Seniorista is the personalized senior-rep concept at LaMon Photography. My girls are Senioristas, and they are my greatest joy as a photographer. Traditional rep programs are dead. Or at least they should be. I tried every variation imaginable, and the benefit to the studio was negligible. I could see the eyes of my reps glaze over as I talked about credit for referrals. It wasn’t fun. Teenagers crave fun. It was only when I changed my focus to making happy memories, and stopped asking for any referrals whatsoever, that my program took off. Being a Seniorista is a privilege. And it’s not free. I don’t claim to be an expert, as I am just now finishing up my first year with the Seniorista program. But it’s working. Most of our shoots are all about the girls, but I also crave to teach them community service in the process. For example, each girl was paired with a shelter dog, she styled her own shoot with the dog, and we had a contest to see which pup was adopted first. At Christmas, my Senioristas spent many hours at the local Boys and Girls Club helping to prepare an amazing Christmas party for […] Read more