The time has finally arrived - you're graduating from high school this academic year and about to launch into the next phase of your life! Congratulations! Whether your new path takes you to college or right into the workforce, this next step is a momentous one, and having professional senior portraits of yourself made is the perfect way to mark this milestone in your life. The pictures you'll take will give you and your parents a fond remembrance of this time in your life. The pictures are also a great way to share your excitement with your grandparents, your aunts, your uncles, your favorite hair stylist, basically EVERYONE.

Here are five reasons why senior portraits are the thing to do!

Capture your unique personality.

Looking at all the school pictures you've taken for the last 12 years of your life, I guarantee you none of them represent who you are today. Senior portraits in your parents' day were likely a little more formal as well - in a studio, hand over hand pose…you know what I'm talking about. Today's senior portraits are for YOU. When you work with a professional photographer specializing in senior portraits (Like me), you're creating a work of art that's authentically you. Using skillful lighting, posing, and editing, I work to create photographs that show off your personality and the things you love.

Celebrate your accomplishments

After hundreds of quizzes and thousands of homework assignments - you are graduating! This is an accomplishment! You've worked so hard to get here, and you totally deserve a celebratory send-off, given all that you've accomplished in your academic career, especially in the last four years of high school. Senior portrait sessions commerate all you've done and keep you looking ahead to the next big thing you're going to accomplish.

Forever Remember this moment.

Graduation is a huge occasion; while you think you'll remember it forever, time is a fickle mistress! The heady jubilation will not last forever, and it's shocking how quickly the feeling fades. Photos are an excellent way to cement in time the glorious smile you'll have on your face, the spark of who you are, and the things that were most important to you. You will always have your senior photos to relive this unique time in your life years from now.

Work with a professional and get the expertise you need

iPhones are amazing! I have one, and I'm still stunned at what it can do for you. The power of the iPhone may deceive you into thinking anyone can snap a few photos, but the iPhone is just a tool. You need someone to make you look your absolute best, so you need a professional photographer. As a pro photographer, I guide my clients through poses, stances - even facial expressions to get the images I know my clients want. Plus, only some people are skilled in lighting, framing, and editing. That's the professional difference that will give your photos the "oomph" they need to be spectacular.

Make your parents happy.

Please love your parents! I've just shared all the reasons why senior portraits are important to you, but remember - your graduation is a big deal for your parents too! What better way to thank your parents for all their support than to give them a memento celebrating how far you've come?

Graduating from high school is an important and quintessential milestone in your life. This is why it's so important to have this moment memorialized with quality images that you'll always have, and can share with your children one day. Your professional senior session is your first investment in your core memories and well worth it.

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