Hiking at McKinney Falls State Park | High School Senior Photo Session in Austin
This Class of 2025 High School Senior (and future University of Texas Longhorn) chose McKinney Falls State Park for her location.
Even though the bluebonnets weren’t very abundant this year, we explored around Upper and Lower Falls in the Park.
If you live in Austin and are also interested in having your High School Senior Photo Session at McKinney Falls, check out my tips below.
Tips for Photo Sessions at McKinney Falls State Park:
- Park reservations are required, so make sure you get a day pass in advance of your chosen session date
- Entrance Fees are $6/adult
- The Park has over nine miles of trails, but I like the Upper Falls and Lower Falls along Onion Creek the best.
- Springtime can bring wildflowers to the Park (keep an eye on their social media to see how the blooms are looking – and any other useful Park alerts)
- Pack water shoes and a towel since we might get our feet wet for part of your photo session
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Please check out some of my favorite images below and contact me if you’d like to book your own High School Senior photo session in Austin, Texas. Explore more Senior portrait sessions on my blog.
- What prompted you to have this photo session? My daughter wanted to do a senior photo shoot with a professional photographer.
- What do you plan to do with your digital photos? Create graduation invitations, create and print a photo book, print and frame some of the shots, and generally enjoy the memories of this moment in time
- How did you choose your location for your session? My daughter loves McKinney Falls State Park, and wanted to capture its magic as part of her senior photos.
- What advice would you give to others planning a similar Senior photo session? Find your kindergarten graduation photo, and include it as part of the photo shoot. Have fun!
- Anything else you’d like to add about working with Stephanie Friedman Photography? Stephanie was amazing! Since she hadn’t been to the park recently, she scouted locations several hours before our shoot. She was fearless – she waded into the water, climbed over boulders and rose to the rocky heights to catch the perfect shot. She worked smoothly with my daughter, setting up shots and suggesting ways to pose. Since she had scouted the location ahead of time, we moved efficiently from one spot to another and wasted no time getting amazing photos.
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