TEAM ‘28

The MC Senior VIP Experience

Class of 2028

MC Senior VIP Team

More Than Senior Pictures. It’s Your Senior Year—Fully Documented.

Your senior pictures may happen on one amazing day, but your senior year is made up of so many moments.

The MC Senior VIP Team is a full-year senior portrait experience created for incoming Northern California seniors who want more than one photoshoot. It’s about celebrating this season through creative team shoots, unforgettable events, new friendships and your own customized senior portrait experience.

You’ll meet seniors from different schools, grow more confident in front of the camera and create memories you’ll still be talking about long after graduation.

No modeling experience required. No huge social media following needed. Just come ready to be yourself, meet new people and make the most of your senior year.

Joining the waitlist or applying does not commit you to the team.


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MC SENIOR PHOTO

Michelle Gomez

hey there

I’m the photographer behind MC Senior Photo and the creator of the MC Senior VIP Team.

I specialize exclusively in high school senior portraits, and one of my favorite parts of this job is watching seniors become more comfortable and confident in front of my camera.

I created the Senior VIP Team because I wanted seniors to have more than one day of pictures. I wanted to create a place where they could meet people from other schools, try new things, participate in creative photoshoots and celebrate their entire senior year together.

By the time we get to your individual senior session, you won’t feel like you’re meeting a photographer for the first time. You’ll already know me, understand how I photograph and feel comfortable being yourself in front of my camera.

That is when we create the natural, personality-filled senior pictures MC Senior Photo is known for.

What Do MC Senior VIP Team Members Receive?

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Your Own Senior Portrait Experience

Every team member books an individual MC Senior Photo senior session, with priority booking dates!

This is your day—not a team shoot. We’ll create a senior portrait experience around your personality, interests, style and vision.

You’ll receive help with everything from your outfits and locations to posing and preparing for the session.

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Exclusive Team Photoshoots

You’ll be invited to join in on styled group photoshoots created especially for the MC Senior VIP Team throughout the year.

Past themes have included different decades, seasonal shoots, holidays, country-inspired sessions, flowers and creative studio concepts.

Team Events and Hangouts

Not every event has to be a major production. Sometimes we get together for an activity, lunch, painting, swimming or simply spending time together and having some fun!

These events help everyone form friendships and gives you the opportunity to get to know ME better!

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End-of-Year Celebration

At the end of senior year, team members may participate in a cap-and-gown and college gear mini celebrating everything they have accomplished and what comes next. it is the perfect end to our time together and always a bitter sweet moment for me!

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Destination Opportunities

Senior VIP Team members may have access to destination photoshoot opportunities at an exclusive team rate.

Past MC destinations have included Pismo Beach, Carmel, San Francisco, Lake Tahoe, Las Vegas, San Diego, the Oregon Coast, Disneyland and Joshua Tree.

But I’m Not a Model…

Perfect—because you don’t have to be one.

“Model Team” is a common photography term, but the MC Senior VIP Team isn’t about looking or acting like a professional model.

You do not need:

  • Modeling experience

  • A specific body type

  • A certain style

  • A huge social media following

  • Experience posing

  • To be the loudest person in the room

I will guide you through everything.

I’ll show you what to do with your hands, how to stand, where to look and how to create natural movement. As you participate in team shoots, being in front of the camera will start to feel easier.

By the time your individual senior session arrives, you’ll already feel comfortable—and that confidence will show in your pictures.

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This was the senior portrait experience of a lifetime!

“MCseniorphoto has been the best thing i’ve ever done. Michelle has always makes me feel comfortable in front of the camera. Being apart of her senior team is amazing, she gave me the opportunity to meet new girls from different high schools and make new memories. Michelle has made me so confident in myself I don’t feel awkward being on camera anymore! She truly is amazing”

Valeria

c/o 2025 SENIOR YEAR

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Three MC Senior VIP Team members sitting together in a colorful flower field during a summer group photoshoot in Northern California.
MC Senior VIP Team members wearing pink and red heart sunglasses during a fun Galentine’s Day group photoshoot with a Valentine-themed backdrop.
A collage of senior model team candid pictures with MC senior photo

So, What Exactly Is the MC Senior VIP Team?

The MC Senior VIP Team is an exclusive senior portrait experience that begins your junior year and continues throughout your senior year.

Team members choose MC Senior Photo for their individual senior portraits and receive access to additional photoshoots, events, perks and opportunities that are not available with a regular senior session.

This is not a traditional senior rep program. You are not expected to sell senior sessions, bring in referrals, complete promotional assignments or constantly post about MC Senior Photo.

Your job is much easier:

Show up when you can, support the other team members, be kind and have fun.

Your Senior Year Deserves More Than One Photoshoot

Imagine looking back and having professional pictures from different moments throughout your entire senior year—not just one afternoon.

Your year on the MC Senior VIP Team may include:

  • A team meet-and-greet

  • Styled seasonal photoshoots

  • Creative themed shoots

  • Team bonding days and hangouts

  • Photoshoots with seniors from other schools

  • Behind-the-scenes videos and Digi Cam pictures

  • Contests and surprise bonus opportunities

  • An optional destination experience

  • Your individual senior portrait session

  • An end-of-year cap-and-gown or college gear mini

Every team year is different. The themes, locations and bonus opportunities may change, which means each class gets an experience of its own.

 

Come for the Pictures. Stay for the People.

Yes, the pictures are amazing—but the connections are what make this experience so special.

The team brings together seniors from schools throughout the Greater Sacramento area, San Joaquin County, Placer County, El Dorado County and surrounding Northern California communities.

Most team members don’t know everyone when they arrive at the first event. That is completely normal.

Through photoshoots, team activities and plenty of laughing between pictures, everyone has an opportunity to get comfortable and form real friendships.

Some of our past team experiences have included:

  • Meet-and-greets

  • Playing with the MC Digi Cam

  • YOUR VERY OWN SENIOR PORTRAIT SESSION

  • Senior jean painting

  • Pool parties

  • Scavenger hunts

  • Valentine’s and Galentine’s shoots

  • Project Beauty

  • Fall and holiday shoots

  • BFF sessions

  • Cap-and-gown pictures

  • Destination photoshoots

  • Bonus shoots won through team contests

  • Meetups with other local senior photographer teams

  • and more!

You may arrive knowing no one and leave with friends from schools you may never have met otherwise.

MC Senior VIP Model Team taking a selfie together during our 4th of July photoshoot
MC Senior VIP Team members holding pumpkins around a phone showing a group selfie during a fun fall senior team photoshoot in Northern California.
MC Senior VIP Team members wearing Santa hats during a Christmas senior team photoshoot in Downtown Sacramento, California.
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MC Senior Model Team posing laughing during a group photoshoot
Mc Senior Model Team posing with pumpkins during their fall photoshoot
Four MC Senior VIP Team members showing off their college shirts during a college announcement photoshoot celebrating their plans after high school.
Behind the scenes look at the senior model team's Valentines photoshoot
MC Senior VIP Team members walking together through blooming almond orchards during a spring senior team photoshoot in Northern California.
MC Senior VIP Team graduating seniors tossing their caps in the air during a fun cap and gown group photoshoot celebrating graduation.
Behind the scenes of a group photoshoot with a senior model team
Photographer Michelle takes a selfie with a graduating senior during her cap n gown pictures
Galt high school senior posing on a rustic fence near a field at golden hour for her senior pictures

“The Perfect Way to Spend My Senior Year”

“The MC Senior Photo experience is so amazing! Michelle makes you feel so comfortable when you’re taking pictures, and the wonderful group you get to do it with is so uplifting. I have loved my experience with Michelle and being on her senior team so much. It’s the perfect way to spend my senior year!”

— Molly, Galt high

 Your Questions Answered

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For the Parents

Senior year arrives much faster than anyone expects.

One minute, you’re sending them off to their first day of school. The next, you’re planning graduation, college visits and everything that comes after high school.

The MC Senior VIP Team gives your senior an opportunity to really document this important year, meet new friends outside of their circle, get more comfortable with their senior photographer, and in front of the camera.

It also gives you a full-service senior portrait experience without having to figure everything out on your own.

I help your family with:

  • Choosing the right senior session date

  • Planning locations

  • Coordinating outfits

  • Preparing skin, hair, makeup and nails

  • Creating a Pinterest inspiration board

  • Posing throughout the session

  • Selecting your favorite images

  • Designing albums, wall art and other printed products

  • Keeping the entire experience organized

Team dates are shared in advance whenever possible, and your senior is not expected to attend every optional event. We usually plan something once a quarter and it is NOT a huge time commitment.

The goal is to add something special to senior year—not add more stress to your family’s schedule

When I apply or join the waitlist does it mean I am committing to the team?

 No, it doesn’t. It just means we will meet and go over all the details to decide if we are a good fit for your senior year. That’s why we offer zoom meetings for applicants and their parents to answer any questions you may have!

ZOOM MEETING

SENIOR VIP TEAM - Attend our Zoom VIP team meeting with your parent(s) and get all your questions answered! We’ll explain all the ins and outs of what it means to be on the MC Senior VIP Team. We will dive into the magazine and talk about what being on the VIP team entails and having your senior portraits with us, including pricing. This is just an informational meeting and helps us get to know each other a bit. If you and your parents decide it is a good fit, we will get you signed up!

Lodi High School senior wearing a teal dress in the Mokelumne River during her golden hour senior picture session in Lodi, California.
Vista del Lago High School senior in a white dress and red cowboy boots during her fall senior pictures at Sly Park near Pollock Pines, California.
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