Elena Shur Photography

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What Are Senior Portraits and Why Do We Need Them?

The best Senior photos are the ones where you are captured being YOURSELF!

 If you've graduated high school, you've probably taken a senior yearbook photo. However, a senior photo session is much different from the average senior yearbook picture. Seniors are not required to wear their graduation gowns (unless they want to) or follow any strict wardrobe rules. In a senior photo session, seniors are given the opportunity to choose every outfit - which allows them to express their individuality. Senior portraits are about celebrating a life stage! Senior year is all about being on the cusp of something great - the future, and seniors will never see the world the way they do right now. Not only are these photos great memories, but the photoshoot is also a great experience to have! The senior becomes a model for the day, getting their hair and makeup done and expressing themselves in any way that they want! These are photos that are cherished for life! I offer a variety of products such as photo books, prints, canvases to hang on your walls, and of course digital copies to show off on social media! 

In many areas of the US, a senior portrait session is tradition. In NYC it isn't as popular but lets be real, it should be! Senior portraits are FUN, high-quality images!  How often do you get an opportunity to have a fashion shoot? How often do you get to make the shoot all about you?  How often does a photo shoot really show a snapshot of your life? High school seniors have one opportunity to show the world who they are in a really creative way. Remember, time is fleeting. Your high school years have likely flew by, and soon, this moment will be gone too. For many people, their high school senior portraits will be the last portrait they ever have taken!

Not only are senior portraits fun for the upcoming graduate, but these portraits are also for the parents. The child you have raised for 18 or so years is never going to be the same. They will soon move on to college or the workforce, and the recent memories you have now will become more and more distant. Senior portraits are a way to preserve this part of their life - to keep these memories alive for years to come. Don't miss out because you will regret it later!