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Senior pictures at MMOCA’s rooftop garden

McFarland senior Olivia suggested we take some of her senior pictures at the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art’s rooftop garden. We had never done a senior photo session there before, and we loved the vibe. Really unique look with downtown Madison as the backdrop and the glass stairwell inside was a great spot! We then headed over the Tenney Park for some sunset shots by the lake. Olivia rocked it and we love how the images turned out.

May 7, 2023
Senior Pictures Spotlight: Verona Senior Audrey at the Arboretum

We love it when we can work with a family over and over again. Especially when they’re as awesome as the Voss Family! 🙂 Verona High School senior Audrey decided to have pictures taken at the arboretum, which is a great choice for nature photos. With so many different environments, in one relatively small spot, it gives us a lot of different “looks” during the photo session. And it helps to have such a gorgeous subject like Audrey! Thanks Lori, Chris, Jared, and Audrey!

April 29, 2023
Senior pictures spotlight: Adriana – McFarland Senior!

We photographed Adriana at Epic’s campus in Verona. The campus provides multiple backgrounds like barns, verandas, wildflowers, and even a pool! Which was perfect as Adriana swims for McFarland high school and we were able to end our session with her jumping in!

July 4, 2022
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!

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.

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.

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.

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!

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.

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.

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

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.

May 17, 2019
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.

May 1, 2019
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.

August 27, 2018
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!

May 30, 2018
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!

April 14, 2018
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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September 8, 2017
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!

August 17, 2017