The SMP Portrait Experience

You deserve the best from your senior portrait experience, which is why you will love our beautiful albums that deliver a high impact display! You can choose from acrylic, metal, and canvas prints to create beautifully framed wall art.

About a week after your session, we will meet for your premiere viewing and ordering session. This is when I will help you choose your favorite images and custom design your products to display on your walls!

The Process

STEP 1 – BOOK YOUR SESSION

Once you book your session, I will call you for a pre-consultation to plan outfits and decide on your location to ensure that your session will be tailored to give you the best images.

STEP 2 – THE SESSION

All of the session planning comes together to create a fun and unique portrait session for you! Get ready to become a star for the day!

STEP 3 – YOUR ORDERING SESSION

This is the premiere of your images and your ordering time. I will work with you one on one to select, design, and customize your portrait art using state of the art software. You can choose between albums, image boxes, and a variety of wall art. Your ordering session is up to a 2 hour session for you to make the best decisions on your purchases.

STEP 4 – IMAGES ARE READY

Your portrait art is inspected and packaged to ensure that everything is exactly what you ordered. Then it is time for you to enjoy your beautiful images!

$200 BOOKING FEE

2 HOUR SESSION | 3 OUTFITS | 1 LOCATION | IN PERSON ORDERING SESSION

ADD ADDITIONAL OUTFITS/LOCATION FOR $75 EACH

***Due at Time of Booking***

This non-refundable booking fee is required to reserve your session with SMP. Sessions include our time to shoot the session and require an in-person ordering meeting. Prints, Products, and Digital Files are sold separately.

Session Fee Includes the Following:

  • Pre-session consultation for wardrobe styling to ensure you have the best outfits for your photo-shoot
  • 2 hour portrait session
  • Hair & Makeup is not included, but highly recommended. We work with amazing HMU stylists that we book for you.
  • 2 hour premiere ordering session in my home office or virtually. All prints and specialty products are sold separately during a scheduled private ordering session of your images.

Special products available: custom designed coffee table albums, image boxes, canvas wall prints, metal prints, acrylic prints and more!

For full collection pricing, please contact Suzanne to receive the
SMP Portrait Magazine.

About Suzanne

Hello and welcome! What an exciting time in your life! You are young and full of wonder, adventure, and creativity. I would love to capture some of the memories you will make during this special time. I’m Suzanne Melendez, and I LOVE creating beautiful images of seniors and teens, while providing the best portrait experience possible.

My love for photography began back in New York City where I grew up. I became obsessed with cutting edge fashion photography and went on to get my Bachelors of Fine Arts at the School of Visual Arts, majoring in photography. Today, I LOVE photographing high school & college seniors, and teens. I love creating beautiful images for clients so they can make these magical times in their lives live on for many years to come!

When taking portraits, I think back to my teen years and what was important to me; individuality, and making a statement! That’s what I bring out in my clients, so they can come across as the unique individuals they are. Whether choosing an urban and edgy location, or a tranquil rural setting, both provide a great backdrop to embrace a young person’s major milestone in their life.

My work can best be described as vibrant and edgy as I love dramatic lighting that allows the subject to pop. I carefully guide seniors in choosing their location and styling before the session ever begins to ensure they look their absolute best! I want every client to have an amazing photo session and feel special-because you are! I will make this an experience you will treasure forever.

Let’s get together and make images that showcase your creativity, spirit, and lust for life as you journey through your right of passage, and make memories that will last a lifetime!