Family Portraits
Every year our families grow.
They grow with people,
with stories, and with age.
Tomorrow is never promised to us,
but today's images can preserve yesterday.
Before
In preparation for your session, we sit down together in person, over the phone, or on a video call.
During this consultation we talk over your dreams for your family portraits. We go over locations, outfits, scheduling, props, hair styles, make-up, and all of the fun of going over all the wonderful ideas that tell your family's story.
If you want to go to have extended family join or pets we can do all of that. These are what we talk this over during our consultation.
These consults help me better understand your family and where you want to have your images living in your home.
During
We meet up at our agreed upon time and location, and the outfit choice we agreed upon. I will typically arrive earlier in order to check out the flow of the location. After you arrive, we look over all of the props, outfits, friends/family, and anything else we talked about during the consultation.
After we talk over the flow of the session we start with generic posing. This checks off the easiest box early on and sets the tone for everything moving forward. It helps me see how well everyone can take direction. After everyone becomes more familiar with direction and those early images are done, then we can move on to the fun and dynamic images with more personality.
Creating these dynamic images allows us to really dig into your family dynamic. Do your littles want to play duck duck goose? Or are your teenage kids down for a few meme shots to really encapsulate the era they're in right now?
After
Once we wrap up the session we talk over the expected turnaround time of the image selection. This is where I lightly edit a select few images I like the most, and then we sit down together and talk as a team about what images stand out the most to you.
From that point we talk about what images you want printed out. Do you want a large print to put on the wall right as you walk into your home? What about a collage printed on metal or a framed series of 3 images to send to the grandparents? Do you want an album to stay at home and cherish for years? How about holiday cards? We go over the printing choices and all printed images will be included in the digital gallery.
Let's make something beautiful
Legacy artwork starts with your family