Information – CE Seniors

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Style, Fashion, & YOU

We approach Senior Photos as a collaboration…working together to create images that are uniquely YOU.

 

Your senior year is FINALLY here.  It’s been a long road – you’ve worked hard, played hard, and become YOU along the way…so why would you want Senior Images that look like everyone else?  You deserve to have Senior Images that are expressive, stylish, and bold — and absolutely all about YOU.  We customize every session and only photograph 80 seniors a year so that we stay fresh with ideas and have time to make every session and experience to remember.

Whether we shoot at our LoDo loft, in the funky alleyways and side streets in the neighborhood, or at a location of your choosing, we guarantee that your images will be casual, artistic, and refreshingly unique (and we promise never to ask you to hug a tree!).  We take an unconventional approach to creating senior images —  combining a fashion feel with an edgy/urban style (with a few classic shots for mom and dad  mixed in) —we don’t settle for mediocrity — why should you?

Choose Your Session


**session fees do NOT include prints.  Packages start at $265.

High Fashion Add-On

Are you looking for something COMPLETELY unique in your senior session?  Want to look like you just stepped out of the pages of a High Fashion magazine?  Ready to truly feel like a supermodel and make your friends a bit envious?  THIS is the session for you!

Book a High-Fashion Session Add-On and receive:
~  full hair and makeup styling
~  wardrobe style consultation
~  one hour additional shooting time
~  at least 20 additional images to select from

only $150

**A High Fashion look can be included in the indulgence session for no additional fee!!

Check out our HIGH FASHION SENIORS portfolio!


Seniors Ignite

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“YOU could be a NATIONAL Seniors Ignite Model!

When you have your senior portraits done at CE-Seniors you can choose to have your images entered into the national Seniors Ignite Model competition.
Seniors Ignite Model finalists will be featured on the national site www.seniorsignitemodels.com and on the Seniors Ignite Models Facebook site www.facebook.com/SeniorsIgniteModels

National Seniors Ignite Model winners across the US and Canada will receive complimentary comp cards and an all-expense-paid trip to model at the 2014 Seniors Ignite Event, wherethey will showcase upcoming fashion trends and model for some of the most talented senior portrait photographers in the world at some of the most beautiful locations you can imagine.”

Seniors Ignite Model submission is FREE with an Indulgence session and just $50 added to any other session and includes a set of 20 modeling comp cards!

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Take a peek at how much fun last year’s models had at Seniors Ignite:

2-for-1 Session

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Share a session with a friend and BOTH of your sessions are 1/2 off!

You must choose the same session type – session time will be extended to ensure that we get fabulous individual images of both of you as well as some images of the two of you together if you would like!

FAQs

//When should I book my session?//

Most Colorado High Schools have a yearbook deadline in September/October.  What that means is that you need to have your photos taken at least 2 weeks prior to your deadline!!  Our busiest season is the late summer when senior year is starting and people are under yearbook dealines.  We also get busy in the late spring of senior year when graduation is approaching!  Yes, we all procrastinate and those deadlines make it URGENT.  In other words…the BEST time to book your session would be early summer – before it gets blazing hot, and before we are all booked up!

//How Far in Advance should I Book?//

We are typically booked out about 2-4 weeks in advance most of the year…and 4-6 weeks out during the summer. So…the earlier you call us, the better – ESPECIALLY if you need a weekend date – those are the first to go.  We also only photograph 80 kids/year to ensure that each client gets our undivided attention and that you aren’t just a number!

//How much do prints cost?//

We offer a variety of senior portrait packages starting at $265.  Our Designer Collection is our most popular choice which allows you to design your own collection of portraits and print products to meet your needs. Please call for specific package and pricing details 303.525.1717.

In addition to your senior wall-portrait selection, we have a ton of fabulous Senior products including Custom Senior Announcements and invites, 411 Wallet Cards, Storyboards and Gift Prints, Bookmarks, Collage Prints,  Folios, Slideshows and much more!  We specialize in unique specialty albums and art prints that are created and designed to coordinate with the styling of your  session.

//I’ve booked my session…now what?//

Once your session is booked, within 48 hours,  you’ll receive a confirmation email with your back stage pass to our CE-Senior Client Site…and then grab a coke, a coffee, whatever – there’s a lot of info there.  In addition to the nitty gritty contract and other “procedural” stuff…the Client Site also has a ton of fashion suggestions, planning sheets, product previews…all of the info you’ll need to prep for your session.

// What is a design consultation?//

The design consultation is how we make your session YOUR session.   It’s a 30 minute style-consultation (either at our LoDo studio or by phone/skype) where we find out what makes you tick – your likes, dislikes, interests, style, and ideas you have for your session. It’s no stress, totally laid back…we just want to get to know you a bit better so that we can make sure you are getting what YOU want out of your senior session.   It’s also a great time for you to get to know us a little bit and ask us all of those questions you’ve been saving up ’cause you thought they sounded sill

//What is Tanja’s natural hair color?//

We have no idea!  No one has seen it since about 1989!


HI…..

Welcome to the “behind the lens” peek into Contemporary Expressions Photography - an upscale urban photography boutique in Downtown Denver. I'm Tanja Butler-Melone and this is just the little corner of the internet where I’m able to share my passion with all of you, give you a peek at recent sessions, keep you updated on studio promotions and goings-on, and offer a little glimpse into my world…a world I cherish —– whether I’m looking at it through the lens or with both eyes wide open!

Kick back…take a look around…quack like a duck if it makes you smile…and remember – life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away!