THE SENIOR EXPERIENCE
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capturing the real. authentic. YOU.
Parents, you want pictures that showcase the young adult your student has grown into.
I get it, I've been there!
Parents, you want pictures that showcase the young adult your student has grown into.
I get it, I've been there!
Photographing numerous seniors over the years I’ve learned:
Seniors want:
--cool pictures
--someone to listen to your ideas
--someone to guide you through poses
--To have fun throughout the process
Parents want:
--to capture this time in their seniors life
--capture all who they have become
--to freeze this moment in time
I’ve learned to help guide seniors and their families through the senior portrait process to create images you both love!
Seniors you want pictures that are uniquely YOU
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No cookie cutter senior pictures here
Let’s chat! What are your passions?
Let’s chat! What are your passions?
It’s my passion to help you discover what you want,
in order to create a senior session
you love!
It’s my passion to help you discover what you want
in order to create a senior session you love!
Maybe you have tons of ideas? Maybe you don’t even know where to start?
Either way, let’s have a conversation and create a roadmap to creating the senior session of your dreams.
Or if you’re dreading senior pictures and just doing this for mom…. Let’s create a session that will get you smiling and create images you and mom will both love! It’s happened before, I promise!
Maybe you have tons of ideas? Maybe you don’t even know where to start?
Either way, let’s have a conversation and create a roadmap to creating the senior session of your dreams.
Or if you’re dreading senior pictures and just doing this for mom…. Let’s create a session that will get you smiling and create images you and mom will both love! It’s happened before, I promise!
What do you want to capture?
Where?
What defines you?
What do you want to capture? Where? What defines you?
Senior year is a huge milestone! Lots of memories, lots of pinnacle moments, lots of fun! Let’s make your senior session as special as the year itself. We’ll start with a pre-session chat that will make session day a breeze!
Tell me about the types of locations you like. What do you enjoy--sports, dance, music, art or reading? What’s important to you-- your faith, mission trips, your future college/career?
Maybe you have a Pinterest board full of ideas… maybe you don’t even know where to start….
As we talk we’ll be discovering what will help create the senior session that focuses on what means the most to you.
The best way to get amazing senior pictures is to
create a session plan
The best way to get amazing senior pictures
is to create a session plan
Yes! Help me plan a senior session
The guy who is pleasing his mom….
The all-in ready to have a blast senior:
-- 2016 Senior rep Kate Mahnensmith
Ally
Ally and her mom had so many wonderful ideas for Ally’s senior session. They had a Pinterest board for reference and even practiced some of the trickier photo set ups. I was so impressed!!!
During her session we incorporated the ideas Ally and her mom had with fun pose prompts, beautiful locations and even images to fulfill yearbook requirements
They were so happy with their experience they later asked me to photograph her older sister's wedding. And, just recently captured Ally’s own wedding! I'm so blessed that they refer to me as their “family photographer.”
Jacob *
Some guys are into getting their senior pictures taken, but often the guys (and
girls) are getting senior pictures because it’s important to their mom. Jacob was one of those guys. He wasn’t looking forward to senior pictures, said he didn’t care what we captured, but was agreeable to whatever his mom and I thought was best. As we talked, I discovered he has some passions and interests that he would definitely enjoy incorporating into his senior session.
At the end of the session his mom leaned over and told me, he actually said “this has been kind of fun.” What a win! I was so thankful we could take an “event” he had been dreading and turn it into a part of his senior year he thought was fun!
*The name has been changed to protect the innocent and also because it could describe a good handful of senior guys I’ve been blessed to photograph
“Thank you for making everything so…. perfect”
-2016 Senior Rep
Kate Mahnensmith
“Thank you for making
everything so…. perfect”
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I love it when I get to meet siblings!
I love it when I get to meet siblings!
I want in!
Back to Kate...
Back to Kate... and her siblings
Kate, the 2016 senior rep, that made my heart so happy when she exclaimed “everything is so....perfect”. , isn't the only senior I’ve gotten to capture for her family. Early in her sister’s junior year, their mom called and said, “Sarah wants to be a senior rep for you her senior year!” Yes!!! I was so excited to have Kate’s younger sister also be a senior rep for me.
I’ve been so blessed to have many families that have asked me to capture senior pictures for multiple siblings, and several of those have also helped me out as senior reps. I’m so thankful that I provide them with such a good experience that they want that for their future seniors also.
Kate, the 2016 senior rep, that made my heart so happy when she exclaimed “everything is so....perfect”. , isn't the only senior I’ve gotten to capture for her family. Early in her sister’s junior year, their mom called and said, “Sarah wants to be a senior rep for you her senior year!” Yes!!! I was so excited to have Kate’s younger sister also be a senior rep for me.
I’ve been so blessed to have many families that have asked me to capture senior pictures for multiple siblings, and several of those have also helped me out as senior reps. I’m so thankful that I was able to provide them with such a good experience that they wanted that for their future seniors also.
Honestly they say it best…
What seniors and their families think
What seniors and their families think
"Oh my gosh this is amazing!!! I'm so excited to see how all of the pictures turn out <3 "
-Sarah "Love this, Julie! you do such an amazing job!"
-Holly
Instagram comments by Sarah and her mom about her first rep session sneak peak
"Oh my gosh this is amazing!!! I'm so excited to see how all of the pictures turn out <3 "
-Sarah
"Love this, Julie! you do such an amazing job!" -Holly
Instagram comment by Sarah and her mom about her first rep session sneak peak
So seeing finished senior pics would likely make any mom a bit teary, but these! Oh, my! And Julie, your sweet words touched my heart and made me cry.
If you are in need of a photographer who will take professional photos AND be not just interested, but invested in making your experience personal and special, Julie Baker Smith is for you!
Thank you so much, Julie!💕
Facebook post by mom of 2020 senior Kaiden
So seeing finished senior pics would likely make any mom a bit teary, but these! Oh, my! And Julie, your sweet words touched my heart and made me cry.
If you are in need of a photographer who will take professional photos AND be not just interested, but invested in making your experience personal and special,
Julie Baker Smith is for you!
Thank you so much, Julie!💕
Facebook post by mom of 2020 senior Kaiden
" I will forever post these because @simplyseekingphotography is amazing"
-Kaitlyn
Instagram story post by 2020 Senior Rep Kaitlyn
"She [Julie] does do such a fantastic job, doesn’t she? I couldn’t be more happy with what she has done for us.
Every single Senior or wedding shoot of hers I’ve seen, is just fantastic! She definitely has a gift. ❤️❤️"
Facebook post response by mom of 2020 Senior Rep Clayton
" Thank you @simplyseekingphotography for taking such amazing photos for my rep session. I am in love with all of the pictures.
I'm looking forward to more sessions with you and enjoying every part of my senior year with friends!"
--Emmy
Instagram post by 2020 Senior Rep Emmy
" Thank you @simplyseekingphotography for taking such amazing photos for my rep session. I am in love with all of the pictures.
I'm looking forward to more sessions with you and enjoying every part of my senior year with friends!"
--Emmy
Instagram post by 2020 Senior Rep Emmy
"We're on kid number 3 to get senior pictures and Julie Baker Smith at Simply Seeking Photography still amazes me!
If you're looking for a photographer she is amazing to work with!"
Facebook post by mom of 2020 Senior Rep Anna
"Thank you @simplyseekingphotography for the amazing photos. Also for being very open to ideas.
I'm really looking forward to my senior year and meeting some new peers."
--Instagram post by 2020 Senior Rep Joe
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Sessions to celebrate senior year are 1 or 2+ hours with multiple outfits and locations. All packages include both digital images. and print options
Session Fee starting at: $300 Packages starting at $200
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Whether you're a bride-to-be, a senior or needing some family portraits. I can't wait to learn more about your story and how I can help capture special memories for you and your loved ones.
