High School & College Seniors
Your Senior Portraits Should Feel Like You
Senior year is a milestone, but it’s also a whole season of life.
Your portraits should capture more than what you looked like. They should feel like a snapshot of who you were at this moment: your personality, interests, relationships, accomplishments, and the places that mattered to you.
Senior photography with As You Are is relaxed, personal, and built around the graduate, whether we’re spending an afternoon creating portraits together or documenting pieces of the year as they actually happen.
Senior Portraits are Where As You Are Photography Started
When I was a high school junior, I noticed how stiff and posed my friends often looked in their senior photos, nothing like the people I actually knew. So I started photographing them differently, looking for the expressions, interests, and personalities that made them them.
That was back in 2008.
Nearly two decades later, that’s still what I want senior photography to feel like: a celebration of who you are right now, not somebody else’s idea of who you should be.
What Your Senior Session Includes
Whether we keep things simple or make a day of it, every senior portrait session includes:
Natural direction without stiff or forced posing
A full gallery of fully edited, high-resolution images
A private online gallery with unlimited downloads
Printing rights + web-ready versions
Sneak peeks within a few days
Full gallery delivery within 3-4 weeks
No image-count packages. If I like the photo, it’s in your final gallery.
Your Senior Session, Your Way
There’s no required senior-photo formula here.
We can go somewhere scenic, wander downtown, return to a favorite neighborhood or campus, or choose a place with personal meaning.
And if something or someone is part of your story, bring them along!
The goal of our session isn’t to check off a list of traditional senior poses.
It’s to make photographs that actually remind you of this version of yourself.
Choose Your Senior Portrait Session Experience
Mini • $300
A simple session for graduates who want a smaller collection of portraits without turning senior photos into an all-day production.
30 minutes • 1 outfit • 1 location
Standard • $400–$500
The best fit for most seniors. Enough time to change outfits, explore a couple of settings, and create variety without feeling rushed.
60-90 minutes • 2–3 outfits • 1–2 locations
For graduates who want their senior portraits to tell a bigger story with multiple meaningful locations, several outfits, hobbies or activities.
2–3 hours • 4+ outfits and locationsExtended • $600–$700
Final pricing for Standard and Extended sessions depends on location, travel, and the scope of your session.
Ways to Save on Senior Sessions
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Book two senior portrait sessions back-to-back and each graduate saves $50.
You can share part of the experience while still giving each senior their own individual session and gallery.
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Book a family portrait session within 12 months of your senior session and save $75.
Because graduation is a pretty good reminder that the whole family is changing, too.
Let’s Document Your Senior Year
Some of the photographs that matter most aren’t made during a portrait session at all.
Senior year is filled with moments that disappear quickly: games, performances, competitions, birthdays, traditions, celebrations, friendships, final seasons, graduation, and everything in between.
If you want more than portraits, I can document those parts of the year too.
Senior Year Moment • starts at $325
1 event • up to 90 minutes • full edited galleryAdd documentary coverage of one meaningful event or experience to your senior photography.
That could be:
sports • tailgates • performances • academic competitions • senior nights • birthdays • dances • awards • college decision celebrations • graduation parties • commencement • traditions with friends • or something completely your own
Longer events, including some graduation ceremonies, can be quoted based on the time and logistics involved.
Senior Year Story • starts at $1,500
2+ events • up to 90 minutes • full edited galleryThe Senior Year Story combines a portrait session with documentary photography throughout the year, creating a fuller record of this once-in-a-lifetime season.
A typical Senior Year Story includes:
A Standard senior portrait session
Documentary coverage of multiple events during senior year
Up to 90 minutes of photography at each selected event
A full edited gallery after every session or event
A Cap & Gown Mini
A custom graduation announcement design
A final Senior Year Story online gallery bringing the year together
You choose the moments worth remembering.
Maybe it’s the final home game. The musical you rehearsed for months. A debate tournament. Your eighteenth birthday. Senior night. A family graduation party. Commencement.
Or maybe it’s something quieter that simply matters to you.
There’s no checklist you have to follow. The story should look like your year.
K-State Football Senior Year Family & Friends Tailgate
Grad Portraits & Products
Not looking for yearbook photos or full-year coverage, but still need a portrait or two for grad announcements and parties? No problem!
Cap & Gown Mini • $100-$200
30 minutes • 1 outfit + cap/gown • 1 locationA short cap-and-gown portrait session that takes place within two months before or after graduation. Perfect for portraits with your diplomas, cords, or other meaningful artifacts.
Standalone Session: $200
Senior portrait client add-on: $100
Custom Grad Announcement Design • $95
3 design options • 1-2 week turnaroundTurn your favorite senior portraits into a graduation announcement designed specifically for you. Also perfect for grad party thank you cards!
I’ll create a custom 5x7 photo card using images from your gallery and tailor the design around your graduate’s personality, school colors, and graduation or party details. You’ll receive the finished files to print wherever you prefer.
Includes:
Custom front + back design
Three concept designs
Personalized graduation and/or celebration details
One round of revisions
Print- and web-ready digital files
Graduation Bundle • $175
Add both a Cap & Gown Mini and custom graduation announcement design and save $20.
If you (or your senior) hate being in front of a camera:
“I recommend Erin to everyone! Especially if you’re nervous. She is the perfect person to make you smile a real smile and capture your best self.”
Frequently Asked Questions
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High school seniors: Late summer and fall are popular for yearbook deadlines and autumn portraits. Spring works beautifully for graduation announcements and portraits closer to commencement.
College seniors: I recommend reaching out during the semester before graduation.
If you’re interested in a Senior Year Story, reaching out early in the school year gives us the most flexibility to plan the events you’d like documented.
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Anywhere that fits the graduate.
That might mean a favorite park, downtown neighborhood, school or campus, meaningful hangout, or a combination of locations.
If you have a general feeling in mind but no specific place, I’m happy to help brainstorm.
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Wear something that feels like you first.
Most seniors bring a couple of options so we can create different looks during the session. Once we’ve chosen your locations, I can also help you think through colors, patterns, and outfits that will photograph well there.
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Absolutely, and I encourage it!
Sports, musical instruments, books, art, uniforms, pets, vehicles, collections, or anything else genuinely connected to this stage of your life can help make the session more personal.
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Almost anything meaningful and photographable.
Sports, performances, academic competitions, senior nights, birthdays, dances, award ceremonies, graduation parties, commencement, and personal traditions can all work.
If you’re unsure whether something fits, ask. The whole idea is to document your version of senior year.
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No.
We can start with the moments you already know matter and leave some flexibility for things that come up during the year.
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No.
Your gallery includes high-resolution downloads and printing rights, so you’re free to print your photographs wherever you choose. For convenience, your gallery also includes access to a professional printing lab with affordable pricing.
Let’s talk!
You don’t need to know which session package you want, or even exactly what you want your senior photos to look like.
Tell me a little about who you are, what this year looks like, and what you’d actually want to remember about it. I’ll use your answers to help recommend a senior experience that fits.
Think of this less as a booking form and more as the start of our brainstorm.
