SENIOR PORTRAITS

Watch This 2-Minute Video Explaining Our Senior Portraits

Your session is NOT time limited. We believe in having fun and getting images that you love. Most of our seniors start tiring out after an hour or so of shooting, so please keep that in mind. Only an appointment coming in behind you will limit our session to 1.5- 2 hours. Plenty of time.
Please feel free to bring friends, including boyfriends or girlfriends, and/or other family members to the session. Buddy pictures are always fun and are at no additional cost.
All images are posted online and made available to you to share with family and friends, or print and post to social media as you like. There is no additional cost.
Yes! We do designation sessions and can give you a quote. If you want a photographer to photograph your senior in the most awesome of locations, let’s discuss the details. We do mean worldwide.

A professional, unlimited senior portrait session.
A session on-location within 45 minute drive time of Phoenix, Arizona. We do destination portraits too, please ask for a quote.
As many outfit changes as you’d like.
All images taken during your session will be added to an online gallery to view and download. Feel free to share with extended family and friends.
10 images of your choice will be professionally retouched and edited.
FREE full-resolution digital downloads of everything we shoot. Share and post to social media.
FREE professional retouching and editing of your selected images.
If requested, a black and white (BW) version of your selections is also FREE.
Larger print-ready digital files available upon request and at no cost.

Depending on the weather, we will meet at the location we’ve discussed. We can chat about it ahead of time and plan it.
We will try several poses and let our creative minds take over.
Pinterest boards are a thing of genius and go a long way toward sharing your ideas. Please feel free to pin images you like and share them with us before we shoot. Examples go a long way toward understanding what you like.
Feel free to bring music.
We appreciate parents that want to jump in and help direct the action. Everything is flexible and after all, this is about capturing those special moments.
Please see below for tips, and dos and don’ts

A one-time, flat rate of $395. Destination shoots available, please contact me here to discuss.
Why do we charge a flat rate when so many others don’t? Many other senior photographers provide a “sitting fee” or “session fee” and then charge for prints or packages (all given during the “Reveal”), and/or downloading digital files. Nothing is wrong with this traditional method, but we want you to know your final cost upfront without any “adders” or price increases. We prefer focusing our time on creating stunning images, rather than upselling you prints and packages for more money.
If you want prints, frames, books, etc…, here’s a link to our Amazon page PRINT ACCESSORIES with some great examples. If you’re willing to order online, you will save you and your family hundreds or even thousands of dollars. We all use the same type of printers, so why pay the added expense? Now, if you really just want to pick some pictures and not worry about selecting a good printer and multiple packages, we can help. This is supposed to be flexible, so please just let us know how you’d like to capture this special moment in time and we will happily accommodate.

All of images we shoot will be posted to an online gallery within 48-hours for your review.
They will be posted with minor edits and no retouching.
Please select 10 images you’d like professionally retouched, by adding them to your favorites in your gallery.
Retouching takes approximately a week after you’ve selected your images. If you need a “rush” placed on your images please let us know.
Once the retouched images are done, they will be uploaded to the same gallery where you can download them at your convenience. Galleries remain in place for roughly a year. Please do yourself a favor and download everything you may want in the first few weeks.
Please don’t use the gallery to “store” your images. We do archive images, but worldly things happen. Servers crash, backups go blank, and as with Covid, businesses shut down. Please play it safe and download everything you may want.
Everything will be sized to a minimum of 11x14 resolution. If you need larger prints please let us know.

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Hair and makeup is a great idea. We don’t do hair and makeup, but we can provide referrals for MUA that we’ve worked with in the past.
Please NO GLITTERY MAKEUP (cover-up, blush, etc). This will show up as white dots all over your skin.
Dry skin is trouble and we dislike it as much as you do. We totally suggest trying to exfoliate two days before (not the day before) and moisturize. Please give your skin time to recover. Don’t do anything the day of that will leave your skin red and swollen. Lip moisturizer helps.
A lint brush is very much recommended, especially for those with pets. You may not notice it, but our cameras will. Pet hairs are the number one reason we end up editing clothing versus focusing on skin and faces. If you have pets, please think about washing all clothing the day of or the day before, and then double-check for hair. Don’t forget, your car may have hair in it too.

Parents, we don’t always see everything. Please jump in and fix. Now’s your chance to help :). A hair running into the mouth or zipper popping out. We encourage it! You’re welcome to join in the fun!
Be comfortable and dress how you want to be remembered. Outfit changes are not limited so bring it all.
Solid colors are best. Think contrast with top versus bottom. Super cool shoes always help, or no shoes at all, looks cool too.
Wild patterns and lines usually DON’T photograph well. You may think they would, but the flower shirt with 5 colors and swirling designs really don’t do as well as a solid black shirt. Stick to solids if you can.
Props, props, and more props… Bring all your favorites. You never know what will work well on the day of the shoot. Hats, glasses, sports gear, all of it!
Gals think about heels for long jeans and skirts. Or go with Vans, Converse, or Allstars. Heels extend your height and legs. Makes everything looks longer.
Gals, if we are outside remember your hair is going to fly! Love the wind… don’t you? Bring options. Hats, scarves, loose scrunchies, or whatever you can. Or we do the wild in the wind thing and hide from it as best as we can. :)
Lettermen jackets = yes!
Hats = yes!
Jeans, sneakers, and fun gear = yes!
College logo gear = yes!
Sports gear and uniforms = yes!
Please bring water! It gets hot outside.
Feel free to suggest or scout locations. Fields, urban, beaches, woods, lakes it’s all good.