High School Senior Session Guide

What to Bring to your High School Senior Session

High School Senior Photography

High School graduation is a huge milestone in your life and it deserves to be celebrated. One of the ways to remember your high school experience and the achievement is with a senior portrait session.

This guide is here to make sure that everything goes correctly for your senior photoshoot. We want the day to be laid back and fun with no stress or anxiety.

Wardrobe

Wardrobe is one of the most important aspects of your senior session. You want to wear what feels most comfortable to you and what you feel the most confident in.

Think about what kind of looks or styles you like the best, classic? edgy? sporty? boho? Your style should be your own, don’t forget to be you!

Some outfit ideas could include:

• ones that you love the way you look and are comfortable

• ones that could represent your time in school

• ones that are more formal

Props

Props are one way to have fun in the photoshoot and commemorate and showcase any activities, sports, hobbies, or clubs that were a part of your high school experience.

Bring your cap and gown!

Other items could include sports jersey and equipment, dance shoes, musical instruments, books, sentimental items like a family heirloom. Any items that represent things you love to do that are special to you, and shows off your personality

Make-Up, Hair, Cosmetics

Bring a small bag of make-up with touch-up essentials! Mascara, foundation, concealer, chapstick/lipstick/lipgloss, blotting papers, and a small mirror. Bring hair essentials to do any touch-ups needed. Such as a hairbrush, hairspray, bobby pins, and clips.

Nails will potentially be visible in the photographs so make sure they are clean and trimmed and/or painted if you’d like.

Day of Session Checklist

• Outfits

• Shoes

• Jewelry

• Props

• Makeup Bag

• Chapstick

• Hairspray

• Lint Roller

• Stain Remover

• Hair Brush

• Deodorant

• Bobby Pins

• Mirror

Final Tips

• Choose outfits that make you FEEL beautiful.

• Your hair and makeup should match your style.

• Don’t fret those blemishes.

• Make sure you are comfortable in front of the camera.

• Personalize your photoshoot.

• Have fun!

My Social Media

Social Media

Hey! I’m on social media! Who isn’t these days. This post is all about my social media, the apps I’m on and my online presence. This is a way to check out my work and my photography style aside from my website. I’m on Instagram, Facebook, TikTok and Pinterest.

Instagram

You can find me on instagram at @richele_renea_photography. I post a bunch on there with recent photoshoots, from weddings to portraits to families, behind the scenes content and upcoming photoshoot bookings.

Link: https://www.instagram.com/richele_renea_photography/

Facebook

My Facebook page is Richele Renea Photography! I post almost daily on there.

Your Body is a Wonderland

This is a private Facebook group that I created for the ladies who want to feel strong and powerful in their own skin! You can find the group on my page under groups and request to join if you’d like!

Link: https://www.facebook.com/richelereneaphotography

TikTok

I am still learning and experimenting with TikTok and editing videos and everything that comes along with that form of content. The reels have become such a big part of the content that is consumed on the internet today. Follow me on TikTok @richelereneaphotography and see all the behind the scenes videos!

Link: https://www.tiktok.com/@richelereneaphotography?lang=en

Pinterest

I have been more getting into pinning and posting my photography on Pinterest. A lot of my blog posts and photos are pinned into boards for example wedding photography, family photography and so on.

Link: https://www.pinterest.com/studio2211

Follow Me and Join the Fun!

Follow me on my social media so you don’t miss out on any new posts and so you’ll have my contact information to potentially book a shoot! Hopefully, I will talk to you soon!

Why Book an Engagement Session?

Why You Should Book an Engagement Session

Engagement sessions are a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to capture the love, joy, excitement and anticipation in the days leading up to your wedding.

5 Reasons to Book an Engagement Session

To Celebrate and Have Fun!

You said YES! Let’s celebrate.

This is such n exciting time in your life and some celebration is in the cards. Planning a wedding can be stressful, there’s a bunch of decisions to be made. This is the time to set that all aside and spends some time having fun and celebrating together, before all the craziness.

Announcement

An engagement session gives you unique and beautiful professional photos to share with all your friends and family. Use these to announce your engagement and share your love story! You can use them for any digital or printed materials for the wedding like save-the-dates or invitations.

Create Memories

This is special time and season for you. Having these photos to look back on and reminisce in 10, 20, 50 years is so special. The power of photography allows you to document and have these memories of specific times in your life that you can look back on. The location for the shoot can contribute to this. Choose a location that has some meaning or connection to your love story and relationship.

Ice Breaker

This is the perfect opportunity to get to know your photographer and they can get to know you as well! It gives the photographer a chance to figure out what works best for you. Establishing a relationship with your wedding photographer is key. The more familiar, the more relaxed and comfortable.

Finding Comfort & Easing Fear

This is the time to experiment, learn and find comfort in being in front of the camera. Not everyone feels comfortable in front of the camera and that is okay. This is the opportunity to see yourself in pictures, get practice in before the big day and allows you the time to ease the nerves when you are not the center of attention.

What you should know about Easter Mini Sessions

Easter Mini Sessions

Easter is coming soon. Will it be better than last Easter when everything was shutting down?
Probably not. But I do believe that my studio will be open! That means I can have a successful year of Easter Sessions. Check out this image below to learn the details of this years Easter Sessions.

What should you bring to your Easter Session?

Typically you see various Easter outfits come through the studio doors. Last year, I only had a small amount of sessions due to the pandemic. I would love to give you some ideas while you are looking for the perfect outfit this year. Check out the links I have provided below.

Girl Idea

Amazon is a great place to find super cute outfits.

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Boy Idea

Boutiques are also great places to shop.

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Head Piece

Etsy… Need I say more?

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Show up with the best dressed family. Avoid too much match matchy and bright colors. Stick to a more pastel, simple outfit. Add something EXTRA! Don’t afraid to get some head pieces to go with the extra cute outfit. Bunny ears, hats, bonnets, and crowns just add to an image. Make your session worth it by dressing your family in the right attire.

Pandemic Weddings

2020 was a disaster, to say the least.
The rescheduling, the cancellations, and the thought in the back of your head… WHEN CAN WE GET MARRIED?!?! I managed to get married October 2020 BUT we ended up eloping and only having our parents in attendance. It was small and simple. In September 2021, we are planning to have our family attend our reception to celebrate. I feel like this is a trend right now. Small intimate weddings are allowed so we will just celebrate later. I photographed a handful of weddings in 2020, but also sad that I had multiple cancellations.

Will 2021 be better?
We all have hope that this year will be better. We all hope to celebrate with our friends and family.
I have a handful of dates still open. I want to assure you that you will get your money back if we have to cancel due to the pandemic. I want you to feel comfortable to plan your wedding the way you have always dreamed. Have faith that all of your dreams will come true. You can not live in fear - you will get your day. Let’s hope for this vaccine to get to as many people as possible this year.

Helpful tips for a pandemic wedding:
- Don’t Fear
- Relax
- Use your own property

I photographed a wedding in 2020 that was a quick church ceremony and the reception was at the couples home. It was absolutely beautiful. You can make your wedding beautiful without stressing over the biggest venues that are most likely going to follow strict rules and probably won’t even have your date open.

If you’re looking for a photographer this years would love to help you have the best day and create amazing memories.