Your Hometown

Location

Aug 2

If you’re looking for somewhere beautiful, but want a little bit of a urban feel to it then look no further than your very own hometown. You know all the highlight spots in your town, places that are important to you, and maybe parks or businesses you visit a lot. Your hometown is the perfect way to make your senior pictures unique to you. Depending on where you’re from, your hometown could cover a one hour or two-hour session.

Check out my list of the top senior picture locations in St. Louis, MO to get inspired by more locations to have your senior pictures taken.

The Best Part About Your Hometown

Your hometown is where your roots are. You’ve grown up here, made lots of friends, hung out at your favorite coffee shop, and have many good memories. It’s also the perfect location if you’re not wanting to drive to far from home for senior pictures.

Every town has lots to offer. Most towns have some historic buildings in the area, which make for unique backgrounds. There’s always steps to sit on, tables and chairs outside of businesses to relax at, a local ice cream shop or coffee shop to purchase something to use in your senior pictures, and possibly a mural or two that would look neat in your background. Maybe your town even has a water fountain where you can sit on the ledge.

Towns are perfect for taking walking away or towards the photographer portraits, and if your town isn’t very busy at all you could even pose in the road. You most likely have some sort of interesting architecture or brick buildings around your town that are perfect for leaning against the wall portraits. Doorways are also perfect to pose in or in front of, especially if they have unique doors on them.

You can also get a mix of urban and nature if you take some down Main St. and then head over to your local park. Even if you feel like your park doesn’t have much to offer, there’s plenty of trees, benches, shrubbery, maybe a lake, and even some sort of building you can incorporate into your portraits.

What to Expect Each Season

Spring

Spring brings regrowth, which includes blooming flowers and greenery. Your town most likely has potted plants around businesses that would look beautiful in your portraits. This also means that any trees in the area will add a burst of color to your senior pictures as well.

Summer

Your town might get a little busy in the summer, so that may mean picnics and other events are taking place. This is a great time to utilize those events and take fun picnic, carnival, or festival portraits. If you’re just wanting to take some portraits now that it’s warmer out, this is the best time. You can even use overhangs on buildings for shade or even buy an ice cream for portraits and to keep you cooler.

Fall

With the leaves changing colors and fall arriving, it may also mean that your town is decorating with pumpkins and mums. These all make for beautiful backgrounds in your senior pictures. You may even have some fall festival’s that you want to incorporate into your session. Your local parks will be filled with amazing fall colors as well.

Winter

Your town may love to deck out for Christmas and have lots of Christmas lights around it that would look great in your senior pictures, or maybe you just want to wait for it to snow to take unique portraits in the town you love. Either way would give you a different senior session that would stand out amongst the rest of your class. You also can avoid the trees in the winter by taking portraits with mainly buildings as your background if you’re not necessarily looking for snow portraits, but still want a winter session.

Pricing and Accommodations

It’s most likely free to park in your hometown, and you can walk the streets 24/7. The only things that cost and will close are the local shops. Some towns have public restrooms, while others don’t. You may have to go into a business to use the restroom is necessary.