Senior Portraits

Creating Lasting Memories: Hiring a Luxury Senior Portrait Photographer in Tampa, Florida

Senior portraits are more than just pictures; they are cherished memories that will be passed down through generations. As a luxury senior portrait photographer in Tampa, Florida, I understand the importance of capturing this special milestone in a senior's life. In this blog post, we'll explore the key factors to consider when hiring a senior portrait photographer and how our unique approach ensures an unforgettable experience.

  1. The significance of Senior Portraits in Tampa: Senior portraits hold sentimental value and act as a legacy for seniors and their families. These images capture the senior's personality, achievements, and aspirations. By investing in professional senior portraits, Tampa seniors can ensure their memories are preserved for a lifetime.

  2. Uniqueness and Distinction: When searching for a senior portrait photographer, it's crucial to find someone whose work stands out from the rest. Look for a photographer who can capture your senior's individuality and create stunning images that truly reflect their personality and style.

  3. The Luxury Experience: At Curtiss Bryant Photography, we go beyond capturing beautiful portraits. We create an exceptional experience for our clients, ensuring that they feel pampered and valued throughout the process. Our sessions include professional hair and makeup services, and clients have access to our exclusive client closet, providing a wide range of wardrobe options.

  4. Expert Guidance and Planning: Preparing for a senior portrait session can be overwhelming, but with the right photographer, it becomes an enjoyable and stress-free experience. Our team works closely with seniors and their families to plan the session, choose the perfect outfits, and select stunning locations in the Tampa area or a location around the world, that complement their vision.

  5. Unforgettable Experiences Anywhere: While we are based in the Tampa area, our luxury senior portrait sessions are not limited to local parks and beaches. We offer the flexibility to travel to various cities, states, and even countries to create unforgettable destination portrait experiences. Whether it's a beautiful beach, an urban landscape, or a serene natural setting, we'll find the perfect backdrop to showcase your senior's unique story.

  6. Exceptional Products and Quality: At our luxury photography studio in Tampa, we believe in preserving memories through tangible heirloom products. We offer the highest quality prints and products, backed by a lifetime warranty. These stunning artworks will not only adorn your walls but also become cherished family heirlooms that can be enjoyed for years to come.

  7. Relaxation and Confidence: During a senior portrait session, it's important to create a comfortable and relaxed atmosphere. We understand the significance of making seniors feel at ease. We strive to bring out their genuine smiles and natural confidence, resulting in authentic and captivating portraits.

  8. Artwork for Your Home: We don't just capture photographs; we create exquisite artwork that deserves to be showcased in your home. Our post-production process ensures that every image is meticulously edited and customized to reflect your senior's unique style and preferences. The final result is a collection of portraits that will become the centerpiece of your home décor.

Hiring a luxury senior portrait photographer in Tampa, Florida, is an investment in creating lasting memories and preserving the essence of this milestone in your senior's life. With our unique approach, exceptional experience, and commitment to delivering the highest quality products, we aim to provide seniors and their families with an unforgettable journey and breathtaking portraits that will be cherished for generations.

Arizona Senior Portraits | Destination Session

We are often asked where we think the best location in the US is for senior portraits. This can be a difficult thing to answer since there are SO many amazing locations out there, but if we had to pick just one place, it would be Arizona. That is a surprise to many since there are places like Hawaii or New York City that often come to mind, but Arizona is unique. In Northern Arizona, there are things like the Grand Canyon, Horseshoe Bend, slot canyons, desert locations, etc. In central Arizona are placed like Sedona and the famous rock formations. You also have cities like Phoenix if you are looking for architecture. In short, there is a lot of diversity and unique locations within the state.

For this particular senior destination trip, we went to the Grand Canyon and finished up in Sedona around sunset. We love taking people to the Grand Canyon as its truly a sight to see. There is nothing like it in the world and it makes for an amazing portrait experience.

Enjoy some of the photos we did from this senior portrait session in Arizona!

Italy Senior Portraits | Destination Portraits

Who would have thought you can have your senior portraits taken in Italy? Its all about the experience for us. We can create amazing portraits locally, but there is something about that once in a lifetime trip that takes the senior portrait experience to another level.

Earlier this summer, we had the opportunity to bring a few of our clients with us to Italy. These destination portrait experiences are an unique way to explore the world and getting some amazing senior portraits at the same time. We plan everything for you and all you need to do is come along for the journey.

For this trip, we started in Venice and photographed in the famous St Mark’s Square. From Venice, we traveled to Rome and spent a couple of days exploring the city and of course, the Colosseum. We took a day trip down to the Almafi Coast and explored where Lemoncello originated. After Rome, we made a stop in Florence to ride Vespas through wine country. We ended our trip in Milan and the iconic shopping district.

These 10 days flew by but we were able to get some great senior portraits for Kiersten in between the food, shopping and tours!

Here is a preview of what we created for her!

Las Vegas, Arizona, Utah and California Senior Portrait Roadtrip

We travel A LOT for our senior portrait sessions. We try to create trips that are unique and provide our senior clients with an amazing experience. We have been to Las Vegas several times as well as the Phoenix, Arizona area. These locations are AMAZING for senior pictures. The diverse scenery is completely different than what we get in the Tampa, Florida area. This is one reason why we travel…. let our clients see parts of the world they have never seen.

Morgan told us she wanted to do a trip out west for her senior portraits since she has never been. We came up with doing a trip to Phoenix. A week or so before the trip, she reached out and asked how far it was from Phoenix to Las Vegas. Long story short, we ended up deciding on doing a road trip out west.

This trip started with the flight to Phoenix. We then drove over to Las Vegas to do a shoot at a ghost town. From there, we went to the strip for a photoshoot with the lights in the city. In the morning we drove out to Death Valley and did a portrait session there with sand dunes, salt flats and mountains. Then we drove to southern Utah to take advantage of the slot canyons there. In the morning, off to Horseshoe Bend for a senior portrait session there before heading to the Grand Canyon. After dinner at the Grand Canyon, we headed back to the airport in Phoenix.

WOW.. What an amazing trip. Senior pictures in 4 states in 2 days.. Crazy to even think about but Morgan had a blast and got to see 4 states she has never seen.

When it comes to your senior portraits, lets do something outside the box like a roadtrip out west. It is something you will NEVER forget.

Here are some portraits from the trip. Enjoy!

Hawaii Senior Portraits - Destination Session - Oahu

What a crazy last couple years we have had. We are finally able to get out and travel again. Our first destination trip since Covid restrictions have lifted was to Oahu, Hawaii for senior pictures. We spent 4 days on the beautiful island photographing in some amazing locations including the famed Kualoa Ranch, which has been the filming location for many Hollywood productions like Jurassic Park, Kong, Jumanji and many others.

Doing your senior portraits in Hawaii is a once in a lifetime experience. Here are some images we created for our senior portrait clients while we were in Hawaii. Enjoy!

Destination Portrait Session - Senior Portraits - Jessica - Ireland - Dark Hedges, Dunluce Castle & Giants Causeway

Destination sessions are quickly becoming the most popular type of session that we offer. We travel all over the world to create amazing memories for our clients, particularly for senior portraits. Over the summer we had the opportunity to travel to Ireland and meet with Jessica to do a portrait session. Ireland is an amazing location for your portraits. The weather is always hit or miss as we had some days full of rain and others without a drop. We just roll with it and make the best of the situation.

On this particular day, the weather cooperated until we finished the shoot and the skies opened up. But at least we were able to finish and get some amazing portraits for Jessica. We visited some of the most iconic locations in Ireland, including the Cliffs of Moher, the Dark Hedges, the Giants Causeway and Dunluce Castle.

For Jessica’s portraits, we decided on Northern Ireland and some of its most visited locations. It just so happens that many of them are filming locations for the Game of Thrones. Amazing images AND seeing some filming locations for one of the most popular TV Series… Double Bonus!

Enjoy the portraits of Jessica and let us know if you would like to join us on one of our destination portrait sessions. These are perfect for engagement session, senior portraits or even post/pre wedding couple portraits. Create memories that will last a lifetime AND get amazing portraits for your home!

Senior Portrait Destination Session - Costa Rica

A few weeks ago, we headed to the jungles of Costa Rica for a week long adventure with some of our seniors to create some amazing senior portraits for them. If you have seen our work, you know that we love to offer these destination sessions for our high school senior clients. Its a great way to create an amazing experience for the seniors as well as create some amazing images for them. These trips are an experience of a lifetime. 

We landed in San Jose and drove to the west coast of Costa Rica and stayed around Playa Ocotal. We stayed there a few nights and photographed on the beach in the area. We then headed back towards San Jose and stayed at the base of the Arenal volcano for the remaining nights. Overall, it was an amazing trip and we created some great memories for our clients. 

This trip also gave us an opportunity to show how we use the Spider Holster when we travel. This belt is simply amazing. It allows us to carry our camera without a strap getting in the way. It also allows to free up our hands to move lights, fluff dresses and just interact with our clients, without a camera being in the way. We use the Spider Holster on every shoot and it makes our jobs 100x easier. Thank you Spider Holster for creating an amazing product for us to use.  You can check them out here! :)

https://spiderholster.com/

You can check out some of our images from the trip and some of the behind the scenes images below. Enjoy!! 

Shannon | Charlotte Senior Pictures | Destination Portrait Session

Senior pictures are all about the experience. We strive to provide an amazing experience for each and every one of our senior clients. Part of that experience is providing the opportunity to travel for destination senior portrait sessions. 

We recently took Shannon to Charlotte for senior portrait destination session. Being located in Central Florida, we obviously dont have any mountains to photograph in. For her destination portrait session, Shannon wanted mountains in her background. We found a cheap flight to Charlotte, so we decided to do her senior pictures there as part of her destination portrait session. Let me just say that Charlotte is a beautiful city. We are definitely going back in the future. Shannon is a blast to photograph, so the combination of the two allowed us to produce great senior portraits for her.

Traveling for your senior portraits is a great way to get an unique session. We arent limited by the local area and we are able to create some amazing senior pictures for our clients. Not only does it allow for great portraits, it also provides our clients with an experience of a lifetime. Many have never traveled much, so this gives them the opportunity to do something they rarely get to do... and did I mention it allows from some AMAZING pictures. Below are some of the pictures from Shannon's senior portrait session in Charlotte. 

We are putting more emphasis on travel sessions for 2018. Contact us if you would like information on how you can join use for a portrait session experience of a lifetime.

Aubrey and Lindsey | Iceland Senior Portraits | Destination Session

Aubrey and Lindsey joined us on a recent trip to Iceland for their senior pictures. Destination portrait sessions are becoming a big thing in the photography industry. We began offering them about two years ago. They provide an amazing portrait experience that you cannot get with local sessions. Imagine the whirlwind of excitement of getting on a plane, landing in a place you have never been and traveling throughout the country having your portraits taken. It is certainly a blast and an unique experience.

Iceland provides an amazing portrait opportunity. Everywhere you turn is another great location. You can see why Iceland has become one of our favorite countries to visit with our clients. I am pretty sure its impossible to take a bad picture there. We will definitely be doing more trips to Iceland for portraits.

Enjoy some of our images from the trip

Let us know if you are interested in a destination session of your own.

Taylor | Stockholm and Paris Senior Portraits | Destination Session

Destination senior portrait sessions are becoming our most popular senior portrait session options. These sessions provide an amazing opportunity to travel the world and do your senior portraits in a location that very few get to photograph in. They are truly unique senior sessions. How many people do you know that were photographed at the Eiffel Tower?

Taylor was part of the group that went us to Stockholm and Paris during Spring Break. We photographed in Old Town in Stockholm, then flew over to Paris for a few days to photograph in a few locations there. The trip was AMAZING. We are definitely going to plan another trip over there as part of our destination senior portrait options. 

Enjoy a few of the photos from Taylor's Stockholm and Paris senior portrait session! 

Aly | Barbados Senior Portraits | Destination Session

We love to provide our clients with an amazing experience. One of the ways that we have found to be best is with a destination senior portrait session. With these sessions, we are able to travel to locations we typically wouldnt photography, including locations out of the country, as is the case here.

We took Aly to Barbados for her senior destination session. Barbados is am amazing place to visit for senior portraits. There are a ton of beaches, some old city buildings and some mountainous areas that make for an amazing background. We flew into Bridgetown and rented a car to drive around the country. This allows us to stop at places we find that are interesting and away from the touristy areas. 

This destination shoot lasted about a day. We found several different beaches to photograph at. Each of the beaches offered a different look for Aly's portraits. Some were rocky, some were sandy, but each was unique. 

Here are some of the images from Aly's senior portrait destination shoot in Barbados. If you are interested in having an unique senior experience, contact us for information on our destination sessions. 

Alicia | Las Vegas Senior Portraits | Destination Photographer

I recently had the opportunity to play the part of Las Vegas senior photographers with Alicia as we traveled to Las Vegas to do her senior portrait session. One thing I LOVE to do with our seniors is a destination portrait session. These sessions allow me to travel with our clients to a destination of their choice for their senior portraits. Senior photography is always changing. As a senior portrait photographer, I have to stay ahead of the trends to keep providing our senior portrait clients with images that are unique and different. Destination sessions allow us to do that.

We flew out from Orlando, Florida to Las Vegas for the day. We travel around the city stopping at various places to take some of her senior portraits. We ended the day at Nelson's Ghost Town. That is always my favorite place to photograph seniors when we go to Las Vegas. We dont get any locations that look like that here in Florida, so its nice to be able to take advantage of them when we travel. How many seniors can say they traveled and had their senior portrait session in Las Vegas. It also provided Alicia with an amazing senior portrait experience that she will remember forever. 

Here are a few of her senior portrait images from in and around Las Vegas. Contact us if you are interested in doing something different for your senior portraits and going on a destination trip with us. 

Jenna | Aruba Senior Portraits | Destination Senior Photographer

Throughout the year, we offer several opportunities for our seniors to travel the world for their senior portraits. We love being senior portrait photographers in Florida, but sometimes we want to provide the opportunity to get away and have an unique senior portrait experience. 

This year we created destination sessions for our studio where we fly to another location and do a portrait session there. These destination sessions provide our clients with amazing senior experiences, far better than what we can offer locally. These trips are something they will remember for a lifetime.

For Jenna's senior destination shoot, we went to Aruba. We stayed for 3 days and explored the island and what Aruba had to offer. As you can see below, her Aruba senior session was amazing. Not only did she get some amazing images, but she had an amazing experience as well. From shooting on the beach at Eagle Beach to going into the Quadirikiri Cave, Aruba had a ton of locations for amazing senior portraits. This is one destination we will surely visit again.

Check our Jenna's senior portraits from Aruba below!!