Senior portraits that are 80% background -- Is this a trend?

[Apollo Zeus]

I see FaceBook ads for local photographers that will shoot high school senior portraits. Their example photos have the subjects' head in the middle of the frame and most of the image is background, usually outdoors, trees, grass etc. Same for wedding photos. And some do maternity photos outdoors in tall grass.

When I saw the first of these I thought it was just someone trying to make extra money. But then I saw a local studio who has been at it for 40 years (second generation now) and their photos were cropped the same way.

The full body + casual thing is nice but filling the frame with blurry background seems entirely wrong to me. Am I just old?

[sinkingfeeling]

1. As my granddaughter is a high school senior, I just checked out some local photographers.

You are correct, it seems like the trend is to take the photo in a corn field or woods. I found one with in studio head shots out of the six I looked at.

[Diamond_Dog]

2. I noticed the big thing for senior hs portraits lately

Is to take them of the person standing amid a field of sunflowers. In fact sunflower farms charge photographers for use of their fields.

[Wonder Why]

3. Could be worse. Could be a Trump ad in the background!

[usonian]

4. I see young people wearing t-shirts labeled SENIORS

Makes me chuckle.
IRA distribution coming soon!

[Apollo Zeus]

5. LOL!

[usonian]

6. We chose the background for our college senior photos.

Mine was pretty casual. A campus building, perhaps with ivy, ( def NOT an Ivy League college) in the background.

Still looks funny to see kids sporting SENIORS on their t-shirts.



Now, who will help me get up from the carpet.
Just kidding. I stay fit.