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Bolivar High School Prom Photos | Bolivar MO
These Bolivar prom photos are from a Bolivar High School group session at a private home in Bolivar, MO and by the time the camera showed up, the group was already fully in it. Corsages going on, suits getting their last-minute checks, everyone hanging out on a property with rolling green lawn and redbud trees coming in pink at the edges. The stone patio was completely soaked. The covered porch was dry. You can guess which one they picked.
Aileen | Senior Photographer Bolivar MO
Aileen is a Class of 2026 senior and a painter, and she brought both of those things to her session at the studio! She walked in with her canvases, her brushes, her palette full of dried acrylic, and a floral corset top she wore like she painted in it regularly. She probably does.
Weightlifting BFF Senior Session for Guys Bolivar MO | Logan and Sam
Emma here! I may be a little biased because one of these guys is my boyfriend, but I think this session turned out really well. Sam and his best friend Logan are both Bolivar High School seniors, and when I asked if they wanted to do their session together at the gym, they were on board.
Ellaina and Tessa BFF Senior Photos | Bolivar MO Senior Photographer
This BFF senior session in Bolivar, MO was shot by Eisley and she took Ellaina and Tessa to Dunnegan Memorial Park in Bolivar, MO at golden hour. Bolivar has a beautiful park that is full of gorgeous spots. What more can you ask for?
Senior Road Trip Photos at Stockton Lake | Stockton MO Senior Photographer
Stockton Lake sits about 30 minutes from Bolivar in the Missouri Ozarks and it is the kind of place that makes a senior road trip session feel like an actual event.
Kami | Senior Photographer Bolivar MO
Meet Kami, a senior at Bolivar High School and such a joy to have in the studio. She came in as a friend of our newest team member Emma, and what started as a portfolio-building session turned into one of those shoots where everything just clicks. I'm obsessed.
Ella Senior Sports Session in the 417
As an athlete myself, something that is super important to me when taking sports pictures is being able to capture the strength, focus, and courage that comes with being an athlete. Ella did a perfect job of modeling these attributes with this sports senior session!
Ellaina Porter | Senior Photographer Bolivar MO Square Session
Ellaina Porter is a Bolivar High School senior and we jumped out of the studio to get some photos on the square. The Bolivar Square is one of those spots that looks like it was made for golden hour: brick buildings, old storefronts, warm light cutting through at exactly the right angle when the sun starts to drop behind downtown.
Ellaina Porter | Senior Photos Bolivar MO
Ellaina Porter is a Bolivar High School senior and she walks into a room like she owns it. Her session at Jordan Brittley Studio was an athletic studio session and she came ready to move the whole time: jacket, poses, energy.
Senior Photos in the Snow: Eisley
Eisley is such a joy and I really wanted this mini snow day session to bring that out while also capturing her soft, introspective side.
It’s been so fun to get to know her as she has worked with me (Hi, Jordan here!) at the studio. She is kind, thoughtful, super fun and down for trotting through the frigid temps for some snowy senior photos.
Senior Photos in the Snow: Sophie Stimpson
Sophie is such a talented, bright young woman and I wanted to capture that inner confidence that is being grown in her each day.
Galentines Photo Session
This friend group was so fun and Eisley did such a great job of bringing out their personalities. I am obsessed with the hands-making-hearts pose and the individual pics on the stool