senior sessions
The Experience
Senior Portrait Experience
At Vallentyne Photography, senior portraits are about more than just taking pictures. This is such a meaningful season—and it deserves to be documented in a way that feels natural, personal, and lasting.
I offer a full-service experience, so you’re not left with a folder of images and a long to-do list. From planning your session to helping you select your favorite images and creating finished artwork, everything is taken care of for you.
After your session, your images are professionally retouched and thoughtfully designed into finished pieces for your home—from custom wall art to beautifully crafted senior albums.
And yes—every portrait you purchase includes the matching high-resolution digital file.
What’s Included
• A full-service experience from start to finish
• A pre-session planning meeting
• Location recommendations tailored to your senior
• Wardrobe guidance so they feel confident and comfortable
• A relaxed, guided session
• A Zoom reveal and ordering appointment
• Fully retouched images
Everything is designed to feel easy so you can simply enjoy this milestone.
Investment
Session Fee: $290
Includes your custom session and planning.
Portraits are selected after your session during your design appointment.
Most families choose a collection of their favorite images, with collections beginning at $990, while individual portraits are available at $250 each.
Every image you select includes both the finished artwork and the matching digital file.
What Most Families Choose
Most families choose an album or a collection of prints for their home—something tangible they can enjoy long after graduation.
These become the pieces you’ll look back on years from now, when this season already feels like it flew by.
What’s Next
The next step is a quick phone call so we can talk through dates, locations, wardrobe, and what you’re envisioning.
Reach out anytime—I’d love to create something meaningful for this milestone.
what to expect
> An easy, fun, and relaxed experience (we guide you the whole way!)
> Relaxed & natural portraits that celebrate your Senior Year
> Guidance on style, locations, & outfits
> Tried & true locations around North County and San Diego
> The best portraits of your life (no exaggeration)
> Albums & Artwork for your home (shipped to you worldwide)
how it works
Say hello!
Get in touch and we'll give you all the info you need to get started. Then we will set up a zoom meeting to plan your session from what to wear, to location and all those details. We'll talk about the process and answer all of your questions and then we will get you booked and on the calendar.
Have your session
You'll be fully guided and directed throughout the session so all you will have to focus on is having fun and being yourself. You might feel a little nervous at first but that will quickly melt away as we guide you with easy direction. We are serious about creating the best images ever for you, but also serious about giving you the greatest experience you've ever had in front of the camera.
The reveal
We will get together via zoom one more time for your ordering session to reveal the gorgeous images we have created together. We will guide you through choosing your favorites and talk about how they might look best in print. My #1 tip, trust your instincts. The ones that make you smile or tear up instantly, are the ones you're going to print!
Special delivery!
Within weeks of your ordering appointment, a very special package will be delivered to your home all the way from our professional lab! You will be holding your finished art in your hands and hanging it on your walls! The best part about the artwork we deliver is that it's going to grow more special and meaningful over the years. This is a true once in a lifetime milestone that's sure to become even more special over the years!
Vallentyne Photography is a portrait studio in Carlsbad, CA, serving families throughout North County San Diego and surrounding coastal communities.
With 20 years of experience, we specialize in natural, timeless portraits for families, maternity, newborns, and seniors — photographed on location or in our beautiful natural light studio. Our goal is to make the experience feel relaxed, meaningful, and easy from start to finish while creating artwork you’ll love for years to come.
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Message me anytime and we’ll hop on a quick call to plan something beautiful.
Senior year has a funny way of sneaking up on parents. One minute you`re dropping them off at kindergarten and the next they`re making plans for life after high school. These photos aren`t just about graduation. They`re about remembering who they were before everything changed. #VallentynePhotography #SeniorPortraits #CarlsbadSeniorPhotographer #OceansideSeniorPhotos #ClassOf2026 #BeachSeniorSession #SanDiegoSeniorPortraits #NorthCountyPhotographer #SeniorPhotography
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Message me anytime and we’ll hop on a quick call to plan something beautiful.
I hear this all the time: "I just want to remember them exactly like this." Not older. Not more grown up. Just exactly as they are right now with their little personalities, endless energy, and wild imaginations. Because somehow these stages disappear faster than we think. #VallentynePhotography #FamilyPhotography #CarlsbadPhotographer #ChildhoodUnplugged #VistaPhotographer #FamilyPortraits #FieldPhotography #NorthCountyFamilies #SanDiegoFamilyPhotographer
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Message me anytime and we’ll hop on a quick call to plan something beautiful.
One day you`ll blink and this tiny baby won`t fit in your hands anymore. That`s usually when parents tell me they wish they had taken more photos. The newborn stage is exhausting, beautiful, and gone before you`re ready. That`s why these photos aren`t really for today—they`re for later. #VallentynePhotography #CarlsbadNewbornPhotographer #NewbornPhotography #NorthCountySanDiego #OceansidePhotographer #NewbornPortraits #CarlsbadStudio #BabyPhotography #FamilyMemories
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Message me anytime and we’ll hop on a quick call to plan something beautiful.
One of the things I love about black-and-white portraits is how little they let you hide behind.
No color. No distractions. No trendy outfits that will look dated in ten years.
Just a family being a family.
These boys spent most of the session climbing on Dad, making each other laugh, and testing the limits of everyone`s patience in the way little boys are uniquely qualified to do.
The result wasn`t perfection.
It was recognition.
When this family looks back at these portraits years from now, I don`t think they`ll be focused on what anyone was wearing. They`ll remember who their boys were at this age.
Curious: when you look at old family photos, what do you notice first?
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Message me anytime and we’ll hop on a quick call to plan something beautiful.
You keep saying you’ll book family photos when you feel more like yourself…
But the truth is—there’s always something. Life is busy. Your body changes. The timing never feels perfect.
And underneath that… it’s not really about the timing. It’s about not wanting to be happy in how you look.
But your kids don’t see any of that. They just see you. The way you hug them, laugh with them, show up for them every day.
If this has been on your heart, maybe this is your sign not to wait another year 🤍
When you work with me, you don’t just get a photographer—you get someone who plans, guides, and creates artwork you’ll love for years. If that’s what you’ve been searching for, let’s start.
