Tips to remember for your photo session:

1. When you are getting photos done and you have a specific look in mind – do the research, find a couple of examples to show your photographer because they can’t read minds. This will help them interpret your ideas into your photo shoot. They will put their own style to it but will give them a starting point. And remember, not all poses works with all families or people. (Before the actual photo shoot.)
2. Remember when taking family portraits with smaller children – it is your job to look and smile at the camera, the photographer (or their assistant) will be trying to get the baby/kid/pet to smile or look at them or take it in the one moment they are. It makes their job harder when they have to tell the adults to look as well.
3. When you are getting large family photos (more than 6 people) you should really plan on doing an outdoor session – not very many studios can handle huge numbers and your photos will suffer.
4. When getting family or single portraits done, listen to the photographer’s directions because even if it feels silly or weird they often can see things that you cannot.
5. Focus on yourself and keeping your pose because they will be more focused on getting the kids/pets to do what they need to do and often it can be difficult.
6. Outdoor photos seem to be the going trend but they are not for every situation. Newborn photography, for example, is much better suited for indoors.
7. When picking out what to wear be aware of the colors and patterns on your clothes. Bright colors stick out more, so either the whole group should wear bright colors or nobody. *Note that white is considered a bright color in this case.* Crazy patterns on shirts can also steal the attention away from the faces, if you want big patterns they are better suited on the bottoms or accessories.

 

Tips on posing:

One thing to remember: photography is a two-dimensional representation of a three-dimensional world. This means you can “trick” the camera into thinking that subjects/objects can have different shapes and sizes than they do in “real life”.

1. If you have issues with your mid-section looking too “big” in photos, do your photos standing because when you sit you are squishing your mid-section and it makes the mid section look bigger. If you need to sit, sit “tall” with good posture (or lean back) this will also stretch out the mid section.
2. If you want a more defined jaw line, stick your whole face out when you’re directly facing the camera. Think “chin & forehead forward” *not up.
3. If you want to look leaner in the legs and create a longer leg line, instead of standing with your whole body facing the camera, turn your hips a little and put one leg in front of the other with your front leg’s toes facing the camera.
4. If you wanting more natural looking photos of you/your family instead of “super posed” shots; move around a little, act natural, relax. For example, we don’t always have perfect posture so when you have perfect posture in a photograph it can make you look stiff or robotic. Don’t be afraid to play with your kids a little bit – these can make great portraits.
5. Standing parallel to the camera shows you at your widest, changing the angle of your body can change it’s visual width and create more pleasing lines.
6. Don’t be afraid to smile – your real smile is usually the one that looks best on you. Don’t be scared to laugh a little.
   

   Natural smiles are always the best

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