St. Louis Photographer » A Journal by Holly McCaig

I have the hardest time choosing photos from my sessions. I think I often overwhelm my clients with choices. But, I always love starting out my proofing sessions with slideshows. I love showing them everything, set to music. So, I opted to stop using my old system and go with Animoto. I love how much easier it is to use and I can load them onto my Facebook Fan Page as well as on my blog pretty easy. My clients can order a slideshow too if they want. Fun huh?

Here are both Ashley’s and Brittney’s slideshows.

Here’s the rest of Ashley’s photographer favorite peeks. Ashley is a senior this year and has such enthusiasm and is so fun to work with. We had a lot of fun at Faust Park. And, check out the heels in the second to last photo! Talk about snazzy! Her mom said her closet is full and she was changing her mind about what to bring the day of the shoot. Love a girl with fashion sense!

I forgot how much I LOVE working with textures in my files – the one on the right I used a fake tilt shift from Nichole Van and applied a texture with a bit of a cross process. LOVE LOVE!

Had to make that one big. It’s so awesome!

Her eyes are to die for, right?

She runs track, so we had her running and jumping at us. Too cute. It also gets people to relax.

No, look at the shoes on the right!!!!

Fighting off the kiddos on the swing. Love this shot! So cute, playful.

And, don’t forget about the awesome referral program, seniors! Book, get your friends to book, and you get $25 print credits. If you’re a junior, consider applying for our senior model search. Read the post here or click on our website for details!

I’m in the middle of these edits, but because we did a few minutes in the studio to start, I figured it doesn’t hurt to share my favorites from these! Photographing the high school senior market is my absolute favorite thing. I love that age, the personalities, the excitement of knowing it’s going to be such an awesome year before they graduate. It brings back memories of my own high school experiences.

Most schools require you to have your yearbook photos taken at a contracted photography studio. However, you aren’t required to have all of your photos taken at that studio! Just because it has to go in the yearbook doesn’t mean you have to give those to your best friends and family! Hire a lifestyle photographer, like myself, to go to some of your favorite locations and capture the true you! Multiple outfit changes and so much more mean that your friends and family can look at those photos and say, “that’s so Ashley!”

Stay tuned for my new high school seniors website coming in the next few days!

Meanwhile, here are a few of my favorites from Ashley’s studio session (watch for her Faust Park session this week!):