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Shop for Quality Instead of Price for Senior Pictures in Redmond

Redmond Senior Picture Photography | Seattle, Lynnwood, Bellevue

Senior Pictures Will Last a Lifetime

We all know there are some things you buy on quality, not price. We skip over the discounted stale bread in favor of the fresh baked loaf. We avoid the cracked and laggy phone and find one with the features we need working quickly. We know a lumpy mattress will cause long-term back pain, so we invest in a well-made one.

Photography is no different.

Simply, you should always shop for quality first instead of price on your child’s senior pictures. A well-shot, well-planned, high quality senior photo will be worth viewing and remembering for a lifetime—your senior has a lot of exciting life ahead of them! Capturing them in a 90-minute to 2-hour session is a challenge.

Senior portraits represent your student at their finest, with their whole future ahead of them. In a few years these portraits will have a nostagic effect having been a special time in their young lives. After more time has passed senior portraits are always up for comparison to the next generation and so goes time.

To create truly amazing Senior Pictures is a special type of photography similar to working with modeling and talent agencies…there are few and far between that can deliver a spectacular final product people are in awe of. They deserve an investment in quality.

Pre-Shoot Experts Work With You

An amateur will merely take your order, do what you tell them and then dust their hands off. They don’t spend time helping you get the most out of your session, and your child deserves much more!!

With a professional they will make their expertise available to you in every aspect. Before the shoot a pro can offer personal styling advice to help your student express the side of their self they want to display in their portraits. From clothing to hair, makeup and accessories, an expert proves his quality and ensures better results with this guidance.

A high quality photographer will also help you scout locations around the area, whether you leave it completely up to them or have an idea but not specifics in mind. Finding the setting that captures your senior’s personality and lifestyle and makes them pop is something only a local photographer with many years of experience can offer.

Good Service Doesn’t End After the Shoot

Another reason you should shop quality instead of price for your senior pictures in Redmond, is that a quality photographer will make sure you’re satisfied and then some. After all, what service are you really paying for? Someone to press a button on a camera? Hopefully not!

What’s really being captured? You’re getting a symbol of your student’s accomplishments and life up to this point, brimming with memories and to be viewed over and over again and we want this to look tip top! This requires a certain type of personality to work with students to have fun and get them to relax combined with an expert level of digital post-production. Everyone’s skin is not perfect and we all have stray hairs and blemishes–both simple fixes in Photoshop.

There are many cool Photoshop tricks and filters than can be applied. Some people favor a rustic black & white effect, others might like something more modern with high contrast. And of course, many traditional methods are used as well.

What is the final result?

If you shop for quality instead of price for senior pictures in Redmond, you ensure better portraits, plain and simple. Better lit, better shot, better planned, and better on your wall at home and to share with your family and friends. Similar to high school prom and many of the other important experiences awaiting your student, it is a once in a lifetime experience! You’ve just got one shot, so better it’s taken by someone who knows what they’re doing and cares how it turns out!

By Julian Michael > Contact him for your child’s senior portraits today!

 

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Seattle Senior Pictures and Portraits | Summer & Fall Package Specials 2012

AWESOME. COOL. SICK. RETRO. CLASSIC. FUN.

These are all words that Seniors have said about their entire senior portrait session with Julian Michael photography. Many of our parents that come through that had worked with a different photographer for their oldest child said they just didn’t know where to go and had a difficult time selecting their favorite images as there were so few that looked good. With Julian Michael you’ll have the complete opposite problem…you’ll have so many fantastic images to choose from you will likely be surprised! (and of course really excited!!) My personal guarantee is that you have the best images of your teenage son or daughter you’ve ever seen and that you will love to share and display them proudly in your home and online for the rest of your life!

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Senior Portrait Photography Specials Summer/Fall 2012 (valid through Sept 5, 2012):

NEW PACKAGES FOR SUMMER/FALL 2012

Choose from the following options that will range from $699 to $1295 depending on your selections, taste and your budget. Half of your package price is due up front and the balance is due within four weeks of your session date. Your viewing session is typically 2-3 weeks following your session and you will likely receive your finished portraits and retouched files within two weeks of your viewing session.

  • Experience a 1hr or 2hr on-location session with unlimited outfits (usually 3-5)
  • Best 8, 15, or 25 retouched digital files for printing 5×7, 4×6 and smaller
  • Your favorite image for a mounted Wall Portrait either 11×14 or 16×20
  • Choose from one of our rustic or classic frames or go with Canvas
  • (Ladies) Hair & Makeup provided if you’d like to feel extra fancy! :OD

These packages all include a pre-session phone consultation, your choice of post-session viewing style, and 100% guarantee that you’ll love your images or we’ll reshoot! And oh, ‘Rockstar Customer Service’ is Julian’s favorite phrase! All sessions are completed on-location and include a styling consultation via phone, theater-style viewing session following your session, and a wide variety of stunning images to select from when all is said and done. Most popular senior portrait photography locations on the northend are Rustic Snohomish – Downtown Everett – Mill Creek – Local parks and property – and there’s always Kirkland waterfront or Downtown Seattle if you’re feeling frisky! :OD

Book your appointment today with Julian Michael Photography to experience the difference of quality and fun for the rest of your life to cherish!

Click here to visit the booking and packages page

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Seattle Senior Portraits | Seattle Prep, O’Dea, Blanchet & King’s Senior Pictures Photography Studio

James/Classic Session | by Seattle Senior Pictures & Portrait Photographer Julian Michael

One of my favorite sessions from recent times was working with James who’s about as ‘chill’ as it gets. Playing on a Seattle premiere soccer team comes natural and being cool for his senior pictures session was a must! Most of his session was done in downtown Seattle like Capitol Hill and Pioneer Square but we considered Kirkland or Bellevue at first.

Enjoy some of my favorite pictures from his senior photos session:

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All sessions are completed on-location within the Seattle area or nearby. Most popular senior portrait photography locations are downtown Ballard, Greenlake, urban Pioneer Square or Capital Hill, Madison Park, and the Seattle Waterfront including West Seattle’s Alki Beach!

Book your appointment today with Julian Michael Photography and get ready to have fun and be able to brag about how cool your senior portrait came out this year!seattle senior pictures portraits photographer julian michael bellevue woodinville kirkland prep cool best ballard sodo

Kirkland Senior Pictures and Photography in Full Swing for Springtime

It’s that time again! Here are some beautiful images from a recent session in Seattle for Senior Portraits. This senior had an amazing time in Kirkland but attends Redmond high school. She brought several great styling outfits for her senior pictures session in downtown Kirkland whereby we photographed her for a couple hours…time flies when you’re having fun! We considered shooting in Seattle or Bellevue but ultimately wound up choosing to do her best senior pictures session in Kirkland because of the coziness and great colors offered by Kirkland. Enjoy!

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Some of Anna's best senior pictures

Kirkland Senior Portrait and Bellevue Picture Photographer Julian Michael

Bruce, Class of 2012 Woodinville High School | Senior Pictures Seattle & Bellevue

Bruce is one of several Woodinville High School soccer team players I had the opportunity to work with for their senior pictures to create some cool magic! All of these guys were really cool and because of a couple GREAT moms on the team, they came to get the very best senior pictures in and around Bellevue or Seattle by Julian Michael!

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Bruce brought his ‘classic’ guy gear, consisting of jeans, white tee and a couple jackets for his selection of senior pictures outfits. For one of his senior pictures outfits I had him in a very natural pose and he looked just like one of his buddy’s senior portrait sessions in Kirkland and Bellevue from the month before in 2011. Overall Bruce and his family were super happy with their selection of senior portraits to choose from and wound up with the image in the bottom-left of the collage on their wall as a wall portrait and ordered a really cool album with custom designs. Next time we’ll get their family together up in Mukilteo for a great family portrait. His sister only has a couple years until her senior pictures…time sure does fly!!

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Leah, Class of 2012 Sammamish High School | Senior Pictures Seattle & Bellevue

What a great Seattle senior portrait session today as we downtown Seattle by the waterfront and Capital Hill’s rustic areas to create some fantastic senior pictures.

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Leah brought several great senior pictures outfits and we had some great attire to choose from, including a fun elvis drop shoulder shirt with skinny jeans, a cute mini skirt with matching top and other cool senior gear. For one of her senior pictures outfits she wore this red, white and blue plaid shirt that reminded me of a senior portrait session in Lynnwood and Woodinville I did in 2010. Overall Leah was super happy with her selection of the best senior pictures she could possibly get by Julian Michael.

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Valerie, Class of 2012 Seattle Lutheran High School, Senior Portraits

Location: Downtown Seattle, Pioneer Square

So much fun photographing Valerie for her senior portraits session! One thing Val definitely has is ‘spunk’ and always makes for a great senior pictures session when we have some great attire to choose from, including an awesome striped shirt, scarf and hat that were my favorites. We made sure to capture a variety of images so it’s easy to know the best senior pictures in her session. Val is a referral from her Dad whom I photographed several months ago for his real estate company business and uses for marketing purposes.

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High school senior portrait and pictures photographer Julian Michael

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Katie, Class of 2012 Redmond High School | Senior Pictures

Location: Marymoor Park, Redmond and Kirkland Waterfront

Another fun senior portrait session today as we explored Marymoor Park in Redmond and Kirkand for Katie’s Senior Portrait session. She brought several great senior pictures outfits and we had some great attire to choose from, including an awesome pink top with skinny jeans and a turquoise top with matching skirt that were fun to work with. We even headed over to the dog park at Marymoor park for one of her senior pictures outfits that reminded me of a session in Bellevue from last year.

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High School Senior Portrait Photographer Julian Michael

Evan @ Woodinville | Senior Portraits Session

by Julian Michael, Senior Portrait Photographer serving Seattle, Bellevue, Lynnwood, Kirkland, Everett and Surrounding Areas

Evan is the second of five siblings that I’ve had the opportunity to photograph for his senior pictures in Kirkland. Both he and his older brother (and their family) are very much into Soccer and it’s always fun to work with laid back high school seniors that are pretty excited for their session. We used the Juanita Beach and Towncenter area in North Kirkland for his session backgrounds – one of my favorite spots to photograph as their is such a variety all within about two to three blocks walking distance. it always helps when it’s August and about 80-degrees (as opposed to February and 38 when I also photographed someone there)!

A couple of my favorite samples – enjoy!

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