Senior Ideas by John Hartman
What is Senior Ideas?
Get your creative juices flowing with this two-volume idea set!
John Hartman’s new Senior Ideas 2 CD is packed with hundreds of all new posing, lighting, expression and post-production ideas you can use to keep your senior portrait photography fresh and relevant to today’s senior clients.
Thousands of photographers from all over the US are already reaping the benefits from the original Senior Ideas CD. Here’s what some of them said about this powerful learning tool:
“A great product, easily worth the price. There was plenty of content
and the descriptions were easy to understand as well as lots of variety.
The CD was a snap to install and navigate.
I plan on incorporating quite a few of these ideas into our senior season this year.
The CD is a fantastic product, it would easily be worth twice the price. It's easily the best buy I've seen anywhere for a senior posing guide!”
— Hadley Stonner, Jefferson City, MO
“I just finished reviewing your new Senior Posing Guide and the first
words to come out of my mouth are.....WOW!
I love it! You have done an incredible job with showcasing your great photography and then giving easy to understand details on how the images were created. This is a must for any studio! I can't wait to incorporate many of your ideas into this years seniors. Thanks for a great product!”
— Christopher Yates, Winter Park, FL
“Senior Ideas 3 rocks! John has outdone himself with this instructional
CD. It is so much more than posing ideas. Although they are great. It's more
than retouching ideas. It's more than creative print manipulation. John has
included some of the newest location lighting techniques along with his long
standing studio lighting set-up. This is a great idea starter and review for
seasoned pros, but even more - it's information that new photographers must
have if they are going to succeed in today's marketplace. At this price the
information is a steal!”
— Bob Coates, Sedona, AZ
“If you are stuck in a posing rut, this is a must-have CD! Your seniors
will thank you for all the fresh, new posing ideas.”
— Gene Gibbs, Holly Hill, FL
“Even after having a studio for 28+ years, earning both the PPA Masters
and Craftsman degrees and having photographed over 10,000 high school seniors
I still look to John Hartman for the best information, marketing and techniques
regarding the senior business. If you want to fill your schedule with profitable
seniors that are eager to spend their money with you, order your copy of the
Senior Ideas CD today. Don't settle for boring poses and an empty bank account...join
the hundreds of successful studios that use the Hartman magic to build your
future.”
— Tom Schmidt, Redding CA
“Your New Senior Ideas CD is outstanding. Where do you come up with
all the new exciting ideas and techniques?
When I got it today, I thought I would just scan it for a few quick ideas, but like a good novel, once I started, I couldn't put it down. Almost 200 PDF pages and two hours later, I wanted to start all over again from the beginning. Even for someone that has been in this business as long as I have, it is possible to learn new tricks and styles.
This CD will be invaluable to any photographer, whether photographing seniors or whatever. Every new photographer should get a copy. It would start them on the road to success right from the beginning and save them months of trial and error.
Thanks for putting this together.”
— Cliff Carroll, Milwaukee, WI
“As senior season approaches each year, I begin to wrack my brain for
new ideas. I want to challenge myself to NOT do the same thing over and over.
It is often difficult to see things outside my own interpretations. To that
end, it is exceptionally helpful to spend some time reviewing images from
another photographer... to see what he sees when he looks thru his viewfinder.
It helps to open my eyes to new possibilities, and challenges me to see thru
my viewfinder a bit differently.
In reviewing John Hartman's Senior Ideas CD I was able to step outside my own box, and begin to see how I can change small things here and there to add a breath of fresh air to my own work.
Using ‘regular’ kids, and not supermodels, John shows us how, in real world situations, we can improve our posing and lighting. It's great to have a few ‘Hey, I never thought of that!’ moments as you view the CD.
By studying the before and after images you can piece together John's lighting and by examining the subjects you can begin to understand how body and hand placement dramatically add to the over all impact of the image.
Well worth the investment...even after multiple viewings, I'm still wanting to go back for more! Making changes in my style already!”
— Keith Trammel, Pumpkin Hook, NY
"John Hartman has created a powerful learning tool with his Senior Ideas
CD. The number of images and effects that this CD contains is amazing. From
the before and after photographs to the step by step process on how John creates
his final image, his senior posing guide will help you kick your senior portraits
up a notch. I've been in business 30 years and I can't believe what I'm learning!
Thanks John.”
— Mark Allan M.Photog.Cr., Wolcott, CT
“I just had to let you know how AMAZING your new Senior Ideas CD is!
Love the way you have structured the information, especially showing how each
image changes with each application. Ordinary senior photographs will no longer
be acceptable - you make it too easy to create extraordinary images without
having to ‘reinvent the wheel’! Can't wait to share this with my
digital artist - we're going to have the best senior season ever!!”
— Carol Melton, M.Photog.Cr., CPP, Danville, Virginia
“After 39 years in business it's easy to turn a little stale and cookie
cutter in senior posing. John's CD is a wealth of posing ideas along with great
new ideas to modify the normal file with great new effects all with standard
store bought filters to add that extra WOW Factor to our proofs. Thanks for
a great easy-to-use CD of posing ideas!!!”
— Gary Alan Strain, M.Photog.Cr.,Conway, AR
“I was amazed at how much useful information is on this CD. It is packed
with great images, poses, lighting ideas, Photoshop tips and techniques. I
have been in business for 28 years and there are may things on the CD that
I can use for years to come. I will be reviewing this for the entire senior
season coming up. Great work John!”
— Rock Tweten, Grafton, ND
“Your Senior Ideas CD is INCREDIBLE! I was thinking it was just going
to be a bunch of poses ... NOT! What you have created is an easy to follow
RECIPE, for SUCCESSFUL imaging, and more importantly increased PROFITS! I can't
thank you enough!!”
— David M. Humphrey, M.Photog.Cr., CPS Certified, MPS, PPM-SA, ASP, NAPP, Flint, MI
“John what can I say? You have done it again! This guide will help kick
start new ideas for anyone who buys it. Lots of great poses and ways to kick
them up. I recommend this to anyone.
— Mike Kleber, Ft. Wayne, IN
“Well, John Hartman has done it again by providing the professional
photographer with a fantastic source of inspiration, information, and explanation.
His latest Senior Ideas CD is so much more than a posing guide for the latest
and greatest in senior portrait photography. It's so much more than an idea
collection for great application of digital techniques. It's so much more
than an mere source of inspiration. It's all of those things, and more. If
you feel that your senior portrait images are stuck in a rut, if you keep
falling back to the same old poses, techniques, and styles that you've been
doing for years, this CD is like a breath of fresh air. Heck, it's like a
jolt of pure oxygen! In fact, since there are hundreds and hundreds of senior
portrait images on there, it's more like a month of fresh air.
Get it, be inspired, learn.”
— Dennis Kelly, Blackwood, NJ
“John, this CD continues your tradition of providing impeccable educational,
marketing, and marketable concepts. The portable flash instruction is easily
worth a CD alone...the salable poses and recipes for producing them as distinctive
styles will save many hours of experimentation. Thanks for making this available...if
a CD can be well-thumbed, this one will be.”
— John Malloy, Topeka, KS
“I just finished going through all 934 slides for the second time in
as many days. Thank you for taking the time to not only share your fantastic
photography, but to also show the raw image and the steps you took to get your
amazing results. Your use of DOF and posing is outstanding. My retoucher is
going to watch the CD today to get some new ideas as well. What a great kick
start to the senior season for me. Yet another product to help our studio make
money from John Hartman...”
— Rob Ownby, Sioux City, IA
“Okay, so, today I got my ‘Senior Ideas CD by John Hartman’ and
let me tell you, it is a gold mine and a STEAL at the price.
These are some of the best image CDs I have ever bought. They are very inspiring! I love ‘em!
With John sharing all this stuff for such a modest fee, it is definitely worth purchasing. He has a TON of different poses he shares and what he does with them.”
— Michael Plumeyer, New Braunfels, TX
“Wow! You are truly a genius! What a colossal idea! Even a guy
who has been photographing seniors for years can't help but need something
like this. It's like a kick in the pants. I will probably look at this every
other day in the senior season to refresh the idea machine. Your special effects/
finishing techniques are processes that I never thought of. This will surely
help everyone who shoots seniors. (even guys who have been in the business
35 years!)”
—Dave Savarino, Monongahela, PA
“I appreciate how you have the CD laid out to also give guidance and
many, many ideas to the photographer with an end product in mind. Each
example is laid out so that the average photographer will be able to say 'I
can do this' and then give it a try.
Another part I like about the CD is the guidance you have shown in the retouching—not too much—which I think many could have a tendency to do. Now they can compare what they make and what you have presented.
Again John, another home run and thank you for you leadership to all in the industry.”
—Clark Marten, Columbus, MT
“John's CD is a must-have for any photographer. It not only gives posing
demonstrations but goes much further, and gives details on how each one was
achieved by lighting and computer enhancement! John has truly put his heart
and time into this in hopes it will help others excel!”
—Keith Branch, Fayetteville, AR
