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When Should You Do Senior Portraits in North Texas?
In many areas Senior pictures are done in the summer before your Senior year, but with the North Texas climate, this is not always possible. In the North Texas area senior portraits are often best taken early fall or early spring of your senior year. This timing allows for a few advantages:
Avoiding Stress: Taking portraits early in the school year means you’re less likely to be stressed by other senior year activities and responsibilities.
Weather: Early fall and spring generally offer better weather and more natural light, which can lead to better photos.
Availability: Photographers might have more availability in winter and summer months, giving you a better chance to book a slot that fits your schedule. Fall and Spring are busier for photographers so book early.
Yearbook Deadlines: If you want to ensure your photo is included in the yearbook, check the submission deadlines with your school. Scheduling your session well in advance helps avoid any last-minute rush.
Summer is also possible but due to the Texas heat early morning sunrise sessions are suggested. Our winters are relatively mild and give some beautiful golden hues so do not rule winter months out.
If backgrounds are important a few things to keep in mind. If you want a more urban look, buildings look the same year round. For more natural, seasons are important. We usually do not get fall color until Thanksgiving or later and fall color is minimal most years. If you want green we still have green in the early to late fall. Spring gets green the first or second week of April. Golden hues can be done anytime but need the sun especially in the winter.
I find I do more senior portraits in the fall. Weather is nicer and slightly more predictable than spring in North Texas. Gives you more time and not rushed. A big plus if your photographer allows it (I do) you can mix in your yearly family portraits for the holidays.
Late winter -Early Spring
Spring
Summer - Early Fall
FALL - Early Winter
Kira | Argyle Senior Session with Her Horse.
Kira has been on my model team for several years now. She has a beautiful smile, great style and the camera loves her. And can you tell she loves pink? We did several sessions her senior year at different locations is the DFW area. We did some at the historical downtown Carrolton, Perry Farm and them at her horse’s trainer near Lake Worth.
Grace's Senior Pictures With Her Charolais
We split Grace’s photo session up into 2 separate sessions. We originally had it scheduled in early spring, but when she found out that one of her show cows was going to be sent to the breeders we moved part of the session to January. It was cold, but Grace never missed a beat. I was all bundled up and kept asking her if she wasn’t too cold and she always said she was fine. We took the cattle photos at her FFA barn and I set up a mini studio in the barn isle. That way we said out of the wind for a majority of the session. She suggested Downtown Carrollton for the second session and I discovered a really cool park close by, which I got lost going to. Didn’t realize the street had an east & west and of course I entered the wrong one. When I got to where my GPS took me, I found an large vacant lot. Oops!
