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• What is Seniors by Photojeania?
• What you Get
• Senior Magazine
• Senior Portrait Sessions
• Our Process
• FAQ

Our Process

Over the years we have honed our process of engaging with our senior portrait clients to enhance the value of your senior portraits and your experience with our studio.

Consultation & Planning Session

This is without a doubt the most important part of our process.  Creating senior portraits that are uniquely yours requires that we understand who you are: likes, dislikes, activities, ideas, personality, sense of style, etc...  Knowing this we are empowered to help plan your senior portrait session that will achieve the senior portraits you desire.

Prior to your consultation, we will ask you to complete a Senior Discover form on our website that provides us with all the basic information we need to start our consultation.  This must be completed and submitted 24 hours before your consultation and planning session.

During our consultation, we will discuss the information you have provided and develop ideas for your senior photo session.  When our senior clients have clear ideas for what they want, we run with them and the conversation focuses on the where, when and how.  Many seniors need some help in the idea department. When this happens we use what we have learned about you to brainstorm ideas and refine them into a working photo session plan.  By this time, we can make a recommendation for the appropriate Senior Portrait Session, develop a working plan for your photo session, and have likely answered many of your questions along the way.

Whenever possible, we try to conduct our consultation or planning sessions at our studio or our client's home.  Since we travel frequently, there may be cases where we offer consultation and planning sessions over the phone.

After you schedule your portrait session, we provide a confirmation of your session schedule and information to assist you in preparing for your senior portrait session.

Senior Portrait Session

The Big Day!  The session is generally straightforward because we already have a plan and you are well prepared to get the most from your session.  Photo sessions are fast paced and fun.  For most sessions, we begin in the studio mid-to-late afternoon followed by the location session which ends around sunset.  Our Magazine Sessions can require some stamina and so we offer our clients the option to split the studio and location sessions across two different days.  When we do this, the studio sessions are only offered in the morning.

Magazine Preview Session

For Magazine Session and Getaway Session clients, your Senior Magazine will be available for pickup approximately two weeks after your portrait session.  During this session we show you a slideshow of your images, enable you to check-out your magazine from the studio, and help you prepare for your ordering session.  All clients must make an advance payment on their order of $450 before their Senior Magazine can leave the studio.  This advance is non-refundable and is applied towards your senior portrait purchases.  This advance may be forfeited if the Senior Magazine is not returned within the check-out period which is usually 30 days. No client has ever forfeited their advance payment.

Ordering Session

Your ordering session is scheduled two to four weeks after either your Portrait Session or your Magazine Pickup Session.

During the ordering session you select the products and images you wish to purchase.  Magazine Session and Getaway Session clients may know exactly what images they want and in those cases we run with your list.  For the rest of our clients, we help you through the process of reviewing, comparing, and selecting your images.  Once we have selected your images, we offer our expertise to help you make decisions regarding products and sizes appropriate for your needs and wants. 

Ordering sessions for Iowa clients are performed in our studio.  Ordering sessions for other locations are conducted in clients' homes whenever possible.  In some circumstances, ordering sessions may be conducted by conference call using a web-based preview site.

The ordering session is schedule for 1 hour and is free of charge.  Additional ordering sessions may be scheduled for $50 if additional time is needed or if you could not make it to your original ordering session without providing 24 hours notice.

Framing Session

Your Framing Session is your opportunity to have some or all of your prints custom framed.  We find it helpful to schedule the framing session to make custom framing decisions once your portraits have been printed.  Photojeania offers on-site custom framing at prices competitive with custom framing businesses.  When your portraits are framed with us they are guaranteed for life.  At the conclusion of this session, you may take home any prints that will not be framed.

Pickup Session

Your framed prints are usually ready 2-3 weeks after your ordering or framing session.  This sessions is an opportunity to see your prints before you bring them home and usually takes no more than 15 minutes.