Picture Perfect Senior Portraits

I remember my senior portraits, the photography was limited to a few standard poses of my shoulders and face and one full body picture. This type of photography was typical and, unfortunately, it is still rather typical for senior portraits taken by school photographers. Fortunately, freelance, amateur, and even moderately priced professionals are now more readily available.If you are taking senior portraits there are a few things you can do to make sure they are perfect.  

Natural Light- This is a great way to make your pictures look fantastic. Natural light will highlight the subject in a way artificial light never could.

Look Around – Don’t have the subject look directly at the camera for each shot. Capture them looking away from the camera as well as some shots of his or her profile. All of these will allow you to capture aspects of the subject a head on shot would miss.

Personalize – Photography should capture the essence of a person. Have the subject bring items that are evocative of their high school life such as a jersey, or a band instrument, or cheerleading costume. Perhaps take pictures on the football field, in the gym, or anywhere the student spends a lot of time.

How have you captured picture perfect senior portraits?

Photo Credit: Herkie

July 27th, 2009 by birdievogel | Posted in Techniques | (0)