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BEHIND THE LENS JOURNAL
AUSTIN SENIOR AND TEEN PORTRAIT STORIES
SESSIONS, RESOURCES & MILESTONE PLANNING
This is where personality meets place. Inside the journal, you’ll find featured senior and teen portrait sessions, Austin location inspiration, and thoughtful planning guidance for families preparing for this milestone season.
From time to time, I also share family and child sessions — all created with the same intentional direction and attention to personality.
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Senior Portraits with Olivia | A Full-Circle Session
Olivia’s senior session was a full-circle moment. From a butterfly garden to the ephemeral pools, each image reflects her individuality, thoughtful energy, and quiet joy.
Richard Parker
Mar 122 min read
Best Urban Locations for Senior Portraits Near Austin, Texas
Urban locations can add personality, texture, and bold energy to senior portraits. From colorful murals to hidden alleys, and iconic places like Sekrit Theatre, Austin offers a range of urban backdrops that feel and unique and one-of-a-kind.
Richard Parker
Mar 43 min read
Why Senior Portraits Matter More Than You Think | Austin Senior Photographer
Senior portraits are about self-expression, collaboration, and storytelling. This is the last chapter before everything shifts. Before dorm rooms, new cities, first jobs, and independent lives. Senior portraits preserve who your senior is right now, not who they were, and not who they’ll soon become, but the version standing on the edge of what’s next.
Richard Parker
Jan 292 min read
Styling Tips for Senior Portraits
Your senior portraits are all about capturing this exciting chapter of your life. With the right styling, you’ll not only look amazing—you’ll feel confident, comfortable, and totally yourself.
Richard Parker
Jul 16, 20253 min read
Senior Year Magazine - Published
Congratulations to Haley Mitchell for being published in Senior Years Magazine's Best of 2023 - Top 200 Photographers to follow!...
Richard Parker
Mar 29, 20241 min read
Senior Year Magazine - Published
Congratulations to Emery Domecq for being published in Senior Years Magazine's Best of 2023 - Top 200 Photographers to follow!...
Richard Parker
Mar 29, 20241 min read
Destination Puerto Rico - The Enchanted Island
Who’s up for tropical lagoons made for magazine covers, sand lined beaches with colorful fishing boats, crashing ocean spray against...
Richard Parker
May 29, 20233 min read
Candy Shop Creative - Sierra Jeff
Follow Sierra and me to Ms. Lollipop! For this fun shoot Sierra and I went out to Marble Falls a few weeks ago and was going to just have...
Richard Parker
May 13, 20231 min read
Senior Year Magazine - Published
Congratulations to Haley Mitchell for being published in Senior Year Magazine's recent black and white issue! www.richardparker.io Austin...
Richard Parker
May 5, 20231 min read
Senior Year Magazine - Published
Congratulations to Caroline Jackson for being published in Senior Year Magazine's recent black and white issue! www.richardparker.io...
Richard Parker
May 1, 20231 min read
Warm Winter Vibes - Palm Springs, CA
A few weeks ago I spent a couple incredible days shooting in Palm Springs with lovely Sofia Forrest-Turner. We started by exploring a...
Richard Parker
Feb 18, 20233 min read
Destination Oregon - Pacific Northwest
Picture this... you are dreaming of some far off, exotic escape, where you leave the world around you and step into some fairly tale...
Richard Parker
Jan 24, 20232 min read
Senior Muse Magazine - Published
Congratulations to Mitchell for being published in Senior Muse's fall issue! www.richardparker.io Austin • US • Global...
Richard Parker
Dec 17, 20221 min read
Senior Muse Magazine - Published
Congratulations to Sofia Forrest for being published in Senior Muse's fall issue! www.richardparker.io Austin • US • Global...
Richard Parker
Dec 17, 20221 min read
Senior Year Magazine - Published
Congratulations to Josie Scheen for being published in Senior Year Magazine's fall issue! www.richardparker.io Austin • US • Global...
Richard Parker
Dec 13, 20221 min read
Senior Year Magazine - Published
Congratulations to Mia Anderson for being published in Senior Year Magazine's fall issue! www.richardparker.io Austin • US • Global...
Richard Parker
Dec 13, 20221 min read
Forest Creative - Natalia Rodriguez
Nature, forest and the woods, all give us a playground to slip away from the daily to and fro. Getting out into the forest, gives us a...
Richard Parker
Sep 24, 20221 min read
Haley Mitchell - Equestrian Creative
Holy smokes batman... Haley and I did a fun equestrian creative shoot at a beautiful horse ranch out in Spicewood a few weeks ago that...
Richard Parker
Jun 26, 20221 min read
Senior Year Magazine Feature
Congratulations to Phoebe for being published in SYM Best of 2021 issue! www.richardparker.io Austin • US • Global #richardparkerseniors...
Richard Parker
Jun 6, 20221 min read
Destination Miami - 2022 | Day 3
Day three in Miami.. Bursting color, high fashion and a rocker look that brings back nostalgic memories of Def Leppard on tour! The first...
Richard Parker
May 8, 20222 min read
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