You might be wondering what the difference is between your yearbook photo and your senior photo, as they often occur in the same period at the end of your final year. The differences are small but quite easy to understand. Put simply, your yearbook photo is more of a rinse and repeat process aimed to record you as a pupil in your year at school. There is much less room for expression, a single photography team will use the same background and similar poses for each student, they simply want a visual record of everyone indeed year for diligence as well as nostalgic purposes. You may be required to wear more formal dress and are there to pose rather than creatively engage with the process like you would a senior photo. In a framing sense, a yearbook photo is basically a ‘headshot’ or portrait frame, as if you're an actor getting a headshot for a film, rather than having choice over the framing of a senior photo. As discussed, your senior photo is more for you and your family, with more room for you to make your own creative choices that you feel express your time at high school. In other words a senior photo is usually for you and your family, while a yearbook photo is for the school.