Portraits & Seniors

My three senior portrait packages are $250 for the 30-minute Moment, $450 for the one-hour Experience, and $850 for the two-hour Story. All include editing, a fully online gallery delivered within two to three weeks, and high-resolution downloads ready for yearbook submission, graduation announcements, and printed wall pieces. Travel within ten miles of Crosby is included; locations beyond that carry a small travel fee starting at $20.

Houston senior season is real — peak booking runs August through early November as families race yearbook deadlines (most local high schools want photos submitted by mid-December to late-January). I recommend booking your session four to six months ahead of when you want the gallery in hand. If you want flexibility on date, location, or weather rescheduling, sooner is better. Class of 2026 spots are open now.

Either 30 minutes (the Moment), one hour (the Experience), or two hours (the Story). Most senior families choose the Experience as the sweet spot — long enough for two locations and three outfit changes, short enough that nobody melts in the Houston sun. The Story is the right call if you want a wider range of looks, multiple outfit changes including formal, and the deepest gallery delivery.

Your fully edited online gallery is delivered within two to three weeks of the session. You will receive both high-resolution downloads sized for printing — yearbook submissions, graduation announcements, framed prints — and web-optimized files sized for Instagram and your senior reveal post. No watermarks on the final files, no per-image fees.

I will send a full styling guide once we book — what photographs best in Houston light, how to layer for outdoor sessions, what colors and silhouettes hold up. The short version: solid colors and timeless pieces over busy patterns or large logos, three to five outfits depending on package, with at least one polished and one casual look. For heat, we schedule outdoor sessions for the last 60 to 90 minutes before sunset (golden hour) or just after sunrise, bring water and powder for touch-ups, and choose shaded locations when the forecast is brutal.

Two for the Moment, three for the Experience, five for the Story. I recommend a range — one polished or formal, one casual that feels like the everyday version of you, one that ties to a hobby or sport, and a wildcard. Bring everything on hangers in a garment bag if you can; we will change in the car or at a nearby quick stop between locations. Extra outfits beyond your package are $15 each.

Absolutely — and most do. Bringing a parent or sibling for outfit help and moral support is normal and welcome. If you want a few sister-sister or best-friend duo shots tucked into the session, just let me know in your inquiry and we will plan time for it. Best friend duo sessions are a Class-of-2026 trend I am happy to lean into.

Houston weather is what it is. If the forecast looks bad, we reschedule at no additional cost — your deposit carries forward to the new date. I monitor the days leading up to every outdoor session and reach out proactively if it looks marginal. For hurricane-season bookings (June through November), I will always offer to move your session if a tropical storm is in the cone — yearbook deadlines matter, but safety matters more.

I work all over the greater Houston area and have favorite spots for almost every aesthetic. Downtown rooftops and the Houston skyline for an urban look. Buffalo Bayou Park or Hermann Park for greenery near the city. Mercer Botanic Gardens (Humble) for soft floral. Sunlit fields and tree-lined country roads out toward Crosby, Spring, and The Woodlands for golden-hour editorial. The beach at Galveston for water shots. If your senior has a place that means something to them — their high school, the family ranch, the spot where their team practiced — we can shoot there too.

I am a licensed cosmetologist as well as a photographer — trained at the Aveda Arts and Sciences Institute of Houston, working stylist at Kaleido Hair in Kingwood. So yes, hair and makeup beforehand is available as an add-on. For most senior families this is a real differentiator: one artist, one cohesive look, no driving across town to a salon and arriving sweaty before the shoot. Many seniors also book me for prom hair and makeup down the road since we already have a relationship.

Yes — and as your stylist, I can do it. I work full-time at Kaleido Hair in Kingwood and specialize in lived-in color, soft blends, and luxury low-maintenance tones. Schedule your color one to two weeks before your senior session so it has time to settle into its softest version, then we shoot when you look most yourself. Many of my senior families book color, then hair and makeup the morning of, then the shoot — one artist for the entire look.