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Senior Session + Posing Guide
Everything you need to plan your senior portraits, plus 50 poses for beaches, harbors, fields, and town commons across the South Shore. Fill out the form and your download appears right away.
Written by Chris McCarthy, photographing South Shore senior portraits since 2014.
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Part One · Plan Your Session
- ✓When to schedule: Best months, golden-hour timing, how far ahead to book, and what happens if the weather turns.
- ✓Hair, makeup + the night before: Simple prep that shows up in every frame, including how coastal wind changes your hair plan.
- ✓What to wear: Colors that work against South Shore sand, sea grass, and fall woods, plus what to skip.
- ✓Outfit inspiration: Four ready-to-copy looks for beach, harbor, fall field, and farm sessions.
- ✓What to bring + what to expect: A session-day checklist and what happens before, during, and after.
Part Two · 50 Poses
One pose per page, with what it is good for and two tips to make it work.
- Standing11
- Movement7
- Seated13
- Props + Personality6
- Cap, Gown + Letterman7
- Close-Ups + Details6
Pose illustrations are AI-generated reference images created to show each pose clearly. They are not photographs of South Shore Photography clients.