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Elderly women wearing green sashes walk down a hallway towards a stage in this commercial photograph in Phoenix AZ.
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Ms. Senior Arizona Pageant | Jarod Opperman

  • Thanks for checking out my work from over the years of the Ms. Senior Arizona Pageant, a beauty pageant for women over 60. My experience as commercial photographers Phoenix AZ allowed me to bring the excitement, joy, and tension of the Ms. Senior AZ pageant to viewers by giving a photographers glimpse behind the scenes.

    Phoenix Arizona and it’s surrounding cities are filled with retirees looking to escape their cold hometowns for the winter. I specifically worked as an editorial photographer in Sun City, an entire city dedicated to senior living. During that time, I was asked to cover the Ms. Senior AZ pageant in Phoenix regularly and it became my personal mission to photograph it in such a way that the pictures might work for commercial purposes even to promote the event to audiences and especially new potential contestants. The talent showcase in particular was quite inspiring and I hoped more people would find out about it. The seniors of Phoenix AZ and it’s surrounding towns and cities are much more than elderly folks in their homes. The photographers here know that our towns are filled with lively, brilliant, and creative people. I’m always happy when my photographer’s work let’s me interact with Phoenix’s retired communities who hail from so many different places when the arrive to the Valley.

    Whether it’s a portrait of a contestant in an elegant gown or a commercial photo of a perfectly poised woman, I’m on the job!

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