Your senior year is fast approaching! And what better way than to commemorate one of life’s biggest milestones than by documenting your senior year with a professional senior portrait session?! Don’t try to do your senior photos yourself, hire a professional photographer. I understand with the advancement of camera phones and more people having access to professional cameras, it can be tempting to allow a friend or family member dabbling in photography to take your senior photos for you to save some money. But is it worth it? Senior photography is definitely an investment but please hire a professional photographer. There is more to capturing a senior and telling their story through a camera than simply clicking the shutter. Here are 10 reasons to hire a professional photographer for your senior pictures:

EQUIPMENT

I have the right equipment and the skills! To consistently capture beautiful senior photos, you need more than a fancy camera. I have heard it before; “Your camera takes really great photos!”. In reality, the camera does what I tell it to do. So, I actually take really great photos. It takes skills to know what shutter speed, what angle, and what light works best for senior photos.

CAMERA KNOWLEDGE

Have you ever had a photo taken of you and it looked like your facial features were bigger than they actually are? That’s a result of something called distortion and it happens in the lens choice and distance from the photographer to you. Professionals know this kind of information and how to avoid making your features look different than they really are.

LIGHTING

Professional photographers know how to make you look your best in different lighting situations. We know how to avoid shadows that give you dark circles under your eyes and how to use light to make you look dewy and fresh.

EXPERIENCE IN POSING

Professionals just know how to pose you better. It’s literally our job to know what angles look best on you specifically and how to pose you so that you look incredible. We also know how to serve tons of different poses in a single session to maintain variety & interest.

PROFESSIONAL MAKEUP + HAIR

You may know lots of cool tricks for makeup after watching all those youtube tutorials. (I love them too!) Being able to know exactly what and how much to apply for a photo shoot can be more difficult. It takes more than just applying more of your everyday makeup. Hiring a professional is an important part in making sure you look your best for your senior photos. Lastly, who doesn’t love to feel pampered and not have to stress about hair and makeup for their photos?

PROFESSIONAL EDITING

While editing styles run the gamut depending on the senior photographer. Photoshop is the number one editing software for professional photographers. Professional photographers can maintain exposure, color, remove blemishes, etc. while retaining natural skin texture. Non-professional usually use apps or are not advanced in photoshop and can destroy the underlying image and manipulate the details of the image.

HIGH QUALITY IMAGES

Your images can be transformed into works of art! Digital images are great and most teens want to be able to share their senior photos on social media. But you also have the ability to create works of art from your photos and parents especially love this! Photos are meant to be displayed. With the different product options I offer, you and your parents can pick the products that best suit your needs.

ONCE IN A LIFETIME EXPERIENCE

Senior portraits are a HUGE part of your senior year and you are only a high school senior once! You deserve to be celebrated! You have worked hard over the past 12 years. And while it may have seemed like it took an eternity to get here, this moment will not last forever. By hiring a professional you are giving yourself the gift of capturing this special time and all you have accomplished. By documenting who you are at this moment, you will be able to look back and cherish every aspect of being a senior.

SESSION PREP

You don’t have to worry about a thing!! When hiring me for your senior photos, I will take care of everything for you! As a senior, you are busy with school, sports, college applications and more. You don’t have time to worry about making appointments or stressing about any part of the process. I will walk you through every step, provide tons of information that will answer any and all questions you might have. Together we will plan your session to fit your unique personality including picking the perfect location and helping you with what to wear.

A PROFESSIONAL THAT IS COMMITTED TO YOU

Lastly, when you hire a professional photographer for your senior portraits, you enter into a contract between yourself and a business owner. This means that your photographer is committed to providing you with professional portraits that you will absolutely love and cherish forever! Non-professional photographers don’t have contracts and consequently are not legally bound to provide you with what they promise. That can be really scary when it comes to documenting such an important time in your life! Entrusting your memories with a contracted professional is the only way to go! 

Now that you know you NEED a pro to capture your senior pics, want to find out how to find the right one for YOU!? Click here for our FREE GUIDE on “What to Look for When Choosing your Senior Photographer!”

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