Autumn Senior Photos

A life experience story:

I never took senior photos when I was in High School. I was extremely self-conscious, had low self-esteem, and it just wasn’t really something you did. Further than that, this was during a really cheesy time in the professional photography world. Even at the time, I knew it was bad. My yearbook picture wasn’t great, either, though it WAS one of the better ones from the four years.

I regret not having really awesome senior photos while I had the chance. If I had been able to find a really great photographer who would work with me on making the session my own, on making really pretty and flattering images of me, I would have been ALL OVER IT.

My best friend in High School, Hannah, went and had a senior session done, though. I, of course, accompanied her. And this guy was NOT one of the photographers I was looking for. Aside from being slightly creepy {always nice, right?}, he was very fond of feather boas and straight-out-of-the-80′s “glamour.” I’m talking about white gloves and the tilted head glamour. Full-on cheese!

Hannah’s mom even asked for him to take a couple of shots of me, since we were so close, and he visibly hemmed and hawed about it before finally giving in. I don’t remember what he said, I don’t know if I ever saw the images, but I’ll tell you how it made me feel for almost the REST OF MY LIFE: unphotogenic and unattractive. To this day, even though I don’t believe in people being unphotogenic, I sometimes catch myself feeling that way, again. I’m now able to stop and correct it, but it stayed with me.

So that’s one of the reasons I want so badly to provide a really awesome senior photos experiences to my clients. I know how it is to have a bad photographer at such a delicate time of life, and I wouldn’t wish that on ANYONE. Because it stays with you.

Years from now, when my clients are grown up and showing their friends & family members their senior photos again {because they just can’t help it; they love the images!}, they’ll remember that we had a BLAST shooting together, and they’ll remember that they felt good about themselves, good about BEING themselves.

And that’s the most important thing, to me.

Brianna and I set up an autumn senior photo session, featuring a bunch of super cute outfits & a jersey from her favorite Green Bay Packer’s player, and even working in her goofball boyfriend, Zac. Hair & make-up by Melanie Mae.

Thanks, Brianna. You’re awesome, and were SO much fun to shoot.

My name is Raven and I shoot amazing couples and their amazing weddings, both traditional and offbeat. I always look for wedding clients who like to have fun, are creative, and love to laugh. Along with weddings, I shoot engagement sessions, family portraits, children’s portraits, senior portraits, boudoir sessions, and just about everything in between. I’m based north of Atlanta, Georgia, but I’m available for and love travel world-wide.