Senior Pictures

[techlover15]

I am a senior this year and since i have a "professional" camera i don't want to have someone do pics for me. What i am wondering is if there is really an easy way to do your own senior pics without having to take like 10 pics in order to get 1 when trying to frame yourself right. And having my mom try to do it is almost just as bad...lol

[3bayjunkie]

you could set up a tripod if you just want something simple. frame it up and just sit on a stool. if you want something more interesting you might want to have someone else do it for you.

[mosgood]

I don't know any easy way of doing a decent self-portrait. Maybe have a friend help you out to get something you like?

[Ambrosia76]

I get everything set the way I want it and have my hubby sit where I will be focus on him and then swap places and have him push the button. Definitely use a tripod though.

[Jim Bryant]

A "professional" camera won't help you take professional looking Senior photo if you don't know what you are doing. Which, is what I'm thinking.

[Biomech]

a "professional" camera won't help you take professional looking senior photo if you don't know what you are doing. Which, is what i'm thinking

+1

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[NicoleScraps]

You could find an aspiring photographer to do them for free or very cheap for practice.

[windrider86]

Even the pros take at least ten to get the "one" thats right

[JohnT]

Having just had to pay almost six hundred dollars for my grandsons senior photos, I can empathize with you. I think that is just ridiculous, and for those parents and kids that cannot afford it I think making and effort to do it yourself is commendable.

The bottom line is that the professional shots will still be the best. That is the truth, so keep that in mind and this is a one time thing. You will never be a senior again.

[ChrisAdval]

Originally Posted by techlover15

I am a senior this year and since i have a "professional" camera i don't want to have someone do pics for me. What i am wondering is if there is really an easy way to do your own senior pics without having to take like 10 pics in order to get 1 when trying to frame yourself right. And having my mom try to do it is almost just as bad...lol

check my set of my self-portraits - Self-Portraits - a set on Flickr

its not the best, but its the best of myself honestly. I later learned to not mix dark wardrobe with a dark background as you can see in the photos...

Anyways get a remote shutter to trigger the shutter and have the auto-focus on to get the camera to focus on you nicely (in most cases). The only hard part is framing yourself without an actual frame as a model... when I did it, it was hit and miss really, I had to keep checking after every shot to see if I was in frame. As others mentioned, use a tripod, also a tripod that allows portrait angles.