Your friend’s senior photos can give you an idea you’re excited to try. Save the color combination, the setting, or an outfit detail you like.
Then bring some of your own ideas into the conversation, too. Your sport, the jacket you keep wearing, a place you’d like to go.
Here are some senior picture ideas to help you plan a session in Bolivar and the 417. There’s room for the things you already love and something you want to try for the afternoon.
Start with what you enjoy
Think about where you spend your time and what you like doing. Your sport, a hobby, weekends at the lake, a place you keep going with friends.
Any of those can give us a starting point. You can also choose a place because you like how it looks. Tell us what caught your eye.
Save a few ideas to show us
An inspiration board can hold photos, colors, clothes, or places you like. You can use a folder on your phone or another way you enjoy collecting ideas.
Look through what you saved and notice the parts you keep choosing. A certain color, an outdoor setting, a jacket you’d like to wear.
You can show us the whole collection. We’ll talk about which parts you want to try.
Look through your clothes
Start with the pieces you enjoy wearing. Put a few looks together and try them with the shoes and accessories you have in mind.
You might bring a favorite outfit and something different you’ve been wanting to wear. Both can belong in your plan.
This senior picture outfit ideas guide gives you some combinations to look through.
Decide who you want in a few pictures
If you’d like a friend, sibling, or your dog included, mention that while we plan. We can talk about the photos you want and what fits your session.
It’s fun to have a picture with someone who knows why you picked that outfit. They may also know where the jacket originally came from.
Choose a place in Bolivar and the 417
Bolivar Square, a field, a lake, or a place your family owns can each give us something different to work with. Pomme de Terre Lake and the paths at Dunnegan Park are ideas to talk through, too.
Tell us what you like about the place. We can discuss the time of day, access, and any permission we need before we settle on the plan.
If your family has a property you’d like to use, tell us about it. A barn you know or a spot where you spend time might give you a photo you’d enjoy keeping.
Talk about friend photos and solo pictures
If you’d like both, tell us what you want from each. You might want a picture together in one outfit and a few on your own with your sports gear.
These BFF senior photo ideas can give you something to look at together. Check the outfit and time plan for the session you’re booking so you know what will fit.
Bring something from your own life
Your jersey, an instrument, a sketchbook, or the boots you wear everywhere can be part of the pictures. An FFA jacket, rodeo gear, or something from another activity you enjoy could give us an idea, too.
If you’re including animals or a place connected to your activity, bring that up before the day so we can work through the details.
The senior sports photos guide has ideas for including your sport. These senior portrait accessories give you some smaller things to consider.
You can bring something because you’ve had it for years or because you’re excited to wear it now. We’d like to hear about either.
Find a starting point
Look through your camera roll or your closet if you want a few ideas. You might notice a place you keep photographing or a color you keep wearing.
You can also start with one thing you know you want, like your dog in a few photos or a dress you’ve been saving for this. We can build the conversation from there.
If you’re looking at senior sessions at Jordan Brittley Studio in Bolivar, bring along the ideas you’ve collected. We work with seniors from Bolivar and across the 417, including Springfield, Branson, and southwest Missouri.
Your friend’s pictures can stay in the inspiration folder, too. You get to like what you like.
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