Getting ready for your senior pictures is exciting and also a little overwhelming when it comes to the BIG question: What should I wear for my senior portraits? Luckily, when you book a senior portrait session with me, you get unlimited outfit changes and we shoot in two different locations in the Woodlands or Spring, so you can wear all your favourite outfits. One accessory seems to be very popular with my high school senior clients – cowboy boots!
The great thing about your cowboy boots is that you can build your own style around them, and there are a million different ways you can express yourself. Bright, bold and colourful, understated and simple, or sweet and feminine, the options are limitless! It’s a great way to show off your true Texan style, and even if you’re not Texan born but still want to show you have a little bit of Texas in your heart, it’s an accessory that everyone will recognize and associate with this great state! Here’s a few tips when putting together your outfit:
CHOOSE A BASE COLOUR
Maybe your boots have a touch of colour you can work with, for colour harmony, like the teal outfit above. Then you can choose a contrasting and complimentary colour as an accent, for necklaces, earrings or a scarf. If your boots are plain black, brown, or white, choose a colour that looks great on you and photographs well and build your outfit around it, with a complimentary accent. For a country look, teal blue, soft yellow, light peach and airy cream look gorgeous against green fields and dirt roads.
MIX AND MATCH WITH DRESSES AND PANTS
You can incorporate your boots twice over if you choose two outfits to match them. Wear a cute and flirty skirt for one set of shots, and then change it up with skinny jeans or leggings.
ACCESSORIZE
Pair your cowboy boots with a jacket or vest over a lacy dress, or add a belt or rows of chunky necklaces to add visual interest and texture to your overall look. Head pieces and cowboy hats also match perfectly!
DON’T BE AFRAID TO MIX COUNTRY AND URBAN GLAM
Show a sophisticated sense of style and wear your cowboy boots with a drop dead gorgeous floor length prom dress, and shoot in the city streets. Or wear a twirly skirt or tutu-inspired ball gown in the middle of a field. Mixing genres is interesting and shows your unique sense of style!
Check out how some of my senior clients have worn their cowboy boots for their own senior pictures! All different, all beautiful, all showing their Texan style!
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For the last set of the evening, we watched the sky turn radiant and glowing with this gorgeous golden light. Time for some stunning emotive photos, to round off this senior session, and a few poses against that incredible sunset.
I really really had a great time shooting this senior session, for Class of 2015 senior Miss Madison. Our hair and make up artist, her perfect styling, and a stunning location came together for some amazing shots.
