The Ultimate Starter Guide to Senior Photography

Senior photography is about so much more than knowing your camera settings.

You need to know how to find the right light, choose locations that give you variety, pose and direct your senior without making them feel awkward, create genuine expressions, and deliver a gallery that feels polished and complete.

That’s what I’m going to teach you.

I’m a Click Pro Elite photographer, Unraveled Expert Artist, and NAPCP Master Photographer in Senior Photography. Over the past 10+ years, I’ve photographed more than 2,000 seniors and built a photography business with senior portraits at its core.

Along the way, I’ve learned what works — and just as importantly, what doesn’t.

This course brings those years of experience together into a practical guide you can use at your own senior sessions. Whether you're beginning your senior photography business or you're an established photographer who wants to become more confident photographing seniors, I'll walk you through the process from planning the session to delivering the final gallery.

What You'll Learn

• Organization & Workflow — Create a smoother process from booking and planning through the senior session and final gallery.

• Location Scouting — Learn what I look for in a location and how to find multiple shooting opportunities within one space.

• Connecting With Seniors — Help teenagers relax in front of your camera so you can move beyond stiff smiles and forced expressions.

• Posing & Direction — Learn how to pose, prompt and direct seniors naturally while creating variety throughout the session.

• Working With Light — Recognize beautiful light, work through changing conditions and make better decisions about where to place your senior.

• Composition & Cropping — Use your surroundings and intentional framing to create stronger, more interesting portraits.

• Styling & Wardrobe — Help seniors choose clothing that photographs beautifully and gives their gallery variety.

• Skin Tones & Editing — Learn how I approach natural skin tones and create a consistent, polished senior gallery.

And yes, we're going to talk about the awkward part.

One of the biggest challenges in senior photography isn't technical at all. It's having a teenager standing in front of your camera who tells you, “I don't know what to do.”

You'll learn how I communicate, pose and prompt throughout a session so my seniors don't have to know what to do. That's our job as photographers.

When your senior feels comfortable, everything changes — their expressions, their movement and ultimately the photographs you create.

Bonus: Follow Along With My Editing Workflow

You'll also receive 7 editing video modules plus 4 bonus videos that take you through my Adobe Lightroom workflow. I'll show you how I approach editing, skin tones, consistency and the finishing decisions that help turn individual photographs into a cohesive gallery.

Adobe Lightroom is not included with the course.

Build the Skills You Can Take Into Every Senior Session

My goal isn't for you to photograph seniors exactly the way I do.

It's to teach you how to see the light, direct your subject, make confident decisions and understand why something works so you can develop a senior photography style and experience that's your own.

You should walk into your next senior session with fewer “What do I do now?” moments and a lot more confidence in what you're creating.

Ready to become a more confident senior photographer?

Join me in The Ultimate Starter Guide to Senior Photography.