Parents’ Guide

A Parents' Guide

What Maine Parents need to know about Senior Portraits

Hey Parents, are you wondering what your student means when they say their yearbook photo is due in September and you have to find a photographer?

Wall with three senior pictures featuring a young man in various settings. Maine photographer Focus Photography studio. Perfect for senior portraits.
Senior pictures in frames on a pastel wall above a wooden desk. Perfect for Maine high school senior photography studio targeting seniors and moms.

Welcome to their senior year. There’s a strong possibility the school had some sort of advance notice that this year, you would be choosing a photographer, but they definitely didn’t send it you.

I know this because I’ve been a senior portrait photographer for 20 years, and I’ve never met a parent who was prepared for their first child becoming a senior. So it’s not your fault, but let’s get you up to speed.

Only the most unpopular kids will be using the school photographer this year, and by calling us at Focus Photography, you have a chance to celebrate everything that is great about your senior before they leave home.

If you don’t want to read all the details, set up a 15 minute phone call or Zoom meeting here, and Lucia will talk you through it all.

But for parents who want to know all the details, here’s what I’m going to explain:

By the way, this menu is repeated at the bottom of each guide page, so you don’t need to keep coming back to this page:)

Set up a call with the button below, or visit our Schedule Page to arrange a showroom or Zoom meeting.

Will (and Lucia)


What Chris and his mom said:

I don’t like being photographed… but I love the posters with my guitars!!

“ My pictures are really well done, and they capture a lot of different sides and emotions. My session was fun and easy (and this is coming from someone who dreaded doing it in the first place).”

“I want to thank you for making it easy for me. I don’t like being photographed, I didn’t want a headshot, and I didn’t want to look at pictures of myself.”

“But I love the posters we did with all my guitars, and I’m really glad I came!

Chris Eaton

North Yarmouth Academy

“You put Chris at ease – he did not want to do this, and you inspired him to have fun with it!”

Karen Eaton

Mom To Chris


Teen with guitar poses against graffiti wall. Maine photographer captures senior pictures in downtown Portland ME. Photography studio session for teens.
Senior with guitar poses by graffiti wall. Downtown Portland ME. Captured by Maine photographer. Ideal for senior pictures. Photography studio.
High school senior boy with guitar poses against graffiti wall in Portland ME, Maine photographer captures unique senior pictures.