Planning First
Each senior experience begins with thoughtful guidance around personality, wardrobe, interests, locations, and how the finished portraits should feel in your home.
Senior Portraits
Senior portraits with personality, polish, and purpose.
A refined senior portrait experience built around planning, guided posing, artistic image creation, and finished artwork your family can enjoy long after graduation.
A Portrait Experience With Intention
Guided Confidence
Lighting, posing, expression, and movement are directed throughout the session so seniors feel comfortable, polished, and genuinely seen.
Finished Artwork
Digital images are included, but the experience is designed to support albums, framed prints, acrylic wall art, and curated portrait collections.
What's Included
- Pre-session planning and creative direction
- Wardrobe and location guidance
- Professional lighting and posing support
- Private proofing, reveal, and ordering support
- Custom albums, acrylics, framed artwork, and gift print options
Not sure what kind of senior experience fits best?
Start with a planning conversation and build a portrait experience around personality, wardrobe, interests, location, artwork goals, and the story this season deserves to tell.
Boomerang Sessions
A senior year told in chapters.
Boomerang sessions are designed for seniors who want more than one look, one season, or one version of who they are. Start with a summer or early fall session, return for late fall color, create a fresh late spring set, and finish with cap and gown portraits.
Together, those sessions create a complete senior-year story that is especially powerful in an heirloom album or coordinated wall artwork collection.
The Artwork Experience
Designed to become more than files.
Senior portraits should feel like more than a quick appointment and a folder of digital images. From image selection to custom albums, acrylics, framed prints, gift prints, and curated artwork collections, every step is built to turn favorite portraits into finished pieces for the home.
After your session, you will review your images through a private proofing and reveal process so your family can choose the portraits, products, and upgrades that fit the way you want to preserve this milestone.
Senior Portrait Pricing
Choose the senior portrait experience that fits your story.
Each collection includes guided posing, professional retouching, a private proofing gallery, and fully edited high-resolution digital images. Artwork, albums, acrylic wall art, framed prints, gift prints, and additional digital images are available separately or through collection upgrades.
Senior Essential
$695A polished, focused senior portrait experience for families who want beautiful images with clear direction and a simple plan.
- Approximately 60-75 minutes
- One location
- 2 outfits
- Guided posing and direction
- Private proofing gallery
- 10 fully edited high-resolution digital images
- Additional images and artwork available separately
Recommended
Senior Signature
$1,195The most balanced senior experience, with more time, more variety, and artwork credit built in from the beginning.
- Approximately 2 hours
- Up to 2 nearby locations
- 3-4 outfits
- Planning consultation
- Wardrobe and location guidance
- Guided posing throughout the session
- 20 fully edited high-resolution digital images
- Yearbook image support where needed
- $300 print/artwork credit
- Private reveal and ordering appointment
Senior Luxe
$1,895A premium, story-driven portrait experience for seniors who want an editorial, artistic, athlete, dance, or personality-driven session.
- Approximately 2.5-3 hours
- Multiple looks, locations, or one highly developed creative concept
- 35 fully edited high-resolution digital images
- Custom album or album credit included
- $500-$700 wall art credit
- Private reveal and ordering appointment
- Optional parent or family mini-segment when appropriate
Digital images are part of the experience, but they are no longer the whole story. Your final collection can be built around heirloom albums, framed artwork, acrylic wall pieces, and keepsakes designed to last.
Senior Ambassador Team
Interested in the Ambassador Team?
The Artistry by Thomas Kay Ambassador Team is a selective senior-year experience for students who want creative sessions, referral opportunities, and a more involved role in sharing the portrait experience with friends and classmates.
FAQ
Where do senior sessions happen?
Sessions can be created in studio-inspired spaces, outdoor locations, urban settings, or places that carry personal meaning.
When should I book?
Booking early gives more flexibility for season, wardrobe, locations, and yearbook timing.
Do you offer artwork?
Yes. Galleries can include print, album, wall art, and collection ordering options through the client portal.
Ready when you are
Ready to create something intentional?
Let's create images that tell your story beautifully.