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Authentic Scotch Plains Senior Portraits: Capturing the Journey from Newborn to Graduate

Remember when you first looked into their eyes? The first time you inhaled that sweet newborn smell? Holding your very own little miracle that you created and brought into the world? Can you believe how far they’ve come? How far YOU’VE come?

As a Scotch Plains Photographer, I get to witness a very special and unique journey. I see the eyes of new parents—the worry, the love, and the overwhelming gratitude. We take beautiful newborn pictures that you look back on for years. And then, in the blink of an eye, you are looking at those photos saying, “I can’t believe you’re going to be a Senior in High School.”

All of those feelings come flooding back. But they are different now. There are new worries, a new type of love, and a deeper gratitude. I am blessed to capture those first portraits of your children and then the last high school senior portraits before they head off to college or embark on adulthood.

We know they will always be that little baby in your eyes. My goal for your Scotch Plains senior session is to show you that little baby, but also the beautiful, confident individual they have become.

The Scotch Plains Senior Experience

I love senior portrait sessions because I love to capture people. I especially love taking portraits of these amazing kids who are coming into themselves—telling their story through my lens. By encapsulating who they are here and now, we get fun, authentic, and empowering images.

The Senior Experience is a unique way to tell your graduate’s story. These sessions are designed to capture their true self. Our Scotch Plains senior sessions typically last 3 hours, allowing plenty of time for location and outfit changes to ensure a diverse and professional senior gallery.

Contact The Studio in Scotch Plains to schedule your consultation today and let’s start planning a session as unique as your senior!

Lifestyle Senior Session in Cranford, NJ

Senior Sessions have my Heart <3

What can I say, I literally get the best of both worlds. I have the opportunity to take the first photos of your babies and then I get to take their last pics as kids before they move onto the next chapter of their lives and embark on their journey into adulthood. It is truly a very special experience I get to have and it is not lost on me.

Carly is one of the coolest kids I have had the opportunity to meet. We had a ton of fun at their Senior Session and just played around as the sun dipped down on the last hours of daylight. We did this session in March so it was actually a bit cold and windy that evening, but Carly didn’t mind and neither did I!

These sessions are really just fun hanging out, talking about their future, their dreams, their plans, dancing to music if we feel like it and me being their hype girl! That’s what these are all about! Capturing your child, their personality, THEM as they are today, in this very moment. I always find that they leave these sessions not only feeling excited about what their futures hold, but a sense of feeling empowered and SEEN! Isn’t that what we all want?

So even though we got a TON of amazing photos from this session, I am going to share the ones that I love the most.

Oh, and Carly also had a more “formal” portrait in The Studio beforehand. Those are also some of my most favorite shoots to do. It’s a new take on a classic shot. You can see some of those further down this page!

The Studio Experience

While I’m at it, let’s take a look at some of the awesome shots we got from the Studio portion of her shoot!

joan marie

1589 E 2nd Street

Scotch Plains, NJ 07076

908.312.1788 | info@joanmariephotography.com

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