Best Senior Portraits 2018 | Charlottesville Senior Photographer

With the class of 2019 recently graduating and the class of 2020 preparing for their upcoming senior years, it is the perfect time for us to reflect on the best senior portraits from 2018. We truly worked with some awesome seniors who have such bright and promising futures ahead! Whether they were finishing high school or graduating from college, each session was full of smiles and laughter in locations that allowed them to reminisce on some of their favorite memories from the last few years.

We spent one session at Raven’s Roost Overlook and captured some stunning shots! When shooting from the left of the tree, the cliff’s edge looks steep and dramatic. But, when shooting from the right of the tree, we get an entirely different picture that shows the depth going into the valley below. We also visited the IX Art Park, which provides some dynamic backdrops with their many murals and sculptures. This allowed us to be a little more creative, and we had a ton of fun shooting there! When Wyatt asked us for something different for his senior session, we were super excited! We took inspiration from the popular color runs to add a pop of color, and loved the outcome so much we think this might have to make another appearance!

Local places such as Carter Mountain and Chiles Peach Orchard also make great locations for high school senior portraits. Of course, for our college seniors, there is no better place to take pictures than on the grounds of the University of Virginia for their graduation photoshoot. Our UVA seniors love capturing portraits in front of their favorite places, like on the iconic UVA lawn with the Rotunda in the background, or in the beautiful Pavilion gardens! We also love when seniors want to incorporate their hobbies and passions into their graduation portrait sessions, this always makes for a fun and unique session. We always encourage our UVA seniors to include their cap and gown, as what senior doesn’t love having that perfect picture tossing their cap in the air to celebrate their huge accomplishment of graduating?

We are so glad we got to share our best senior portraits from 2018 on the blog with you all. If you’re thinking about getting portraits taken for your high school or college graduation, be sure to schedule your session with us soon!

Charlottesville Senior Portrait Photographers: Aaron Watson Photography