The Senior Experience 

Let's Create Your Session

 1. All Sessions Are Based On A Minimum Order To Give You The Freedom From Packages!

2. Choose Your Session Based On Your Needs!

3. Give Us A Call Here At JayKnip Photography Studios 513-317-9663 To Reserve Your Date!

4. Let's Set A Date For Our Consultation And Create A Story Board And Answer Any Questions You May Have!

5. LET'S GO!

Freshman - A One Hour Session Within 5 Miles Of The Studio. This Session Does Not Allow Extra Time For Props, Friends, Or Pets. Session Fee 149.00

Sophomore - A 2 Hour Session At The Studio Or On Location Within A 25 Mile Radius. Bring Your Friends, Props, And Pets! Session Fee 199.00 / Add An Artistic Montage For 189.00

Junior - ONE OF OUR MOST POPULAR SESSIONS! Create A Unique Custom Look With Our 3 Hour Session! We Will Travel Up To A 40 Mile Radius Of The Studio. Unlimited Outfit Changes, And You Can Split This Session Into 2 Sessions! Session Fee 299.00 / Add An Artistic Montage For 159.00

Senior - This All Inclusive Session Includes Professional Hair And Makeup And Lights! This 4 Hour Experience Has It All! Studio Or Let's Travel To A Location Within A 100 Mile Radius! You'll Never Experience This Type Of Shoot Again Until Your Wedding Day! Session Fee 499.00 /  Add Artistic Montage For 149.00

Destination Photography - This Is A One Of A Kind Experience! A 3 Day Destination Shoot Of Your Choice! Choose Between NYC, LA, Ft. Myers, Or Chicago To Name A Few! Let's Venture Around These Unique Places Shooting Our Lights Out For A Total Of 5 Hours While Capturing Breath Taking Photography. Session Fee 1499.00

The Girls Senior Rockstar Experience

Your Style…Your Life. Preparing For Your Once In A Lifetime (ROCKSTAR) Senior Portrait Experience With A Video At The Bottom Of The Page!

1. Choose your outfits wisely

The full outfits will be used for various indoor, outdoor locations, half-length, full-length and close up shots. We will determine what backgrounds match your outfit best.  The yearbook top should be a darker, solid color, and not sleeveless. Off the shoulder is fine as long as straps are hidden. Most schools require a specific color background for the yearbook photo; bright colors normally will not match the background well.

Style. The more diversity in your outfit selection, the more variety you’ll see in your final images. Think about having one of your outfit selections reflect your eye color. Please, have at least 1 or 2 outfits with long sleeves…even in the middle of summer! Just because you do not dress formally for school does not mean you are a strictly casual dresser. With the Elite Session we offer Four full outfits, you may want to make two of these formal, and then you will still have two other outfits to be casual.

Colors. A variety of colors of clothes help us to choose unique backgrounds to go with your outfits. If you bring all the same color outfits, you’re going to have less variety.

Have a dress rehearsal. The night before your session, have a clothing run through in your own home with a parent or friend. Put your entire outfit together from undergarments, to leggings, to jewelry and accessories. Make sure to dress from head to toe!

Undergarments. During your at-home dress rehearsal, look at the outfits straight on, left side, right side and backwards in the mirror. This will alert you as to which undergarment you have or need to make the outfit complete. Straps are not supposed to be visible with formal outfits; with summer tops they may show because of the design of the shirt, but you should still choose a strap that minimizes the distraction.

Flatter your body type.  We have clothing clips that allow for pinching the excess material back so as to flatter you in a particular pose. It’s important to hide what you don’t like. Some clients will ask us to help hide their arms, feet, etc. Our advice to you is cover those areas with clothes. If you don’t like your arms- wear long sleeves.

What makes you look Slimmer?

Darker clothing, especially pants and keep the contrast to a minimum.

A little tan is great, but too tan makes faces look rounder and heavier.

AVOID HORIZONTAL STRIPES! Always a bad idea.

Long sleeve clothing in soft forgiving fabrics.

Shoes with heels will lift and slim.

What makes your look heavier?

Putting something of light color on the part of the body you DON’T want emphasized.

Shirts that are very thin in material need to be worn slightly larger, or they will show every bump.

Short sleeves and sleeveless emphasize the upper arm and can make them look larger.

2. Make-Up

We are not responsible for negative reactions to make up. Be sure to know how your skin reacts to all products or procedures.

Face. Use both SPF-free moisturizer and foundation to prevent reflection and to enhance skin’s natural glow. Use a translucent powder to set. You should have no visible lines on the neck or toward the ears. If you see the line, the camera will pick it up.

Eyes. Well groomed eyebrows are a must, (waxed or plucked a few days before your session). Dark brown eyeliner is a natural alternative to heavy black eyeliner and compliments all light shimmery eye shadows. Enhance eyelashes with a BLACK, waterproof mascara. New mascara is a good idea. Clumps close-up are not attractive and are not part of the normal retouching process.

Lips. High gloss lips are not good for photography. With the proper lipstick or light gloss you can have very natural looking lips. Lips are best in red, berries, and browns. No frosty pink. High gloss causes a shine that overpowers your eyes in the image.

Cheeks. Don’t be afraid to have a little color on the apples of the cheekbones (petal pink). It will really brighten up the appearance of the face. We take care of blemishes!

3. Hair

For all sessions we highly recommend getting you’re hair professionally done the day of the session.

Haircuts. Get your hair cut at least two or three weeks before your appointment. You know your hair, give it time to fill in from that “just cut” look.

Style. Stick with one hair style. Hairstyles are such a personal preference. Make sure your hair is exactly the way you wish it to appear in the finished photographs. Pulling your hair up or back only takes a few minutes and is perfectly fine. Curling or straightening takes more than 10 minutes and that is time you should be spending in front of the camera. Only one hair style per session.

Bangs. Bangs hanging in your face will cause unflattering shadows. Use hairspray to hold them back.

4.Time

Our studio Photographs up to 3 senior sessions a day so please be on-time.

The Extreme Senior is up to 3 hours, Model Experience is up to 2 hours, Basic is up to 60 minutes and Yearbook only is 30 minutes

Our doors open at 9am, if your appointment is at 9am please be dressed in your yearbook top, all other times please arrive 15 minutes early to be ready at your appointment time.

Please be on-time, change as quickly as possible and have your hair and makeup done before getting to the studio.

5. Yearbook

Please bring your own jewelry.

Yearbook image delivery to your school is included with the purchase of any photographs from your session.

The yearbook photo is the first portrait we take.

Dark colors work best when choosing a top for your Yearbook.

We work with students from many different high schools. Yearbook guidelines can change each year. Please find out the specific requirements from your school, (they usually send you a letter) please bring that letter with you. The final portrait of your choosing will be hand delivered to your school ON TIME.

6. Final Thoughts

Make sure to tell us anything you have in mind for your senior photographs. The more you tell us about your ideas and style, the more we can create images that reflect who you really are!

Special Note About Tan Lines. Tan lines will be reduced on off the shoulder images, however being burned may result in rescheduling your session. Don’t over do the tan, two weeks before your session you should minimize the amount of time you are out in the direct sun.

The Guys Senior Rockstar Experience

Your Style…Your Life. Preparing You For Your Once In A Lifetime (ROCKSTAR) Senior Portrait Experience

1. Choose your outfits wisely

The full outfits will be used for various indoor, outdoor, half-length, full-length and close up shots. We will choose the best backgrounds based on the clothing you choose to bring.  For the yearbook we recommend a jacket and tie. If a jacket and tie is not your thing, wear a dark long-sleeve dress shirt that is well ironed (wrinkles show). Many schools require a specific color background for the yearbook photo and bright colors normally will not match the background.

Style -  A variety of styles will greatly impact the different looks you will get from your photo shoot. We hear it everyday,“he is a casual person, so we just brought some plain shirts, he doesn’t really dress up,” but we offer unlimited outfits with the Extreme Senior Experience (but we recommend 4)!  Example, make one or two of these formal, and you still have two other outfits to be casual. If you play a sport, bring a jersey and a few props.

Colors - If you bring all the same colored outfits you are going to have less variety.

Consider your body type. You want your outfits to be fitted, but not tight. A small shirt will not photograph well and may make you look too thin. The reverse is also true, too big a shirt will produce excess material that will make you appear larger than you are.

2. Hair

Haircuts - Get your hair cut at least two weeks before your appointment.  You know your hair, give it time to fill in from that “just cut” look.

Facial Hair - Make sure if you don’t want any facial hair in your senior photos to shave before you come to the studio.

3. Time- Please be on time so that we get the most value of our time together !

The Extreme Senior Experience is up to 3 hours, The Model Experience is 2 hours, And The Basic Experience Is 60 minutes.

Please arrive 15 minutes early to be ready at your appointment time.

Please be on-time, change as quickly as possible.

 4. Yearbook

For the yearbook image we recommend a suit and tie. If a suit and tie doesn’t appeal to you, make sure its a dark shirt that is well ironed.

Yearbook image delivery to your school is included with the purchase of any photographs from your session.

Dark colors work best when choosing a tie or shirt for your Yearbook image. Some schools allow for full length and half length photo’s to be used in the yearbook. Because of the size of most images in the yearbook a close up works best.

I work with many different high schools in the tri-state.  Yearbook guidelines change each year. Please find out the specific requirements from your school, they usually send out a letter, please bring that letter with you.

5. Additional Tips

    If you play a fall sport, schedule your senior portraits early in the summer.  JayKnip Photography Studios LLC books two months in advance for its sessions and even though we can create a yearbook image quickly if needed, you should call by July to get all your images by the start of school.

   Don’t over do the tan, two weeks before your session you should minimize the amount of time you are out in the direct sun.