Choosing colors

This section is super important!

"I always recommend selecting lighter tones and more muted shades. By avoiding ultra-bright, bold colors, it will help bring all the attention to your faces and let the eye focus on the way you feel about each other. The camera loves shades of soft pink and muted blues, mixed with sophisticated light neutrals like heather gray, creams, leather brown, navy, and white."

Mom

Time for mom to shine!

"Alright mom, its your time to shine and purchase that long, flowy dresses you’ve been eyeing from Morning Lavender!  Or are you ready to show off your legs you’ve been working hard on with those perfect pair of Ann Taylor skinny jeans!
Your family’s outfits will be coordinated to match YOURS. Shocked. I know.
As much as you love your kiddos, take this opportunity to make a memory where you feel your best! Start doing your research now and feel confident and gorgeous for your session with your family!"

Dad

Dressing dad

"I always think a nice pair of khakis or navy pants dresses up any neutral colored button up and could coordinate with almost any color dress you choose for yourself!
-Dress pants
-Khaki pants
-Nice jeans
-Blazer
-Solid button down shirts
-Ralph Lauren Polos
-Ties or bowties
-Suspenders, vests, watches"

Prepping your kiddos

KIDDOS

"GIRLS ADD A POP OF PRETTY!
Alright friend, do you ever see photos of kiddos with a flower crown, a floppy hat or a beautiful tulle skirt?
It can be as easy as borrowing from a friend or a quick amazon prime purchase to dress up your sweet princess for her photo shoot!

BOYS ADD A SLICE OF STUD!
Who says that boys aren’t fun to dress up? You can easily add a vest, suspenders, or a bow tie to any simple button up or polo to make him feel less like he's going to church and more like he's modeling for GQ!"

Tips for a successful photo session with your kiddos!

1.Talk about the shoot and what they can expect!

Anxiety is the stealer of joy and the last thing we want is for our kids to be scared or anxious.

2. Show them pictures of past sessions so they know what they're going to be doing!

This is a paragraph. Click edit and enter your own text. You can make changes like making the text bold, underline or italic. This is a great place for you to tell your clients more about your story and to describe the type of photographer you are. You can come back at any time to make more changes.

3. Bribe them with something special after the shoot!


Whether its an ice cream treat, or a trip to the Target toy aisle!

4. For young ones, make sure the time of the session doesn't interfere with nap time!


This is huge! If it does, please let me know and we’ll work it out!

5. Try on their clothes ahead of time to make sure they fit and aren’t “itchy” or “too tight”.

We want a great picture, but if they aren't comfortable its not going to be fun for anybody. :)

6. FEED them!


The last thing we need is for kiddos to get HANGRY in the middle of their session! You can also pack some clean snacks in the car on the way! (water, grapes, peanuts, cheese sticks, crackers)

7. Praise, thank, and be proud.

There is nothing that our kiddos want to hear more than how proud we are of them, how great they did, and THANK YOU for doing this for mommy and daddy!




That's it! make it a great day!

More tips in the session guide!



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