Sen10r Portrait Q & A | Salisbury Maryland Senior Portrait Photographer
Here are the answers to all your questions about Jen Seay senior portraits! If I don’t answer your question, please call me and I can help you out! Info on contacting Jen is at the bottom of this post.
To see some of Jen’s favorite senior portraits from the past, visit www.jenseay.com and click on “The Site,” then on Seay Seniors.
What are your senior portrait sitting fees, and what do they include?
The Yearbook Session: $25 This is just what it sounds like – a session for you to get pictures for the yearbook. It includes several photos in the casual outfit of your choice and several formal photos (either drape for girls or tux for guys). Though it’s for the purpose of submitting yearbook pictures, you’re still welcome to purchase prints from this session.
The Indoor-Outdoor Session: $60 This includes an outdoor casual portrait session at the Salisbury location of your choice, with up to three outfit changes. We’ll spend about an hour taking pictures at SU, Pemberton Park, the Salisbury Park, or another location, and then will head back to my studio for your studio formal.
The Beach Session: $100 We’ll probably start at my studio with your formal portrait, then head to the beach (Ocean City or Assateague) for a casual portrait session. You can bring along three casual outfits, and we’ll take pictures for about an hour at the beach.
Do you have any specials?
Yes! I have two specials on senior portrait session fees. If you book your session before school starts on August 31, take $10 off the Indoor-Outdoor and Beach sessions and $5 off the Yearbook Session. Plus, if you bring a friend along to do their session at the same time, each of you can take $5 off your session fee (Indoor-Outdoor session and Beach session only) – this one’s good any time.
Here’s another great discount program that I’ve just started, too. On the day of your session, you will be given the option of scheduling a viewing session within two weeks. If you schedule a viewing session and order your prints the evening of that appointment (viewing sessions will take place after 7 p.m. and won’t last more than 30 minutes), you can save 20% on your print package! Of course, if you schedule it and don’t show, or choose to order online instead, the discount won’t apply.
What time of the day is best for my portraits?
Jen loves the time of the day when the light is best, and that’s the hour or two before sunset. Of course, the time of sunset changes every day. If you schedule your portrait for August, we’ll be meeting at about 6:30 p.m. and if you schedule it in October, we’ll meet at about 5:00. Of course, this can be changed, but if you want the best light, the last hour before sunset is when we’ll get it!
What should I wear?
What clothes best express your personality? What do you like to wear? Be careful – outfits with loud prints or wide horizontal stripes aren’t the most flattering, and detract attention away from your face. Clothing that is too trendy might make you regret your choices ten years down the road. But whatever you choose, make sure you’re comfortable! The most flattering clothing fits properly and covers you in the right places. If you have questions, call Jen. And if you want to bring along more than three outfits, so you can get Jen’s opinion on the best three for you, bring ’em!
Can I bring along props?
If you play football or the violin, or are a cheerleader, I welcome you to bring clothes and props that represent your love! I get really excited when someone brings along something that will make their portrait session different from everyone else’s. If there’s anything that Jen Seay is not, it’s a cookie-cutter photographer. I guarantee that your session will not look exactly like everyone else’s.
Do you have the tux or drape for the formals?
Yes! I have a variety of sizes of both, so you don’t need to provide your own.
Will you send my pictures to my school yearbook?
If you’re a Wicomico County or Delmar HS student, I’ll send your pictures to the yearbook for you. Some school yearbooks allow a formal only, and some allow both a formal and a casual. I’ll make sure the pictures get to yearbook before the deadline!
Can I use my pictures on my Facebook profile?
Your pictures are protected by Federal Copyright Law. This means that even though the pictures are of you, you don’t own them – Jen does. If she’s your friend in Facebook, she’ll pick a few of your favorites and tag you in them, but you aren’t allowed to take the pictures from your session and put them all on your facebook profile. The pictures that she’ll tag you in will be watermarked, and it’s important that the watermarked is maintained and not cropped out (Jen likes to get credit for her work!). If you’re not Facebook friends with Jen, find her now and add her so you can have an awesome profile pic, too!
How can I see some of the work you do?
It’s important that the senior portrait photographer that you choose understands your style, and what message you want to send through your senior portraits. You can learn Jen’s style best by looking at some of her work. In a few weeks, the Class of 2009 pictures are going to come down, to be replaced by 2010 senior portraits. You can see all of Jen’s work from last year by clicking here.
How do I purchase prints, and how much do they cost?
All prints are sold a la carte, not in packages (don’t you hate when you have to purchase a print package that doesn’t really include what you wanted, and a bunch of prints sit in the envelope forever?). Wallets cost about $1 each and are sold in sets of eight (with nice rounded corners). 5×7 prints and smaller are sold for $10 each, and 8×10 prints cost $25 each. Of course, you can pay a discounted price by scheduling a viewing session with Jen within two weeks of your portrait session (see question #2 above!).
I’m ready to book my session. How and when should I do it?
You can call Jen at 410.726.7536 or email her at jen@jenseay.com. Depending on where you go to school, your pictures could be due as early as October 31 and as late as January. By the end of August, Jen will probably be booking October sessions, so the sooner you call, the better!
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