Relaxed, confident senior pictures in Richland, Kennewick and Pasco — planned around your style, shot across several locations in one golden-hour evening.
This Year Only Happens Once
Senior year moves fast. School, games, applications, lasts of everything you didn't know were lasts.
Your senior pictures are the one place where all of it slows down for an evening — who you are right now, before everything changes. And I take that seriously, because I've been photographing seniors in this valley for twenty years and I've watched a lot of them turn into adults.
Here's what I've learned: the best senior pictures don't come from copying somebody else's Pinterest board. They come from your actual style, your actual personality, and a photographer who's paying attention.
"I'm Not Photogenic" — Let's Deal With That Now
Almost every senior says some version of this before their session. "I don't know how to pose." "I don't know what to do with my hands." "I always look weird in pictures."
Then there's my favorite moment of every shoot: I turn the camera around and show you the back of it. Watching someone who was sure they weren't photogenic realize they absolutely are — that never gets old. Not after hundreds of sessions.
You don't have to know how to pose. That's genuinely my job. I'll guide you the entire time with prompts, movement and a few things that will feel completely ridiculous. I will probably ask you to fake-laugh, and you'll feel silly, and then a real laugh comes out, and that's the frame you'll pick.
You're hiring someone who's done this a long time. This is not my first rodeo — you just have to show up and have a good time.
Several Locations, One Evening
Senior sessions are my favorite thing to shoot, and part of the reason is that you can move. You're seventeen and you can get around, which means we're not stuck in one place.
A typical session bounces between a few spots chosen for your style — open fields, the river, flower gardens, brick and murals downtown, sometimes even a coffee shop or a library if that's your vibe. I pick locations close enough together that we're not burning your session time in the car, because once the clock starts, the session has started. And the sun doesn't wait around for us.
Green and lush, dry and moody, urban and edgy — we'll figure out which one is you before we ever meet.
How We Plan Yours
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We talk first.
A phone call about your style, your interests, and what you want these to look like.
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We plan outfits together.
Send me what you're thinking. I'll help you choose things that photograph beautifully and that you can actually move in — no brand-new shoes you can't walk in, nothing you'll be tugging at all evening.
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You show me what you like.
I'll send you to my Instagram and ask you to just hit "like" on the scenery and light you're drawn to. That tells me more about the session you want than any questionnaire could.
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Then we shoot.
Bring a friend, bring your mom, bring your dog. Bring music. Whatever makes you feel like yourself.
For Parents
I know these photographs are for both of you.
My promise: your senior will be guided, comfortable and safe the entire session, and the images will show the young adult you actually know — not a stiff, over-posed version of them.
And then there's the part I can't fully prepare you for. I've sat across from a lot of parents seeing their senior's gallery for the first time, and their eyes fill up almost every time. Sometimes because their baby grew up. Sometimes because their child was finally captured the way they see them. Sometimes because of everything that kid walked through to get to this year.
Many of the seniors I photograph now, I photographed when they were small. That's the part of twenty years in one town that I didn't see coming.
When to Book
Most Tri-Cities seniors shoot the summer before senior year or early fall, ahead of yearbook deadlines. Spring of junior year works beautifully too and beats the rush entirely.
Senior dates fill faster than anything else I photograph — summer evenings and October go first. Reach out four to six weeks before the date you want, and earlier for those windows.
And if you're reading this thinking you've left it too late: you almost certainly haven't. The deadline is the yearbook's, not your photographs'.
Senior Picture Questions
When should I take my senior pictures?
Summer before senior year or early fall for most seniors, ahead of yearbook deadlines. Spring of junior year is a great, less crowded option — and winter sessions can be stunning if you want something different.
How many outfits can I bring?
We'll plan that together on our call, and it depends on your session length. The important thing is that each one is something you can move comfortably in.
Can I bring someone with me?
Please do. A parent, a best friend, your dog — anyone who helps you relax and have fun.
Where do senior sessions happen?
Outdoors at golden hour across the Tri-Cities — Richland, Kennewick, Pasco and the spaces between. We usually visit several locations in one evening, chosen for your style.
What if it rains?
We talk it through. If the calendar allows, I'll happily move us to better light.
How long until I see them?
About two weeks, and then we sit down together to go through your gallery in person.