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  • Senior Pictures Inspiration: Vintage Records at Sugar Shack

    Senior Pictures Inspiration: Vintage Records at Sugar Shack

    When we meet with seniors to plan their photoshoot one of the first things we want to know is what are their interests. If there is something that’s important in the student’s life they may want to incorporate that into the shoot. When I met with Emma and her mom and asked about her interests, Emma pulled out a vinyl copy of Tom Petty’s album Hard Promises. The one originally released in 1981! The cover art is Tom looking cool in a record store. Loved it!

    We decided to do part of the photoshoot in a record store. We contacted the owner of Sugar Shack Records and he said we could use his store. The building has tons of charm and the store is a vintage jackpot. We spent a good amount of time shooting in and around Sugar Shack and then went down a few blocks for some outside portraits in Schenk’s Corners on Madison’s east side. A great neighborhood with authentic, local character and flavor. Schenk’s Corners provides a great backdrop for urban senior pictures.

    If there’s time, meeting with our clients to plan the shoot is a great way to talk through locations, outfits and other creative elements you might want to include in your shoot. Remember, the senior pictures photo session is all about you so don’t be afraid to share your interests and loves with your photographer. It can turn into a great idea for a photoshoot.

    Here’s some of the pics!

    Senior yearbook picture of girl looking through vintage records at madison b-side records on Atwood Ave.

    Senior portrait of girl looking through records

    High school senior portrait of girl kneeling in a vintage records store

    Senior potrtait of girl in jean jacket walking in front of sunflowers looking down and smiling

    Senior picture of girl walking in front of sunflowers looking at the camera

    Senior yearbook portrait of girl sitting on window ledge in schenks corners madison

    HIgh school senior portrait of girl in jean jacket standing against an orange wall

    Portrait of high school senior girl walking in street with vintage filter

    high school senior picture of girl sitting against a wall in front of b-side records in Madison.

    Senior picture of girl sitting outside b-side records in Madison

  • Senior Pictures Spotlight: Rustic Barn, Wildflowers and Beach Volleyball

    Senior Pictures Spotlight: Rustic Barn, Wildflowers and Beach Volleyball

    We covered a lot of ground during this senior pictures photoshoot with Haley from Jefferson High School.  We started at a beautiful rustic barn outside of Cambridge that provided a cool backdrop to Haley in her jeans, denim jacket and red flannel shirt.  Next we were off to a field of beautiful wildflowers.  Haley’s outfit choice of a yellow sweater works wonderfully with the purples and greens of the park.  And finally it was off to the beach volleyball court for some pictures of Haley in her uniform.  Haley did a great job giving us all these great candid and natural smiles to photograph.

    Don’t worry if it’s a cloudy day on your photoshoot.  Overcast sky creates a beautiful soft light that is perfect for portraits.  And we always bring lights if we need to add a little pop!  And we only schedule one senior portrait session per day so you have our undivided attention for the entire shoot.

    If you’re interested in discussing outfits, locations or even portrait lighting…contact us!  We’d love to talk about your senior portraits.

    High school senior picture of a girl sitting on the beach.

    natural senior portrait with girl twirling hair and laughing

    Portrait of high school senior  girl in a dramatic pose on a dock.

    Candid portrait of high school senior girl walking through field of wildflowers

    portrait of a smiling high school senior girl standing in a field of wildflowers

    Portrait of high school senior girl wearing red flannel, smiling and leaning against a white wall

    senior yearbook picture of girl in red flannel leaning against a wall

    senior yearbook portrait of a girl in a dramatic standing pose looking down

    high school senior picture of girl in denim jacket and jeans leaning against a barn

    Portrait of high school senior girl in her volleyball uniform posing in front of sand volleyball court at dusk

  • 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.

  • 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!