Had a lot of fun with Brent last week for his senior portraits. He had a really good sense of humor and we both hammed up a bit. We left plenty of time to make some great portraits. This one of him sitting in the wheel of his dad's John Deere tractor is my favorite. I saw the wheel right off the bat and I hoped it would work for a good posing tool and I just couldn't be happier with this shot. One of my best senior portraits this year. Check out my gallery for more of Brent's portraits.

Alicia Gaby - Logansport High School Class of 2011

We had a lot of fun in the studio and down at Little Turtle Waterway last night doing Alicia's senior portraits. We tried some fun new things including laying down on a picnic table, and we got tons of awesome portraits. It was a gorgeous night too, a nice cool breeze was blowing and the sun was up, but wasn't really making it hot, so we all stayed very comfortable as we were shooting. It's uncomfortable for me when it's hot, but it's tragedy when the subject of my portraits is sweating, so I'm happy to bid farewell to that hot streak. There's more samples of Alicia's portraits on my Facebook page check it out if you want to see more.

Senior Portrait Tips

Here are some tips for ensuring your high school graduation portraits turn out amazing!

1. Bring examples of things you'd like to try in your portraits. Magazine clippings, year books, catalogues or anything else with examples of poses, styles, or effects. We can combine these ideas with our own and create a truly unique portrait that captures your personal style.

2. Give your hair time to grown in after a cut. Don't get a fresh cut the day before your portrait session, a minimum of 5 days is needed for the cut to look natural.

3. Makeup should be applied normally. Use a mirror as a guide, if it looks good in the mirror it will look fine on film.

4. Ask your optometrist to remove the lenses from your glasses if possible. Reflections are very common on glasses and can be very time consuming to remove. Avoiding this problem is the best way to ensure a great portrait.

5. Simple, solid outfits work best, especially in the studio. More formal attire is also very common in the studio. Outdoor poses work well with jeans or khakis and simple solid shirts, especially muted colors. Blue, green, tan, and many more work better than glaringly bright colors such as white, yellow or red.

Follow these tips and make sure to get a good night's rest and your graduation portraits will be something you'll be proud of for years to come.

Tanner Prentice - Logansport High School Class of 2011

We had a really good session for Tanner's casual session. We'd already gotten a ton of portraits done at the ball diamond in his uniform, so these were the more fun shots that showed off his every day personality. It was really a great session, a little warm, but nothing we couldn't handle. We hit a brand new location that I've never used before and got some really unique shots. I'm working on adding some personal shots of his baseball career to his slideshow now, plus his mom told me she wants to incorporate some shots she hasn't even taken yet that will showcase his senior year of high school. I don't know about you, but I love that idea, this is going to be an awesome keepsake.

Kasey Fenstermaker - Logansport High School Class of 2011

We had a really nice portrait session yesterday for Kasey's senior portraits. We did 2 outfits outdoors and 2 more at the studio. We got a really amazing amount of variety, which is always great, and every portrait turned out really well. I strive to make it as hard as possible to decide which portraits to order by making every shot amazing, and I have to say Kasey and her mom have got their work cut out for them, they have 200 really great portraits to choose from. I uploaded my favorites to Facebook and my gallery, check them out if you want to see more.

School is back in but now is the perfect time to get senior portraits made. It's cooling off, the leaves will be changing, and you can't exactly go to the beach anyway, so call today to schedule your session, 722-3333. Check out my gallery for all of my latest seniors, tons of new stuff added every week.

Nia's Senior Portraits LHS Class of 2011

Had a great time with Nia last week doing her senior portraits. She is training to be a neo-natal nurse, and wanted to have a few shots taken in her scrubs. I thought they turned out really nice, almost look like professional headshots. We did a nice formal outfit in the studio, and then a couple of casual outfits out and about Logansport. We were out until about 9pm, and the light was becoming really really scarce at that point. We got some really great stuff though, it was a fun photo shoot.