least eight outfits. We won't get to them all.  It's best to have several to choose from though. Of course bring their favorites, but bring what you know they look great in as well. There is usually some disagreement on this point but just have them bring it to humor you and I will get them to wear it. I'll tell them there will be no facial retouching if they don't wear at least one that mom wants. Works every time.

I love when the girls bring at least one if not more dresses with their heels, but I know some girls don't like dresses and that's OK too. Bring sunglasses, sporting equipment, musical instruments and just about anything that says who they are. Bring casual items as well. Bring a cool coat. I will sometimes shoot a winter coat on a young lady in the middle of summer. So don't just limit your outfits to the season we are in.  Girls are better at this than guys (unless the guy is in theater of course), but if you're not sure, then bring it anyway.

The bottom line is variety is the spice of a senior session and as far as I'm concerned they can't bring enough so help them out and encourage them to bring in everything that they look good in or that is a part of their life. Elayne will give you some ideas when you call to schedule your appt. (618.585.9821) and she will suggest what photographs best. Oh, and please bring it in on hangers and ironed.  Yes, those wrinkles are gonna show and NO, we're not gonna photoshop them out for you. :)

The link below that has some good suggestions.

http://www.portraitallure.com/2010/03/lets-shop/

Here are some ideas. Hats, gloves, sunglasses, prom dress, shoes of every kind, guns, instruments, sports equipment, pets, (no snakes) :) paintings and artist brushes, scarves, etc. Just go to our website and you'll find tons of ideas.

www.seniorsthroughalens.com

I love it when a bride and groom break with tradition and just have fun on their special day. This one makes me wish I still did weddings.

Jennifer

Miss Jennifer was in the studio a couple a weeks ago and what a pretty young lady! And of course we played around and came up with some cool stuff. Thanks Jennifer for putting up with me! :)

Lisa playing with knives!

Most girls are content to play with nice soft things but Lisa would have none of that!

Logan's Video!

yeah I know...

give me a break, I'm peddling as fast as I can. I'll get some new stuff on here sometime tonight. I think....

Lisa

We had a young lady in recently that was ready to have some fun and we did! She's dancer, actor, student and just generally a fun girl to work with. Here are a few of my favorites from her session.

   

heretis

OK, OK, enough with the emails. :) I get the point. So this is the start of our new blog for www.seniorsthroughalens.com I'll do my best to keep it current etc. but you need to do your part and give me some input! Let me know what you would like to see here and so on. I'll obviously be posting new images and an occasional video etc. but if you have any ideas for what you would like to see just let me know. Thanks for looking and let's have some fun.

The remodeling is about done and here are a few pics of how the work is proceeding.