Tag Archives: High School Senior Photography

4.19.24

Laila’s Senior Session

It occurred to me as I was editing Laila’s session that High School Senior Sessions are a lot like ordering a pizza or burger from a restaurant… and I am the chef. I have all of my Seniors fill out a questionnaire before their session to not only get a sense of their style and personality, but also as a way for them to tell me things they love or don’t like in photos they have seen. It’s kind of like the menu! Instead of saying “add extra pepperoni” or “no tomatoes”, they say things like “Glowy golden hour photos please!” or “no extreme close-ups”. I think Laila and I created the perfect recipe together because I could barely narrow down which photos to share… is that like overeating? If so, I’m stuffed!

This Senior Season has been a little like that old show “This is Your Life” where they would have a person in a chair on a stage and lots of people from the past would appear to surprise them. Since my own daughter is a senior this year, a lot of the seniors I have been shooting end up being kiddos that we know or that used to be a part of her life. Laila was one of her best buddies in first grade before we moved to a different area and school. She’s a combo of beauty and brains and will be heading to K State to study engineering! I know she is going to accomplish many great things!

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1.25.24

Snowy Senior Session at “The Nelson”

I have been busy this winter and LOVE it! Even more fun is the fact that not only are clients scheduling studio sessions, but I am still getting clients who want to get out “on location” this winter!

There is no specific answer when people ask me what my “dream client” would look like. As a matter of fact I don’t usually know the answer to that question until I show up to a session and there they are. I can tell you it almost always involves someone who is creative in some way though, so when Karinton said she was wearing her “Senior jeans” that she painted herself, I knew she would fit into the category (and it didn’t hurt that she was a beautiful and super photogenic girl!). Even better she was so sweet and fun. Karinton plans to major in Criminal Justice in college and I just know her future is very bright!

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3.14.22

Addi, Winter Senior Session ~ Lee’s Summit, Missouri

Here it is.  The Winter Session from what I am now referring to as “The Chronicles of Addi Jane”.  Ha!  I like to call this Session “The Cold Didn’t Bother Her Anyway”, which is a bit of a fib, but you wouldn’t know it by looking at these gorgeous photos.  It was a balmy 28 degrees out!  I have varying degrees of willingness to participate when it comes to seniors.  Some look at me like I’m crazy when I suggest they go near mud, bird poop, squat down (which creases sneakers and is a “no-no” for boys especially I have learned).  And then there’s Addi, jumping in streams in prom dresses, swinging from questionable branches, and testing her luck against frostbite.  I often find myself being the one asking “Are you sure this is a good idea?” at her sessions.  But the outcome always screams “YES”!

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3.14.22

Super Fun Senior Session, Crossroads Art District

When I create a blog post for a session, I carefully go through their gallery and choose a variety of my favorite photos that best represent the client, the session and the whole feel of the day.  So for this session that means you pretty much get to see the entire gallery because I just couldn’t narrow it down.  So fun, so colorful, so Kansas City!

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5.4.19

Kansas City, Mo High School Senior Photography Session- Hannah S

Hooray, it’s Spring!  For a photographer who primarily shoots outdoors, winter is kind of equal to a teacher’s summer…only colder.  I think every profession should have this “off” time.  It’s a great time to refresh, refuel, collect new ideas and inspiration and if you are lucky enough to be doing something you love, to MISS it and come back excited to be doing it again!  Hannah was my first outdoor session of the new year and I was so excited for her session, not only to be back out shooting but because it was a High School Senior Session which is one of my faves!  Most of my Senior sessions get scheduled in the fall and I am fortunate to have several of them every weekend for a month or two.  But every year there area a few last minute Spring Senior Sessions that trickle in and I am so happy that this beautiful girl was one of them this year!

Hannah is the President of Debate at her High School and also is very involved in public speaking and theater.  She is the lead in the spring play her Senior year!  For her Photo Session, she really just wanted to be her.  She wanted “natural” looking images and wanted to capture who she was at this time in her life…which I think is what every successful Senior Session should accomplish.  She loved colors and flowers in nature and we were lucky enough to have the perfect spring weekend for that!  I also LOVE that she brought an old poetry book to incorporate!

Congratulations Hannah and Class of 2019!

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