Mary Jackson Photography

Mary Jackson Photography I'm Mary and I'm a senior, family and personal branding photographer located in Frankfort, Illinois. I will hold your hand through the entire process.

Hi, I am a photographer specializing in high school seniors and families. I create custom wall art and photo albums that capture special moments in time for your, your senior and someday their children. Together we will create a personalized experience focused on your style and vision.

09/03/2026

The most common question I get: where should we photograph your senior pictures? My answer is always the same. Where matters to you? The field you grew up next to, downtown Frankfort, the forest preserve trails, the city you love, the spot that actually means something. A location someone else picks is just a backdrop. The one that's yours becomes a photo you still care about in fifteen years. I photograph seniors across the Lincoln-Way area and the Chicago south suburbs. Tell me your place and I'll build the session around it. DM me.

09/01/2026

You're not late. But if you want your senior in that late-September-into-October fall color here in Frankfort, that's the window, and I take only a few Class of 2027 seniors a week so those dates go first. Senior pictures around the Lincoln-Way area book out fast this time of year. Send me a DM and I'll walk you through how it works.

08/30/2026

I didn't plan on this. I retired from corporate, COVID hit, and I kept photographing just for me. Then my daughter Amanda asked me to take her senior photos. She had the whole thing planned, downtown Chicago, the skyline, her best friend along. We photographed her vision, all of it. When she saw them, it mattered that it was me who made them, her mom, using what I know to make the day hers. That's when I realized I could do this for other families. Amanda was my first senior. Tell me about yours.

08/07/2026

I’m feeling a bit under prepared. Looking for some mom help. If you have a kid going away to college that is more than three hours away and you are not driving him, what are you doing with the stuff?
- Are you buying it all there?
- Are you shipping it?
- Are you flying it all with you?
- What are you buying?

What are we doing? DM me. Send me comments. Help me figure out this challenge. I only have two weeks to figure it out.

Bring the cleats. Bring the French horn. Bring the boots.You are a lot of things at once. The athlete, the musician, the...
08/03/2026

Bring the cleats. Bring the French horn. Bring the boots.

You are a lot of things at once. The athlete, the musician, the one your friends text first. So let's build the shoot around you. Your outfits, your locations, the things that mean the most to you. So you show up, and I guide you through the rest. What you walk out with covers all your favorites. Not just one version of you.

Class of 2027, your experience starts here. Comment GRAD27 and I will send you a link to our schedule our first call.

Sometimes seniors tell me they don't want anything crazy, they are doing this because mom wants them.So I figure out wha...
08/03/2026

Sometimes seniors tell me they don't want anything crazy, they are doing this because mom wants them.

So I figure out what things they like and we start there. In Patrick's case, his dog, his Jeep, his Iowa gear. No performing for the camera. By the end he was into it, and his mom was so happy with the end result.

If your senior swears he doesn't need photos, he's exactly who I do this for.

Send this to his mom.

You've been watching her become someone all year. You just don't have photographs of it yet.Senior photos are how you ke...
08/01/2026

You've been watching her become someone all year. You just don't have photographs of it yet.

Senior photos are how you keep this version of her. Confident, a little grown, exactly who she is right now, and a glimpse into who she is becoming.

I take a limited number of Class of 2027 seniors in the fall. I'd love for yours to be one of them.

Tell me about your senior. Send me a DM and I'll walk you through how it works.

Class of 2027, senior sessions are open for fall.Here's the honest timeline. The best fall light in Frankfort runs late ...
07/31/2026

Class of 2027, senior sessions are open for fall.

Here's the honest timeline. The best fall light in Frankfort runs late September through October, and I take fewer than a handful of seniors each week so every session gets the full guided experience. Those dates fill fast.

If fall is when you want your senior's photos, now is when to claim the date.

See the full senior experience and reach out on the senior page at maryjacksonphotography.com. Or send me a DM and I'll get you the link.

You're not just booking a photo shoot.Somewhere in senior year, the milestone quietly becomes your project. The outfits,...
07/29/2026

You're not just booking a photo shoot.

Somewhere in senior year, the milestone quietly becomes your project. The outfits, the scheduling, the gallery to sort through, the prints you keep meaning to order. You wanted to be in the room for this year, not running it.

With me, we plan the outfits and the locations before the day. I direct every pose, so your senior never has to figure out what to do with their hands. We sit down for The Reveal and watch it together for the first time, and you choose what you love right there. Then it comes home to you, finished and printed, ready for your wall.

You show up. I handle the rest.

Comment GRAD27 and I'll send you a link to the first free consultation.

07/28/2026

Most of your senior photos are going to die on your phone.

You pay for the session. You get a link. Then life gets busy, and the link just sits there. A year goes by and those photos are still in a folder nobody has opened. You may share a couple with friends and family, but that's it.

That is not how it ends with me.

After your session, I edit and pull the strongest images. I build them into a presentation, then I call you and tell you I'm ready for THE REVEAL. It is my favorite part of the whole thing. I sit in your home with your family and show you what we made together. Then we pick the ones for the album and the ones going on the wall.

Next step, I come home, make the final tweaks, and place your order with my professional lab. The items come to my door first, not yours, so I can check every one before it ever reaches you. Because you don't have the time to chase another thing.

You don't end up with just a link. You end up with an album on the coffee table and a portrait in the hallway. The one your kid walks past at 30 and it is still hanging there.

That is the whole process.

This is Part 4. If you missed the first three, go back and watch. I walk you through all of it.

Class of 2027, comment GRAD27 and I'll send you a link to the first call so we can get started.

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