Senioritis. It's usually a bad thing. It happens to teens during that last year of high school and seems to cause all kinds of trouble for teachers, parents, and students alike.
In this case I've caught senioritis and it's a GOOD thing. I'm revamping my senior photography program to include a Senior Rep program, stylized senior sessions with hair and make up for the ladies, mini studio headshots for those seniors who are reluctant to have a full on senior session, and BFF senior sessions for those BFF's who just can't stand to be parted long enough to do a senior session alone.
The first step in developing a good case of senioritis was getting a good senior rep to help spread the word about all the great stuff coming to Simply Me Photography by M. Etheredge. And boy did I pick a good one!
Meet Savannah Solomon, a senior from Clements High School! Bubbly, vivacious, and beautiful, Savannah jumped right into her senior year by booking a senior session with me months in advance. I knew after a few conversations that she was THE one! A good senior rep program involves having a senior who is outgoing and outspoken in each school. Since Savannah is on the yearbook staff at her school, is involved in the Greater Limestone County Youth Leadership Program, and is a member of several clubs at school, I knew she had the contacts and the leadership skills to help me promote my senior sessions.
We crafted two sessions for Savannah that would showcase my skills as a photographer and highlight her style at the same time.
The first part of the first session was about creating a fantasy location, so I built a swing draped in flowers and we waited for the sun to drop low enough in the sky that it would light her up with a nice golden glow. We played with the swing in the side yard of my my house for a while, waiting for sun to drop even lower for the second part of the first session: the pink Victorian couch.This would be the last session I would ever to to use this couch since it was going up for auction to raise money for Perfectly Imperfect: Tyley Sue's Story, and it fit Savannah's style to a tee. During our conversations and in her senior session contract she had mentioned several times her fascination with vintage clothing and furniture and wanted her senior session to reflect her love of all things boho and shabby chic, so pairing her fashion sense with that gorgeous couch was a no brainer.
The next session was all about Savannah's vision for her senior portraits. She wanted water pictures and she wanted something unique, something no other senior would have. So we started at the huge gate at the Pennington residence. It took several tries to let all the cars go in and out but we were finally able to set up 24 candles in the deeply shaded driveway to get a dark, enchanted shot.
Next, we hopped over to a beautiful tree studded hill drenched in gorgeous golden light for a few shots.
Finally, we headed over to the creek for the grand finale: the water session.Savannah had chose a beautiful, long flowing, ivory lace dress and a stunning red and silver embroidered head piece for her boho look. We carefully picked our way across slippery rocks into the shallow creek and began slowly working our way to having a thoroughly drenched senior on our hands. Even Savannah's little brother got into the action, wading in with us to hold the reflector so we could get enough light on Savannah's face.
I am LOVING this senior rep program!
:) If you are interested in becoming a senior rep for one of the schools in Limestone or Morgan county, shoot me an email at simplymephotography@hotmail.com
I would love to have a senior in each school!
