He’s actually not the first high school senior I have told that, but with construction started on the Topsham side and large temporary platform in place adjacent to the decking of the Frank J. Wood Bridge the view when under the Green Bridge will definitely be different.
No fear though, there are plenty of other sites down by the river—-on both sides—for good photos. Things are moving quickly over there though. The photos of Carter were taken around September 8, the pair showing the platform stage upstream were taken just two weeks later.
Today—October 1st—I’d say I have room to schedule two, maybe three, more high school seniors before that November first deadline (in Brunswick anyway) for yearbook submissions.
The sun set this evening at 6:21. Daylight will dwindle rapidly through the month, but the good news is we don’t set the clocks back until November 5th, four days after the yearbook photo deadline in Brunswick. So the sun will still be above the horizon until 5:30 on Halloween.
The golden hour, morning or evening, is a favored time for outdoor portraits. But the truth is it is really a golden thirty-five minutes. The good news is that in the morning and evening it is preceded and followed by the blue hour.
The bad news is unless your high school senior is working the tides they are probably sleeping in and only available for the evening hours (I can get up early if your senior is ready to go).
With a month to go, I have two shoots in the pipeline right now—-and I like to leave time for rescheduling due to weather and also still leave families with plenty of time to debate your favorites. So probably two, maybe three more can sign on before I call it a season.
RATES:
$225. Basic package. Up to two hours shooting on location, in the Midcoast area, the towns served by Brunswick, Freeport, Morse and Mt. Ararat High Schools.
What you'll get: 15 plus digital images, edited and delivered electronically. Images formatted according to yearbook specifications—the final image may need to be resized for submission.
Printing available for additional fees.
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Some frequently asked questions:
Scheduling with the senior directly is much, much easier for all of us. They know their own schedule. They are also going to be way more reponsive to me—-I’ve only got one thing to pester them about. Parents have a list of twenty things.
Trying to pick a specific date more than four days ahead is almost useless—-everyone wants these taken outside and outside the weather forecast is only really good a few days out.
Bring a friend, or sibling. It’ll bring a little humor and ease any tension. Parents? Not so much.
Props? Your guitar, your dirt bike, the full moon shining off your Camaro’s hood? I’ll do it but we want the conventional shots too. Year book photos print quite small, forty years from now (trust me) you will be looking for a good head shot. I have taken shots with significant others, pets, gear, running through the woods, running through the woods with gear. Almost always the classic tight shot on head and torso gets chosen. A nice recognizable background is pleasant, but it is secondary.
Editing is a process that takes some time. It’ll will be several days, maybe a week, before you see the first edit of 15 photos. All of them will be lightly edited but some will be more completly edited (think skin). This gives the senior a chance to determine their favorites in terms of posture, pose, smile etc. My taste, or the parent’s taste, may not mirror the senior’s. Maybe there’s a blemish on the sitter’s favorite shot that is mysteriously absent on one that I did more editing with—which was probably one of my favorites. I can go back and retouch those that want additional work.