Portland senior pictures — standing in empty bridge roadway downtown Portland

Highschool Senior Pictures | Downtown Portland

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I have been working with Nate’s family for many years, from family photos to his older brother’s senior portraits. We’ve spent time in quiet parks, gardens, and familiar spots. So when it was finally Nate’s turn, it felt right that he wanted something completely different. He asked for an urban vibe and downtown Portland views, so we headed to one of my favorite locations in the city that offers bold color, classic Portland skyline, and even a small green space nearby for a change of pace.

We got lucky. The bridge happened to be closed that day, which meant the roadway was ours. Some of my favorite frames from this whole session came out of that empty road.

Three photos of a highschool senior in gray sweater and jeans in an urban greenspace. Four vertical photos of Senior portrait session downtown Portland — bridge details and urban locations Portland senior pictures — standing in empty bridge roadway downtown Portland Senior photos downtown Portland Oregon — red bridge ironwork and city skyline

Portland senior portraits on bridge with downtown skyline views

Class of 2027, your senior year is closer than it feels! Nows the time to start thinking about and scheduling your senior portraits for this summer. Don’t know your yearbook deadline? Send me a message with your school name and I’ll be happy to let you know!

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Erica K | Class of 2019

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Almost all the seniors I photographed this year are younger siblings of seniors I photographed a few years ago – which is seriously the biggest complement I can receive! I know I say that a lot, so if you follow my blog regularly you probably think I sound like a broken record, but it really does give me the “warm fuzzies” when clients return year after year.
Erica is homeschooled so we didn’t have to worry about submitting a yearbook photo, but getting senior photos done are still important and fun! Usually it’s the first time a student has done a photo session just for themselves and I love getting to watch them grow confidence in front of the camera as the session progresses.
Erica brought her guitar for some photos which is always encouraged – and not just because I like being serenaded while I’m working 😉


Are you graduating in 2019 or 2020? Shoot me a message, I want to hang out with you too!

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Eli – South Albany High School | Class of 2019

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Oh my goodness you guys! At some stage, way too early in the year, I got behind on blogging and never caught up. And by “didn’t get caught up” I mean I got overwhelmed by the sheer number of sessions to catch up on and gave up. Ha/Oops!

Before that I was only like two years behind on blogging, and now I’m only about three years behind, so I’m expecting to be caught up shortly before my 75th birthday. *insert nervous laugh*

Really though, I’m excited to start catching up and sharing some of these sessions because I had some real awesome clients last year and I can’t wait to show of their photos!

So lets start with Eli!
I photographed Eli’s older brother’s senior photos a few years and it was such an honor to have his family contact me again for his! Eli is a 3-sport athlete (or more? I lost count…) and all around amazing guy – we seriously had such a fun, relaxed time taking his photos around Albany. We started off at South Albany Highschool to get some photos of Eli in his natural element – the sports fields! and then after a quick outfit change we headed downtown for a more urban feel to finish up his session.

Here’s a few of my favorites from his session, I’d love to hear your favorite in the comments!

Are you graduating high school in 2019 or 2020? Hit me up! I love creating senior photo sessions that are fun, stress-free, and show off your personality!