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Senior Pictures with Vinyls

  • Jul 8, 2025
  • 3 min read

One of the best parts of planning senior pictures is creating a session that actually feels like YOU! Parks and flowers for sure have a place in the senior portrait location guide, but some of the most memorable and meaningful senior pictures are built around doing photos in places that tell your story. Locations that have actual meaning in your life, and don't look like everyone else's photos! Including something unique can really make your senior pictures one of a kind!

senior pictures with vinyl

Senior Pictures Built Around Your Interests

The best senior sessions aren't about following trends. They're about showcasing the things that make you unique. Senior pictures with vinyl do just that.


When a senior chooses a location connected to something they genuinely love, the entire session feels more natural. There's an excitement and confidence that simply can't be recreated in a random field! Instead of wondering what to do with your hands, you're interacting with a space that's already familiar and meaningful. Of course, I will still fully guide you with posing!

Years from now, those photographs won't just remind you what you looked like during senior year. They'll remind you of who you were.


Columbus vinyl record store senior picture sitting on the floor
senior pictures in a record store leaning on racks

Senior Pictures with Vinyl


If you are a record owner or obsessed with choosing your newest vinyl, the record store is the perfect setting for senior photos. Holding your favorite vinyl adds extra meaning and future insight into what you loved most senior year. These photos are all about taking your back to exactly who you were at this phase of life!


unique senior picture in Columbus, Ohio vinyl store

Photographing in Small Indoor Spaces

Unique locations often come with unique challenges. Record stores, boutiques, coffee shops, and other local businesses usually have limited space, lower light, and customers coming and going throughout the session.


That's where experience makes all the difference.


For sessions like these, I bring professional lighting designed specifically for indoor environments. Even in dark spaces with very little natural light, I'm able to create bright, flattering portraits that still preserve the atmosphere and character of the location. You get beautiful images without losing the authentic feel that made you choose the space in the first place.


Plus, there is no stress with a photographer that isn't sure what to do and how to do it. We've got this!

fun senior picture session at record store near Westerville
Columbus senior picture in record store smiling at camera looking through records

Experience Matters During Custom Senior Sessions

Unlike photographing in an empty park, indoor businesses require flexibility. We may need to pause while customers browse, adjust our plans if an area becomes busy, or completely change our approach based on what's happening around us.


After photographing hundreds of seniors throughout Central Ohio, adapting on the fly has become second nature. I'm constantly watching the light, the background, customer traffic, and new opportunities that appear throughout the session. Those quick decisions allow us to keep the experience relaxed while creating images that look intentional from beginning to end.


Most seniors never even realize how much is happening behind the scenes. They simply get to enjoy the experience while I handle the logistics. That's how senior photos should be! Fun and memorable for the senior AND their parents.


record store senior picture with vinyl in Columbus, Ohio
senior photo leaning on post with records in Columbus Ohio
high school senior picture looking at record in Columbus Ohio trendy record store

Let's Create Senior Pictures That Feel Like You


Your senior pictures should be more than beautiful. They should tell your story.

If your favorite place is a record store, arcade, baseball stadium, dance studio, local coffee shop, or anywhere else that represents who you are, let's build your session around it.


Custom senior photography is about celebrating your personality, your interests, and this once-in-a-lifetime season in a way that no one else can duplicate.


The result is a gallery filled with images that are as unique as your senior year.



Looking for your perfect senior photographer? Want someone who can bring your vision to life? This is what we do!! Get in touch.

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