Category: Senior Portraits

  • Senior Pictures Inspiration: Purple Bayalage, Romper with overlay and a french bulldog named Charlie

    Senior Pictures Inspiration: Purple Bayalage, Romper with overlay and a french bulldog named Charlie

    Looking for senior portrait ideas? Look no further than our photoshoot with Madison West Senior Elia. Elia spent most of a day at the hair salon getting her hair hand-painted purple for her senior pictures. The purple bayalage technique combined with her outfit choices, including a fun floral pattern romper with overlay, 2 beautiful natural locations, AND her french bulldog resulted in a fantastic and unforgettable senior portrait experience.

    When it comes to hair, outfits, locations and even pets Dave and I have tons of experience and ideas to help guide you. We love hearing our clients ideas and interests and then working together to craft the perfect senior pictures experience.

    Looking for inspiration? Contact us. We’d love to chat!

    Senior picture with pet dog at UW arboretum
    At studio indigo photography we love it when seniors bring their pets to the portrait sessions. In this senior portrait Elia and her dog are backlit by the sun which creates a long shadow coming toward the camera. There is really no pose involved in the picture, we just liked the lighting and thought it would be a cool effect for this senior picture with her french bulldog.
    Senior picture for girl with purple bayalage hair
    Elia works at a hair salon and decided to go for a beautiful purple bayalage treatment for her senior pictures session. The purple looks amazing with the arboretum as a natural location. This senior girl pose is a simple idea with her naturally pulling her hand through her hair. We love trying different posing ideas with our high school seniors to create authentic, natural and candid expressions.
    Sitting senior portrait pose at Wingra Lake in Madison
    Elia wore a beautiful floral pattern romper with overlay for her senior pictures outfit. Choosing your senior portrait outfits can be difficult and at Studio Indigo Photography we help our Senior portrait clients choose the best outfits and offer lots of ideas. And with so many great locations for portrait photography in madison we work with clients to find the perfect spot. In this pose, we have our Madison West senior sitting casually on the dock at Wingra Lake for this natural light portrait.
    sunny backlit senior picture with girl walking through tall grass
    The uw arboretum is a gorgeous, nature location for your senior portraits. There are so many places with different backdrops and colors that work with any senior portrait outfit ideas. In this photo, Madison West Senior Elia is walking through beautiful yellow grasses. This is one of our favorite senior girl pose ideas to have the client slowly walk through the grass while running her fingers through her hair and looking down and to the side. This portrait also has the setting sun skimming over the grass, creating a wonderful warm glow in the senior picture. And Elia’s purple bayalage hair just pops out of the picture!
    simple senior girl sitting pose with purple bayalage hair
    This half length sitting senior picture pose was photographed at the UW arboretum in Madison, WI. This is a simple senior girl pose idea where we have the senior naturally run their fingers through their hair while looking down. Often times the senior girls will feel a little silly which will result in a nice natural and authentic smile. Elia decided to have her hair dyed purple for her senior pictures session which contrasts beautifully with the yellow and greens of this natural portrait location.
    Senior portrait on the dock at Wingra Lake
    Elia looks amazing with her purple hair and brown and orange floral pattern romper with maxi overlay. This sitting pose is on the dock at Wingra Lake for a natural senior portrait in nature. We photographed this portrait using a shallow depth of field to create a soft senior picture that separated Elia from the background. The oranges and blues from her romper contrast nicely with the blues of Lake Wingra in Madison.
    Standing brenizer effect senior portrait on dock
    We loved the colorful canoes and kayaks at wingra park in madison and how they played off Elia’s floral print romper with maxi overlay for this standing senior portrait pose idea. We used the photo merge panoramic brenizer technique to increase the shallow depth of field effect. This simple senior girl pose has the client kick their hip to one side, bend the other leg, have a relaxed arm and then run their fingers through their hair. We use this pose for all of our girl high school senior pictures clients. This was
    Sitting senior girl portrait at UW arboretum with her pet dog
    For this senior picture Elia is posing with her french bulldog Charlie. We love it when clients want to include pets in their senior portraits. they always make memorable photos with natural smiles and some crazy looking animals. This senior portrait of Madison West student Elia was photographed at the UW arboretum in Madison which is an amazing nature location with so many beautiful flowers, colors and grasses to use as your backdrop.
  • Madison Senior Pictures Rewind – Ani at the Arboretum

    Madison Senior Pictures Rewind – Ani at the Arboretum

    What a great senior portrait session last year with Ani from Madison West. Ani and Jenny met us at the UW arboretum an hour or so before sunset which is our preferred time to shoot. The setting sun creates such warm beautiful images and allows us to capture flare effects in some of the images. For outfits, Ani went with a classic black dress and a cute lacy white top with jeans. When clients ask our advice on what to wear for their senior portraits our first piece of advice is to wear something that you’re going to feel confident and good about yourself in. Our next piece of advice is to keep it simple. Whether we’re in a nature or urban location, a simple outfit won’t clash with the backgrounds or pull attention away from you.

    Thanks Ani and Jenny for a great photoshoot last year. We loved how the senior pics turned out and hope you’ll treasure them forever!

    In this senior picture with Ani, a senior from Madison West high school, we asked her to walk through a grove of flowering plants at the UW arboretum.  Asking your senior portrait client to walk is a great way to get seniors to relax and get natural and candid expressions and smiles.  Studio Indigo Photography has been a madison best senior portrait studio for many years and we can be trusted to get the best expressions and smiles from our senior clients.  The flare from the setting sun in this senior picture adds a fun, soft feel to this beautiful portrait.

    This summer senior portrait session at the UW arboretum gave us lots of ideas to try for senior girl poses.  Ani, from Madison West, was a real trooper as we marched all over the arboretum at sunset.  Even the mosquitos couldn't stop us as we photographed beautiful Ani in multiple outdoor locations at the arboretum.  Ani wore a classic lacy white top with blue jeans which looked great for this outdoor senior portrait photoshoot.  When people ask for ideas on what to wear for their senior pictures session we always recommend keeping it simple. You don't want your clothes to attract too much attention during the senior portrait.  Studio Indigo Photography is one of Madison's best senoir portrait photographers and creates unique, relaxed, candid and stunning senior portraits.

    In this senior picture Ani, from Madison West, is leaning up against a tree at the UW arboretum.  The setting sun beautifully lights her face for this senior portrait.  Ani is wearing a classic flowy white top and blue jeans which is a great outfit choice.  Studio Indigo Photography helps all our clients answer the question what should I wear for my senior picture session.  Simple, elegant and classic is a good way to go but the most important thing is that you feel confident and good about your senior portrait outfit.  Ani has a great, natural and relaxed smile in this and all of her senior pictures.

    Beautiful light at the end of the day creates soft highlights on madison west high school senior Ani's face.  A great senior girl pose idea has them leaning into the wall with hand draped over head and other hand on the wall.  This senior picture pose is always a favorite with our senior girls.  This is also a great textured wall at the UW arboretum which added to the overall feel of this outdoor, nature portrait.  Ani, dressed in a simple and elegant black dress which contrasts beautifully with the stone wall, has a wonderful, relaxed expression.  The UW arboretum is one of our favorite places to photograph high school senior portraits and pictures with so many wonderful outdoor and natural locations to choose from.  Here at Studio Indigo we have lots of great location suggestions for all our senior pictures clients.

    The Arboretum is a great location for senior pictures in madison becuase of all the different nature settings.  In this senior portrait, Madison West senior, Ani, has a wonderful relaxed and beautiful smile wearing a simple black dress that is a perfect outfit for this location.  The setting sun is behind Ani and you can see the sunlight hhitting the tops of the tall prairie grass in this medium length senior picture by studio indigo photography.  Studio Indigo works closely with all our senior portraits clients to help select the best locations, either nature or urban and we have lots of advice on what to wear and outfits.  Our sessions are relaxed and fun and our senior picture clients love the candid and natural expressions and smiles we're able to capture.

    This is a great senior portrait technique to create a warm, flare senior picture.  This is a beautiful warm, soft nature senior picture with Ani from Madison West high school. This natural senior girl standing pose idea is a favorite with our clients.  The light from the setting sun fills the image with a warm glow and some flare.  Ani has a beautiful expression and smile as she runs her hand through her hair while wearing a classic black dress.  We are often asked for advice on what to wear or senior portrait outfit ideas and we think keeping things simple is always a good approach.

    This standing senior high school portrait pose was photographed at the UW arboretum by studio indigo photography. Ani, a senior at Madison West High School looks great in her simple white top and jeans.  When seniors ask us what they should wear for their senior pictures we recommend they wear something that makes them feel good and to try and keep it simple.  In this senior girl pose we put Jenny in front of some colorful flowers and the simplicity of her cute outfit works well with the colorful background.  This standing pose idea is very basic and a great way to get the senior picture session started to generate some natural candid expression and smiles.  We are also side lighting Ani so the sun acts as side light on her hair and creates a little flare which softens the image.

  • It’s Senior Portrait Season!  Now booking summer sessions for class of 2020!

    It’s Senior Portrait Season! Now booking summer sessions for class of 2020!

    We just started booking our first senior picture sessions for this summer and I wanted to get a blog post out with some highlights from last year and info for this year’s clients. Jen and I love taking senior pictures which we hope comes through in our sessions when we push our seniors for “just one more” picture. We really love what we do and making sure you have the best images from this great time of life is our number one priority.

    Referrals = Money

    For past clients I want to remind you that if you refer a senior who books a session with us we’ll give you a $50 cash prize. Word of mouth referrals are our number one approach to marketing and we appreciate all the good reviews you’ve been giving.

    For new clients, we’re now booking senior portrait sessions for the summer and fall. Email us and we’ll send you pricing and other info. Jen and I love working with seniors to come up with the perfect photo shoot but we also have lots of ideas on locations and what to wear. We want to make this as easy on you as possible and we’ll be with you through the entire process.

    All right, let’s look at some pictures

    Elia is a senior at Madison West High School who wanted her senior pictures taken at the UW arboretum. The arboretum is beautiful and there are many great outdoor locations to choose from. Elia recently had the trendy, handpainted balayage treatment done to her dying it a gorgeous purple. The purple hair color in her senior portraits contrasts beautifully with all the colors at the UW arboretum. For this portrait we used a favorite technique where we place the senior girl where there are flowers in the foreground which we throw out of focus by shooting wide open to create a shallow depth of field. For this senior girl pose we asked Elie to naturally run her fingers through her hair at look off camera. We love the dreamy expression comnbined with the beautiful golden hour light.
    Beautiful and fun senior girl pose standing in the middle of State St in Downtown Madison. A lot of our senior portrait clients love getting their pictures taken in front of the capitol in Madison. The rain had just passed through which created this great texture on the street and pavement for this outdoor portrait. We like to call this pose “i’m hugging myself” and ask the client to drag their fingers through their hair while rocking back and forth. It’s a great way to get a natural candid smile from the senior portrait client. The clouds created a beautiful soft portrait light on Emily, which is one of our favorite lighting patterns for portraits.
    Anna from Middleton High school wanted her senior pictures photographed by Studio Indigo Photography at Olbrich Gardens in Madison. This standing pose was photographed by the rose garden. We work hard to make sure all our senior portrait girls and guys feel comfortable and relaxed during the shoot. Anna is wearing a simple black dress which is a great idea for what to wear to your senior portraits. The black dress works great with any background or location for your senior pictures photoshoot. Anna is in a simple but relaxed and natural standing pose and is framed by the arches at the rose garden. Olbrich garden has so many great locations for senior pictures although it is usually busy and we have to work around visitors.
    This senior portrait was photographed by studio indigo on the Epic campus in Verona, WI. We asked Landon to sit comfortably against the fence of the bridge and then we started to put him into a pose that would look natural while creating angles and negative space. The curve of the bridge and shallow depth of field of the portrait create visual interest with leading lines. This is one of our favorite places for ourdoor senior pictures because of the lush natural environment and the bridge gives us lots of posing ideas for senior guys and girls. When posing senior guys in sitting poses we often ask them to pop a knee up and rest their wrist on their knee. Make sure to have them relax their hands to make sure the pose looks as natural as possible.
    Isabel from Madison Memorial high school had studio indigo photograph her senior pictures at pope farm park. In this photo she has a relaxed, candid, natural expression while walking through a field of yellow wildflowers. For this picture we used a vintage film effect to give it a subdued lower contrast look. Isabel’s purple cold shoulder top works beautifully with the yellow wildflowers. This simple top is a great choice when looking for ideas on what to wear to your senior pictures photoshoot. We always want our senior picture clients to feel really good in whatever outfit they choose but we also say that simple is best. Simple tops and outfits work well in any location, outdoor, nature, city, or urban. For this picture we didn’t actually ask Isabel to pose instead having her walk through the wildflowers and looking down and then back at the camera which resulted in this candid, peaceful, natural expression and pose.
    Jacob wanted some of his senior portraits to have a baseball theme. We photographed him at the baseball diamond in Verona, WI where he played varsity baseball. For this senior guy baseball senior picture we used the sun in the background to create a cool visual flare effect while Jacob was taking batting practice. The bleach bypass effect in Alenskin exposure is a great example of a senior portrait for guys that gives the image some cool, crunchy effects. We also pumped up the clairty on this image in Lightroom. Senior guys can be hard to pose but we get them comfortable by doing things they normally do which can create relaxed, natural expressions and smiles. It’s a great idea for posing senior guys is to not pose them at all!
    Madison West High School senior Abby had studio indigo photography take her senior pictures at Epic in Verona. This shallow focus outdoor portrait is taken in a field with natural grasses in front of a barn. This is one of our favorite pose idea for senior girls. We ask the senior to naturally run their hands through their hair and as they pull their hand through to then follow their hand with their gaze. It can make for a beautiful dramatic pose and it’s one of the senior girls favorite pictures. When senior girls and guys ask for ideas on what to wear for their senior pictures we always recommend that simpler is better. Abby chose a simple, elegant blue-green skater dress that worked beautifully with this golder hour portrait with the brown tones of the prairie grass as background.
    Verona high school senior Nikki was photographed by studio indigo on the Epic campus southwest of Madison. Nikki is wearing a cute white summer dress with straps. She is backlit with the sun which creates flare in the lens which softens and warms up the picture. We used one of our favorite posing techniques for senior portraits having them gently sway back and forth and play with their hair. It usually creates a natural, candid laugh and expressioin that turns into a beautiful senior picture. Nikki is walking in one of the back fields at Epic in Verona and her white dress contrasts beautifully with the lush green and yellow nature setting.
    Studio Indigo took Verona High School senior Eve’s senior portraits at pope farm park in Middleton, wi. In this portrait we posed Eve up against a white fence with a farm in the background. To capture this natural, candid moment and smile we asked Eve to play with her hair and pull it to her side while also looking at it. This is one of our favorite posing techniques for senior girls to get them to show natural expressions and laughs. The sun is near golden hour and the light is beautifully highlighting her face for this portrait. Her simple white top is a great choice for what to wear to a senior pictures photoshoot because it isn’t busy, works with multiple backgrounds and doesn’t draw attention away from the senior.
    Studio Indigo photographed Jefferson High School senior Haley Happ for her senior portaits in several outdoor locations in rural wisconsin. She wanted some photos taken in front of this cool barn outside Madison WI near Jefferson. For this part of the photoshoot Haley wore a denim or jean jacket and jeans with a black top. We work with all our seniors to make sure they’re comfortable and use a technique called flow posing that achieves natural looks and expressions. We have lots of posing ideas for our senior portraits and focus on capturing those beautiful candid moments with our clients.
    Monona Grove senior Emma loves vintage vinyl and wanted her senior pictures photographed by studio indigo photogrpahy at b-side records near Schenks Corners in Madison. We love working with seniors to come up with unique and artsy senior portraits. And with our seniot portrait sessions we often shoot in mulitple locations. A popular choice is for seniors to choose an urban location and a nature setting. For this natural pose we asked Emma to look through the albums and pick one that she liked. Her natural thoughtful expression works great for this senior girls pose. For the pictures inside we used strobes with a softbox to direct soft light on Emma’s face. The softbox creates a soft light with some direction so the light sculpts her face with highlights and shadows.
  • Bring the Pets!  Senior Pictures in Madison and Verona – Eve

    Bring the Pets! Senior Pictures in Madison and Verona – Eve

    We love it when our high school seniors bring their pets to the shoot. It’s a great, fun way to remember these special times. With Vernoa Senior Eve we started out at Pope Farm Park in Middleton for some beautiful outdoor shots with wildflowers then made our way to the incredibly fun Epic Campus for some shots at the Epic Stables. That’s where we met Bear. Bear was very excited about being photographed and getting lots of treats! Thanks Eve, Mom and Dad. What a fun night.

  • Senior Pictures Verona WI – Nikki

    Senior Pictures Verona WI – Nikki

    What a fabulous photo shoot with Verona high school senior-to-be Nikki. Nikki and mom Robin were great partners as we traveled throughout the Epic campus in Verona. We loved Nikki’s outfit choices. Her prom dress gave the shoot a princess vibe with the Harry Potter Hogwarts architecture. Nikki’s cute white-eyelet strappy summer dress worked great with the sun-drenched fields and pool. Thanks Nikki and Robin!

  • Figure skating senior portraits Stoughton McFarland – Caitlin

    Figure skating senior portraits Stoughton McFarland – Caitlin

    This was our first time photographing a senior portrait for a figure skater and Caitlin and family couldn’t have made it easier. We had the entire McFarland Ice Arena to ourselves as we captured some portraits of Caitlin in action. Then it was off to downtown Stoughton and the Stoughton Opera House for some casual and prom dress pictures. We love how the pics turned out. Thanks Caitlin!
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  • Bo-Ho senior portrait session in Madison – Taylor

    Bo-Ho senior portrait session in Madison – Taylor

    Fabulous, fashionable, windy-hair, senior portrait session with Taylor. We started with a gorgeous apple farm and ended up in downtown Madison for some awesome night shots. Thanks Taylor for a fantastic shoot!

  • Madison WI Senior Portraits – Jenna from Verona High School

    Madison WI Senior Portraits – Jenna from Verona High School

    There were so many things that could have torpedo’d Jenna’s senior portrait photoshoot. Thunderstorms were in the forecast, Jen spilled the first Ground Zero latte, mosquitoes were in attack mode…but none of that was able to stop this fabulous shoot! Jenna and Mom were awesome as we dashed around Willy St and then zipped out to Pope Farm Park for some gorgeous sunset shots. Thanks so much for asking us to take your senior pics! We loved it!

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  • Senior Pictures Madison WI – Ellen – Oregon High School

    Senior Pictures Madison WI – Ellen – Oregon High School

    One of the best parts of being a senior photographer is getting to know wonderful kids and their families. Ellen and her crew are a perfect example. We started at the duck pond fighting the mosquitoes, moved downtown for some State St shots and then finished up at the Memorial Union Terrace for sunset. Jen and I loved all of it! Thanks for letting us take your senior pics!

  • Senior Portraits Oregon WI – Karina

    Senior Portraits Oregon WI – Karina

    Karina’s senior portrait session started in downtown Madison near the Capital, moved over to the Monona Terrace, then off to Collectivo on Monroe St and finally a mad dash out to the Epic Farm for some gorgeous sunset shots. Karina, Mom and older sister Anika were all troopers throughout. And we even got some shots with the dogs at the very end! Thanks for an amazing photoshoot Karina! We had a blast! Dave and Jen 🙂

    Backlit vintage fashion senior picture with some flare of Karina from Oregon High School. This was shot at sunset at the Epic Farm outside Madison WI.

     

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