Holley Gerelds wanted to wear a tuxedo for her senior yearbook portrait, instead. The photographer said it was fine, she recalled. Proofs show her smiling in a black jacket and bow tie.

The girl was a senior in High School last year. She loves giraffes and she loved the picture. It was created for fun and meant to be sorta funny,” Winland wrote .

Makeup artist and high school senior James Charles is changing that with a simple trick: the 17-year-old brought his own ring light to the shoot. SEE ALSO: Teen keeps it super real in makeup tutorial ...

High school senior portraits are getting more elaborate — and expensive October 26, 2013 More than 11 years ago Long gone are the days of laser backdrops in pop-up portrait studios.