What a weekend, I did my first senior photo shoot yesterday, and a wedding on Sat. that was my first shoots with my digital! WOOOO HOO!!! ( I will try and post later, I have never posted before.) The Senior shoot was for a friend's sister, so I was looking at it as a kind of "practice" session for me, because I have never done that before.
Now my question is .....how should I go about showing her the photos, and how should I price them.
How many options do you give them etc....
What do you all do???
She said she has lots of friends that want something 'different' than what is offered in Chico, so I want to be prepared if they come my way too.

Well i've only done one sr. (I dont' really market to them). I charge them the same amount as a session. $100.00 however it is going up to $150 2006. I treat it as any other session with giving about 50-75 images or so. I give them the same prices as my weddings for re-prints on pictage. I do NOT offer CD's. unless they ask then maybe for $300.00. I show every thing on pictage.
~Alisha

I charge 350.00 and work to make the senior feel special and comfortable, like how I work with a wedding couple. It is about 90 minutes on location, minimum 100 photos shot, no outfit limits or pose limits or anything like that. They get an online showit web gallery and a DVD with the full res corrected files. They get a $50.00 print credit good toward wallet prints or anything else they want.

I'll be raising rates again for next year but I'm not sure how high.

So should I show her the photos on pictage or something like that? I don't even know how to go about doing that. I guess I can just search the forum about pictage right?
I don't even know how to post photos....Im such the nerd.

I charge $125, just like I would for a small family session. I give them 4x6 proofs, though, because I'm not yet on Pictage. Once I get on Pictage, I will definitely stop giving proofs, but it works for now.

We just broke into the senior market this year. We did a lot of research about what is being offered by the top studios in this area for senior photos. We ended up charging $75 for the sitting. We proof with a proof magazine with 6 photos per page and we have it textured by our lab so that it looks awful when scanned. They have two weeks to keep it, they have to put down a $250 deposit to take the proof mag out of the studio. If they don't return it or return it damaged they lose the deposit. Otherwise it is applied to their purchase. Seniors easily purchase $500 or more in photos from each shoot. We sell all of our photos a la carte. It has worked really well. The proof magazine has been great advertising when they show it around and has brought in their friends. The limited time frame we allow them to have it encourages them to actually place their order, rather than waiting forever. If they purchase enough they get to keep the proof magazine, otherwise they can purchase it. We offer discounts when they hit certain purchase levels.