The Stuff You’ll Wish You Had Photos Of Before Senior Year Is Over
Senior year has the big moments covered. Homecoming. Prom. Graduation. Those are going to get photographed whether you plan for it or not. And that’s super great because omeone’s always got a phone out, someone’s always taking the group shot.
It’s the other stuff that slips through. The everyday things that feel too ordinary to document but turn out to be exactly what you miss. Here’s a list worth thinking about before the year is done.
Your People in Their Natural Habitat
Not a posed group photo at prom. Your friends in your regular environment — at someone’s house, at the Sonic on a Tuesday, at the lunch table, driving around with nowhere particular to go. The casual version of your friendships is almost never photographed and it’s almost always what people miss most. Take the photos. Don’t wait for an occasion.
Your Spaces
Your bedroom. Your locker. The corner of the school you always end up in. The parking spot you’ve claimed all year. These spaces are the backdrop of your daily life right now and they won’t exist in the same way after this year. A photo of your room exactly as it is — posters, mess, everything — will mean more in five years than you’d believe right now.
The Everyday Moments With Your Parents
Dinner at home. A Saturday morning. The car rides. These are happening constantly right now and they’re going to be less constant soon, whether you’re moving away for school or just moving into the next chapter. You don’t need a formal photo shoot for this — just start pointing your phone at the ordinary moments and taking more pictures than you think you need.
Your Pet
We already wrote a whole post about bringing your dog to your session, but this goes beyond that. Your pet’s everyday life — sleeping in their spot, meeting you at the door, doing their thing while you do yours — deserves to be documented. Pets don’t stay forever and thephotos you take now are the ones you’ll treasure most.
You, By Yourself, Doing Your Thing
Not a selfie for social media. Just a real photo of you doing whatever you actually do — reading, working on something, in your element, not performing for the camera. Ask someone to take a few candids of you just being yourself. The unposed, unfiltered version of you in your regular life is worth capturing.
One More Thing
Take more photos than you think you need. Of everything. The blurry ones, the mid-sentence ones, the ones where the lighting is bad and nobody looks ready. Volume is your friend. You can’t go back and take the photos you didn’t take — but you can always delete the ones that didn’t work out.
Document your life. It’s a good one.
