Your Custom Senior Portrait Experience

It's about the Experience.

Fun. Inspiring. Distinctive. Memorable

What are your friends saying about their experience with Danielle Lavis Photography?

Proudly voted as one of Howard County's BEST Photographers, Danielle is the leading choice for custom photography and overall luxury portrait experience.

Danielle Lavis Photography has become a destination for Howard County High School Senior Portraits, as well as for High School Senior Portraits in the DMV. Unique to any other photography in our local market, Danielle uses the art of photography and styling to inspire women of all ages. Danielle Lavis Photography offers a custom beauty "experience" to Tweens, Teens, High School Seniors, women, models and aspiring models that promote strong, positive identities and a refined approach to portraiture.

"I happen only once a lifetime."

— Anonymous

Danielle Lavis Photography offers a custom beauty "experience" that promotes strong, positive identities and a refined approach to High School Senior portraiture. Danielle's unique approach utilizes the art of photography and styling to inspire young women and girls.

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My philosophy was created with the client in mind. It's about relationships, quality, and offering more than just taking a nice picture. Choosing DLP for your senior portraits means choosing unparalleled professionalism, quality, and creativity. I strive for excellence, hoping my clients choose me as their family and lifestyle photographer. It is truly an honor to build relationships with my clients and continue to document their important family milestones. I strive for every client to walk away with beautiful images, heirloom products, and a wonderful memory of the experience itself.

I offer a custom senior portrait experience for my High School Senior clients, unlike a typical portrait session. Your portraits will be beautiful and artful, reflecting who you are and what makes you unique. No cookie cutter packages and or same poses. Anyone can take a nice photo of you. However, not every professional photographer can show WHO YOU ARE through their portraits. There is only one you and your senior portraits should reflect your individuality.

Pre-Session

My senior clients will "feel" that they have chosen the very best from the moment we first meet. Creating a personalized experience is what makes me a custom photographer and why you can expect so much more throughout the entire experience with me. Each senior client will work closely with me to create a unique vision for their portrait session. Most photographers have a very scheduled process and do not have time to truly get to know you. I have a pre-session process I follow that is integral to building a client/photographer relationship and truly tailoring the session to you. It begins with an in studio complimentary consultation, where we get to know each other and customize each aspect of your senior portrait session to YOUR preferences. But thats only the beginning!

We then start the styling fun! We have a fabulously fun, innovative and inspiring styling process that the seniors just LOVE! It not only helps to pull your vision together, but it helps to create an amazingly relaxed process! By the time your session date arrives, you will be incredibly comfortable, excited and ready to go!

The Best Stylist Team. Period.

"In order to be irreplaceable one must always be different.”
-- Coco Chanel

You will find most of the process for our senior clients mirrors what we do for our model clients creating portfolios. I assure you it is so fun and will get you super excited! Each client has the option of being assigned a dream team to help create the full modeling, pampering experience for them. The stylists working with DLP are top professionals in our area. We can arrange for you to work with a personal hair stylist and make-up artist to softly and naturally compliment your chosen looks. The stylists can be involved as much or as little as the client requests. The stylists most often come to you on the day of your session, in an effort to keep the day completely relaxed!

One of the reasons the senior portrait experience with Danielle Lavis Photography has become a preferred choice for Howard County and surrounding area high school seniors, is that DLP offers the option for professional fashion styling. So, to elevate the experience, Elizabeth Neighoff, Couture Stylist, is available to fuse her high fashion style and personal shopping talents to make the experience unforgettable. Follow the menu to "Stylist" to read all about Elizabeth, including her background working with Kate Spade and Michael Kors in New York. When incorporating Elizabeth into the session styling, clients are given the opportunity to polish their looks and truly create a one of a kind senior portrait experience- unparalleled by any other local photographers. Elizabeth is incredible at helping to create amazing looks from within your own closet! Elizabeth may utilize accessories from our private collection. However, this will be left to the discretion of the stylist. Elizabeth offers exclusive styling services and preferred rates to the clients of Danielle Lavis Photography. It is truly a one of a kind experience!

Behind The Scenes High School Senior Styling Experience With Elizabeth

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What are your friends saying about the Styling Experience & Custom Products?

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The Day of Your Session

I love watching my seniors jump out of the car, beaming from being styled to perfection and beyond excited to start the session! One parent is typically there with us to enjoy the session experience! It is such a special time for the senior, but also for the parents. I love having them there and involved! We walk together looking for the perfect backdrops, we talk and laugh ALOT. I LOVE the stories I learn about my clients while we enjoy our time together! I will guide you through very gentle posing. This will help to create relaxed, natural expressions and ultimately breathtaking, artful portraits! You will never feel rushed. Its all about you and making sure every minute of the session is beyond what you imagined it to be!

“What a wonderful experience! We didn't know what to expect but found out we had nothing to worry about. We were in the hands of professionals. The day started with Amanda coming to our house and styling Katherine's hair just like she had requested, loose curls. Then Ryan came and did a beautiful job on Katherine's makeup. It looked natural and just enhanced her beautiful features. Finally, we were off to shoot with Danielle. What a wonderful time (I need a new adjective)! Danielle made Katherine laugh and be herself. She invited her to be playful and kept checking on whether she was enjoying herself. Thank you to you all!” -Elizabeth

“Such a great experience! Such a fun day and I can't recommend highly enough Elizabeth's styling and Ryan's make-up. On the ride home my daughter said, "Mom, I never thought of myself as pretty or special. I always thought of myself as the funny best friend. But today I really felt beautiful!" That made it all worth it!”- Julie N.

After the Session

I will invite you to meet me in my full service, boutique studio for your portrait premiere and ordering session. I will share your portraits in a fun and memorable way! I always have a box of tissues on hand for the parents. I have yet to have a parent not cry when the portraits are revealed. Its such a special moment for me to be a part of because I know I am helping to preserve the memory of their son or daughter before the parents gently let them go into the world to make their mark. As a parent myself, I understand the sentiment and emotion behind the senior portrait experience. So, its even more important to me that each family leaves the experience with the highest quality, luxury products that will become treasured heirlooms for years to come. Therefore, the custom experience continues as we personalize a collection for your family, including luxury albums, fine art prints and beautiful, customized wall gallery displays for your home.

The Luxury Album

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Investment

I offer three Portrait Experiences to meet the needs of my High School Senior clients:

The Full Luxury Portrait Experience

The Creative Portrait Experience

The Classic Experience

I would love to offer you more details on customizing a Senior Portrait Experience for you! Reach out TODAY!

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Your questions, concerns or comments are always welcome, before and after your session. Please don't hesitate to call or email me!

410-615-4343
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Danielle invites you to set up an appointment to visit her charming, full service boutique studio located in Historic Savage Mill, Savage Maryland.

Contact Danielle today to schedule your complimentary consultation!

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