10 Ideas to Inspire Your Best Friend Senior Photo Session

Your friends are an integral part of your school years, so it only makes sense to take a few photos together to commemorate your senior year. An important part of planning your senior photo session is deciding on the poses and shots you would like to take. There are so many ways to capture senior photos with your best friends. If you need any extra inspiration, speak to your photographer or browse through their portfolio. Check out some of my clients who included a BFF in their senior session. These were so much fun to photograph!

Here are a few ideas to inspire you:

1. The Inside Joke

If there’s one thing all friends share, it’s a few inside jokes. Grab a shot of you and your besties talking and laughing together. Aim to walk toward the camera so that the photographer can capture your faces and outfits.

2. The Line-Up

Including more than just one best friend in your senior photos? Get the girls to line up with their backs toward the camera, your arms around each other’s waists, and your legs criss crossed for a great group shot. For the guys, you can place your hands on each other’s shoulders.

3. The Gowns

The iconic gown should make it into at least a few of your best friend shots. Have everyone walk toward the camera, laughing and smiling. You can even throw a few balloons into the mix for some added character.

4. The Year

Find a way to highlight the current year in your senior photos. You and your bestie can hold up a blackboard or even write the year across your feet, which will face the camera.

5. The Fun Signs

On the topic of props, you can also incorporate some fun signs into a few of your shots. “Finally” and “We Did It!” are great options.

6. The Hug

There are few things that feel as good as a hug from your best friend, which is why this makes for such a great senior shot. Embrace your friend in a way that your photographer can see both your faces. Another option is to capture a side hug from the back.

7. The Team

Were you and your best friend a part of the same sports team? Bring some memorabilia into your shots to highlight this special link you both share.

8. The Hat Toss

If you will be wearing hats on graduation day, don’t forget to capture a photo where your friend group throws their hats into the air.

9. The Confetti Shot

Add a little sparkle to your senior photos with beautiful dresses and confetti. You can have the confetti falling down around you and your friends or blow it toward the camera.

10. The Other Perspective

Get a few shots from a completely different angle by lying down with your head next to your best friend’s. Your photographer can then capture your faces from above.

collage of images of two highschool girls wearing all white clothes holding hands, laughing, running toward the camera at Westlake Entrada posing for best friend senior photos with DeAndra Jarboe Photography
collage of images of two girls best friends wearing summer shorts and dresses posing for professional photos at Southlake Town Center
a close up image of two young women hugging each other smiling sweetly at the camera posing for senior photos in Southlake Texas
a collage of images of two young ladies posing for senior photos at the Colleyville Library celebrating highschool graduation from Birdville High School. Wearing jeans and tank tops and green graduation gowns running, skipping and laughing
A collage of images showing two highschool girls wearing sweaters, jeans, and boots laughing, skipping, playing in the snow at Dr. Pillow Park in NRH posting for senior photos
a collage of images showing two college girls smiling, laughing celebrating their graduation from University of Texas Arlington at Adriatica Village in McKinney Texas

Thanks for stopping by my blog today. I hope you were inspired to invite a friend (or two) to your very own senior session! Contact me here to chat about your ideas and my availability.

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