| Information is key to providing a terrific customized | | | | images mainly for digital distribution, Facebook, |
| senior shoot for your clients. By gathering the | | | | texting, blogging, etc., you can customize colors to |
| information suggested in this article you can better | | | | match their blog or website or provide a variety of |
| prepare yourself and help your clients prepare | | | | different looks for each image. |
| themselves for their senior photo shoot. Prior to the | | | | 3. Where the senior would like to have the portraits |
| shoot, you should find out the following: | | | | taken. Many photographers offer both a studio and |
| Information for an Effective Senior Photoshoot | | | | on site location option in their packages. By asking |
| | | | about the off site location early, a photographer can |
| 1. What activities he or she participated in while in | | | | encourage the senior to begin thinking of a location |
| High School. The session is after all a way to | | | | that will mesh with their personality. |
| remember high school. This information will help you | | | | 4. What props the senior would like to bring to the |
| personalize and customize the shoot. | | | | shoot. If this is asked early in the process a rush |
| 2. How the senior (and his parents) would like to | | | | decision can be avoided and the session will be shot |
| display the images. If they are planning on one large | | | | with props that have been given careful |
| portrait for the side of the wall than you can shoot | | | | consideration. |
| and edit to accommodate this desire. If they would | | | | A photography business needs to customize its |
| like to create a wall grouping you can shoot and edit | | | | services to the seniors, their clients. This can be |
| so that you have images of a wall grouping that fit | | | | effectively done by gathering appropriate, relevant |
| aesthetically together. If they plan on using the | | | | information. |