New York
Senior portraits · New York
In short
Senior portraits in New York starts at $395: 90 min on location with a photographer who works in New York, and 40 edited photos delivered to a private gallery within 5 business days.
Why choose Senior portraits in New York?
Senior portraits in New York are a 90-minute high school senior session across two or three locations, priced from $395 for 40 retouched photographs and the yearbook-format crop. Many New York seniors do not drive, so the three locations are chosen along one subway line rather than across a borough. A Manhattan senior can move from a Central Park lawn to a downtown street in one short train ride, and the outfit change happens at the second stop rather than in a car. A Brooklyn or Queens senior usually keeps the whole session within one neighborhood and one park.
Worth knowing about New York
Brooklyn Botanic Garden is where a New York senior session most often meets a rule nobody expected. The Brooklyn Botanic Garden requires a permit for portrait photography by a professional photographer, requested at least five business days ahead, with a fee the Garden sets according to the shoot rather than publishing. Even with a permit, lighting, reflectors and props are not allowed without specific approval, and tripods are barred from the Japanese Hill-and-Pond Garden.
What does the session in New York look like?
- Brooklyn Botanic Garden
- Planted beds, specimen trees and garden paths behind a single portrait, a different background from any street location. A professional portrait here needs a Garden permit.
- Washington Street, DUMBO
- The urban frame most seniors ask for, used at the start of a weekday morning in summer before the street fills.
- The senior’s own block or school neighborhood
- The third location the senior chooses: a stoop, a court, a corner deli. In New York it is usually a ten-minute walk from home.
What does senior portraits in New York include?
- 40 retouched photographs
- Two to three locations in one session
- Unlimited outfit changes within the session
- Yearbook-format crop supplied to the school’s specification
- Private online gallery within 5 business days
- Print release for personal use
FAQ — Senior portraits in New York
Do senior portraits at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden need a permit?
Yes. The Brooklyn Botanic Garden requires a permit for any portrait session by a professional photographer, requested at least five business days in advance, and charges a fee it sets per shoot. A senior portrait session in New York that includes the Garden is booked with that lead time built in, and the Garden stays open to the public during the session.
How do senior portrait sessions in New York handle three locations without a car?
A New York senior portrait session picks its two or three locations along a single subway line or within one neighborhood, so the travel between them is one short train ride or a walk. The 90 minutes include that travel, outfit changes happen at a location rather than in a vehicle, and the session ends close to where the senior lives.