Senior portraits are such a fun and IMPORTANT thing – to me they are a right of passage, that last checkpoint of youth, an image of all you are, frozen in time as you transition into adulthood. It’s that moment, that look, that slice of fashion, personality, mood, interests – YOU, all represented in a few great images. They are the photos that you will look back on year after year, reunion after reunion, life stage after life stage, and say, that was ME, THEN. Beyond your senior photos, the next really important photos you take will be of your wedding and your family. But senior photos, they are all about YOU and only YOU. And how often does that happen??
I am constantly amazed at not only how many people LOVE taking their senior photos, but at how many people just don’t. I can imagine, life gets busy, time gets away from you, and you move on and it suddenly loses all urgency. But when you look back 10, 15 or 20 years from now, you will want to remember this time. Your children will want to know what you looked like, how your personality was, WHO you were. Make your senior portraits a PRIORITY, please! They really do, and will, mean so much. 🙂
I was so honored to receive a call from Michael’s mom back in May. Michael had already graduated and had gone to the school appointed photographer for his yearbook photos last fall, and they decided that since he was already going there for them that they would do a full senior session as well. As it turned out, they were very unhappy with the images from the school photographer. Standing in a studio holding a huge foam block that said “senior” and leaning against a white plastic column did absolutely nothing to show Michael’s personality and style. And so, because Michael’s family values great photography and they really wanted some personality-expressing senior photos of Michael, his mom called me to schedule a session.
Michael was sooooo not into doing another photo session. lol! But he was so great – we did a 1 hour, Short and Sweet session in a small downtown square and had a fun time. I really enjoyed talking to him and trying to draw out his personality. 
And his mom absolutely love his images! Yay! I absolutely loved that I could not only get great smiles from him, but also got some awesome serious shots as well. Go Michael!!
