Tips For Your Family Session – #2
This is what most of you struggle with for your family session – what the heck are you supposed to wear?!? Here are some tips that will help you decide!
1) Be unique, but be you! I am begging (I’m on my knees pleading with you!) you to NOT wear jeans and white shirts OR black with khaki. That is so 1998, people. Let’s get a little creative here. I tell my clients that they should all compliment each other, but not be too matchy, matchy. I tell them to avoid big logos on t-shirts, but to not be afraid of colors or patterns.
A few months ago I had clients who pulled this off perfectly. Their colors were black, white, and they all had a hint of electric blue. I absolutely loved it!
2) If in doubt, email your photographer. Ask them if they have any suggestions for what to wear. I promise your photographer will love you for this! I’ve even gone shopping for some of my past clients!
Kim, the mom from the family above, emailed me options for their outfits. I was able to choose the outfits for each of them that complimented each other and even suggested that Kim go buy shoes that were the same color blue.
3) If you’re having a hard time, start with the kids outfits first and then find your outfits. I find that sometimes the kids outfits are the hardest and once you get those picked out you can easily pick out the parents outfits.
My favorite places to get inspiration for outfits:
Crewcuts – OMG! Cutest outfits ever for little ones!
Etsy – For cute tutus, hats, and baby clothes!
Tips For Your Family Session – #1
It’s that time of year! Time for the onslaught of family sessions! Everyone is in a rush to get them done in time for the holidays because pictures make for the best holiday gifts, don’t they? In honor of family session season, I will be putting some tips up how to make your family session successful. So here’s tip numero uno:
Schedule your session NOW!
Sounds simple enough, right? But, I always get families in mid to late November that email begging me to fit them in. This time of year I book 2 months in advance so contact your photographer and book now! In the end it will cause less stress for both you and your photographer!
Now, you know you want to get your family session done, but what if you don’t have a photographer? If you are a professional photographer show your clients that you value photography and hire another great pro to do your session. This isn’t the time to skimp and be cheap (unless you have a friend in the industry who will give you a deal or do a trade with you!). You ask your clients to pay a pretty penny for good family pictures so show them that you do the same. It’s also a great way to get to know another professional that you admire and see how they work. That does not mean that your session should become a mentoring session. Do not ask the photographer photo related questions during the shoot. Just let go and be the customer. But, you can observe and see what the photographer does to get you to relax in front of the camera and how they work.
Not a pro and just looking for an awesome photographer? Ask your friends for referrals, check out local photographers blogs, or even email photographers that you really like in other parts of the country and ask them if they have any referrals. Figure out what you want the look of your shoot to be, what you want your story to be and then look for a photographer who specializes in that style!
I’m Curious…
This may be opening up a big can of worms, but if you have a school aged kid, did they watch the Obama speech today? If not, why? I know the school district that my mom and mother in law work in (and that I grew up in) wasn’t going to allow the kids to watch it, which I have major issues with, but I won’t get into those here 
Brayden and I watched it and I thought it was great. Inspiring and I wish Regan, Bush, or Clinton would have taken the time to reach out to my generation like that when I was in school. I don’t want to make this a big political discussion, just curious if your kids watched and what your thoughts were
BFF’s
All during my pregnancy I worried about Hauggy. Hauggy was our first born and only child for 4 years and he liked it that way. He went everywhere with us, slept between us, went on 4 walks a day, and was the king. We got Hauggy right after we got engaged. I happen upon lost animals quite often and have to rescue them. The day before I found Hauggy I found two dogs running across a busy street. I was only able to get the smaller pug and took him to the animal shelter hoping his owners would look there. The next day I went back to check on him and there was Hauggy. The teeny, tiny puppy was in a cage that was too big for him. When I came and sat next to him he came right up to the front of the cage and started biting my fingers. I knew he was mine right then and there.
I was so worried about how he would transition into being a big brother. Hauggy didn’t particularly like children and had been known to lunge at a couple of kids who got too friendly with him. When we had our friends with kids over he would cower in the corner the whole time.
When we brought Brayden home he was actually pretty good with him, but he didn’t seem to particularly like him. Well, Brayden didn’t seem to care and always adored Hauggy. His first animal sound was a doggy (panting not barking) and he always waves to his puppy, gives him smoochies, and just loves him. Recently they’ve started playing together and it’s just the cutest thing to watch. Even though I think Hauggy still wishes that Brayden would go back to where he came from, he loves to have a new friend to play with, chase, and get his food that falls on the floor.
All pictures taken with the Canon 50 1.2
2.8, 1/125, ISO 800
2.8, 1/80, ISO 640
2.8, 1/80, ISO 640
And a big happy birthday to my mom, Mamaw! She’s a very young 54 today
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