Senior portraits are a big deal because they are representative. A senior portrait, like any portrait, should represent who you are. People always tell young people when they are nearing the end of high school that “real life is on it’s way,” or that they are onto something “bigger and better.” Sure, great things are coming your way but that doesn’t make who you are at this point in time any less important.

Christiana is a member of Oxford High School’s Class of 2020. She trekked out to Moore State Park in Paxton with her boyfriend for her senior photos. I had a lot of fun spending time with the two of them as the sun was starting to set. The session was laid back and full of natural posing. I always tell clients that I aim for painless sessions and this is extra important for senior portraits because nobody wants to look at their year book in ten years only to see a very obviouslt stressed out high school senior looking back at you!

That senior portraits are something that you will look back on gives them this extra sense of life and importance. I am 35 years old (holy #&$@). About once every couple of years I will come across my yearbook and flip through the pages. Every single photograph is of a person who might be unrecognizable to me know. When I come across my own photograph my hair is slightly spiked and I am wearing a cheapo bracelet I thought was super cool that got out of a vending machine. I don’t wear vending machine bracelets anymore and I don’t spike my hair, but that photo represents who I was back when I was 17. It’s fun and sometimes important to remember who you were during the “good old days”.

Check out some photos from my senior portrait session with Christiana at Moore State Park. Click here to learn about my senior session packages!