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When it’s so easy to take out your phone and take a good photo, you might be wondering whether it’s really necessary to hire a professional photographer for your senior photo session.

Most smartphones have some impressive cameras and they’re great for capturing your everyday moments with friends and family. However, your phone won’t quite hit the mark for your senior portraits – here’s why …

- Your Photographer Has Experience.
There are a number of elements that make for a good photo and a photographer knows how to bring them together. What’s more, they can help guide you during your senior photoshoot so that you look your best, which can be helpful if you’ve never posed for important photos before.

- They Know How to Use a Location to Their Advantage
The location of your senior shoot matters, as does the lighting. When you work with a professional photographer, you benefit from someone who knows how to use their surroundings to create beautiful and magical images. 

Over and above that, your photographer can provide you with the best location options based on your vision for your senior photo shoot.

- They Have the Equipment
Your smartphone’s camera might be impressive, but it will never match up to professional cameras, lenses, and experience.  

When you hire a senior photographer, you are also hiring their professional equipment. Plus, the photographer has more artistic control over how the image will look by the carefully chosen settings used on the professional equipment … you can’t have that kind of control with a smartphone.

- Editing is a Part of the Package
It’s one thing to add a filter to a photo and another to edit it in a way that highlights all of your best features at once. A professional photographer can edit your images in ways that are natural but eye-catching.  

- They Bring an Artistic Eye
When you work with a professional senior photographer, their job is to bring your vision to life. However, you can also benefit from their artistic eye – you might end up using ideas you never even thought of. Let their experience work toward you getting the best photos.

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In the end, this is a big milestone, one that deserves professional photos to mark the occasion. Your senior photo session is an investment and an experience you won’t soon forget.