5 Reasons You Should Hire a Professional Senior Portrait Photographer

It’s your senior year and you’re excited to celebrate this special time in your life by documenting your
big year with a senior portrait session! Everyone has a phone that takes pretty good photos
and maybe one of your friends is an aspiring photographer, so you’re thinking about having them just take your pictures. But honestly, not everyone with an iPhone, or even a fancy camera, can take good photos. And you don’t want to entrust your senior year’s memories to just anyone with a camera. You deserve a luxury experience with a professional!

As a professional photographer, I have years of experience capturing this special time in a
teen’s life. I have honed my skills and developed an experience that allows me to get to
know each of my clients and create an individual photo shoot that tells their unique story.
There is more to photographing a senior and telling their story than simply clicking a button. Here are five reasons to book a pro for your senior photos:

• I have both the right tools and the necessary skills! In order to consistently create beautiful senior photos, you need more than an expensive camera. I have heard it before, “your camera takes great photos!” But the truth is, the camera is only as good as the person using it. It takes skill to know what camera settings, lighting, and angles works best for each photo. Creating a beautiful image doesn’t end when I click the shutter. Each photograph is individually edited with my consistent, professional style that enhances color, light, and detail while keeping your senior looking natural. The result is a polished gallery of images that feels cohesive, elevated, and worthy of displaying in your home for years to come.

• I have the best hair and makeup team! You may have excellent makeup skills after watching all those Youtube and TikTok tutorials, (I love them too!) but knowing exactly which products photograph well and how to apply them for a photo session is a completely different skill set. Photo-ready makeup is a step up from your everyday look and hiring a professional is an important part of ensuring you look your best for your senior photos. The hair and makeup artists I work with know exactly how to get you ready for the camera while also making sure you look like yourself. And honestly, who doesn’t love to be pampered and not have to stress about hair and makeup for their photos?

• You don’t have to stress about a thing! When hiring me for your senior photos, I will take care of everything you need so you are completely ready for this fun day! As a senior, you are busy with school, sports, college applications, and everything else. You don’t have time to worry about making appointments or stressing about every little detail of the photo session prep process. I will walk you through every step, provide tons of information that will answer all of the questions you might have, and plan your session to fit your unique personality. I will help you choose the best location for your vision and meet with you to plan what to wear, so you feel and look your best!

• Your images are meant to be works of art! Digital images are great for online sharing. Most teens (and their parents) are excited to share their senior photos on social media. But I am a firm believer that they are works of art that you should be able to look at and enjoy every single day. I work with the best quality labs to create works of art from your photos. Parents are big fans of being able to hang wall art of their kids! Photos are meant to be displayed and I will help you and your parents choose the right albums, wall art, prints and any other custom pieces that will make you smile when you look at them.

• You are only a high school senior once and you deserve to be celebrated! You have worked
  hard over the past 12 years and while it may have felt like it took forever to get here,
  this year will go by in the blink of an eye. By hiring a professional, you are giving yourself the gift of
  memories of this special time. You deserve to document who you are in this moment with beautiful images, so you can look back and cherish every aspect of who you are right now!

If you are ready to book your senior photo session, I would love to work with you! You can contact me here www.shaylagphotography.com/contact to find out more information and to book your session. I would be honored to be the professional that captures your senior year!

xoxo,

Shayla G