High School Senior Portraits

You may keep your yearbook from high school for the rest of your life, but you will also want to have your high school senior portraits to share with your children when they are older. These can be great reminders of how you were and what you did while you were in high school. These pictures can be taken by anyone, or you can get them done through your high school in most cases. Make sure you get some variety in your pictures. More than one pose is always appropriate and also a lot of fun.

High school senior portraits are often the first time that anyone will have what feels like their very own photo shoot. You should take advantage of this opportunity by taking more than one outfit that you love with you when you go. You can change a few times for a little variety. If you are in a school sport or some type of club, you may want to take a jersey, letterman's jacket, or other prop with you when you go so you can use them in one of your photos. These are always a lot of fun.

Some schools have contracts with photographers to come and take high school senior portraits for any students that sign up and pay the fee. These people know what to do and what to suggest so that you can make the most of your portraits. They are going to do a simple head shot that is going to look good in the yearbook, but after that, they can suggest many poses and locations. You can choose the ones that you love. Allow them to guide you and make your own suggestions as well and you will love the results. You can also find your own photographer if your parents allow you to do so.

What can be surprising to some students is that high school senior portraits are often taken the summer before senior year. You are probably use to having pictures done at school during the first part of that year, but these are done even sooner. Technically, they are junior pictures, but you probably won't change that much that it makes a difference. Not only does this ensure they are ready when you need them, it also ensures summer or fall shots if you live in an area where it might not be wise to pose for pictures outdoors because of the low temperatures.

When you order your high school senior portraits, the prices are going to be higher than what they were before when you got your pictures taken other years. Talk with your parents about the cost and what you hope to get out of your portrait package. Make sure you have enough for your parents, some to keep for yourself, and what you want to give friends and family. These pictures will be around for a long time, and you may not get any done again until you are engaged or married, so make the most of them and enjoy the experience.