Boy moms want to know, "Are senior pictures for guys also?" YES they are!
I've been a senior photographer for 11 years and nearly half of my clients have been guys and here's what I've learned: Your boys don't want you to assume that they don't want their pictures taken. They may seem like they object when you ask them about it but I promise you they aren't going to be uncooperative once you get them to me! It's probably not something they're going to initiate but they will definitely cooperate at their session. When it comes right down to it, they all end up having a better time than they imagined and love their pictures!
It may look like not a lot of senior guys are doing this but that's only because they're less likely to share their pictures on social media but you'll notice that they change their profile pictures to their senior pictures almost every time. I have some guys keep their senior picture as their profile for years after their senior session! This really is probably the only time they'll ever have portraits done of them by themselves and, moms, don't you want pictures of your sons just as much as you want pictures of your daughters? Absolutely! I know...because I have 3 sons also. Can you imagine if I only had pictures of my daughter and none of the boys?! That wouldn't be fair at all to them or to me!
These pictures will not only be important to him or to you but they're going to be very important to the next generation or two down the road! Some of my most precious possessions are pictures of my grandpa when he was a young man. His high school senior portrait, a picture of him and one of his sisters laughing in the kitchen, he and my grandma dancing in a friend's living room, him with his best friend on vacation when they were in their early 20s. These are priceless to me!
You're not going to make your kid mad by telling him you want senior portraits of him: you might just end up making him feel important. Even if he has a funny way of expressing it. 😉
All the guys pictured in this post are all of my Class of 2022 Guys! I'm so thankful for each of them and for their moms!
It's so important to me to make sure the guys feel as comfortable as possible during their sessions and to not do any poses that feel especially awkward. Being the only person in front of the camera is awkward enough without making it worse by posing you unnaturally! I do my very best to give them some room to breathe and be themselves. I'll never ask them to be silly if they're more serious and I'll never expect them to act like a model in GQ or something weird. I want you to recognize them in their pictures and my goal is to get at least one authentic smile or laugh captured on film for you!
I had several moms this year tell me that they were having trouble getting their sons to participate in picking outfits and being part of the process and at least one that said she might have to drag him to his appointment. I look at it this way: if he shows up to his session that says a lot about him. First of all, it shows me that your kid loves you enough to do something that is important to you, his mom. Secondly, it shows me that he's mature enough to know that it won't be the end of the world and he'd rather come and get it over with than to disappoint you by refusing to go. Thirdly, it's evidence to me that he's a responsible young adult who will honor a commitment even if he isn't the one who made the arrangements. And that's all I really need to know about your kid to know that I already like him!
So, please, if having some great portraits of your son is important to you then show him this post and let him know that he's this important enough to you to have these pictures of him. One day, he'll love the pictures as much as you do and that day might be sooner than he imagines.
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