Your kiddos are your world and heaven knows that changes in the blink of an eye. Those precious curls on Sally’s head? They won’t last forever. That adorable face that Max always makes? He may move on to different expressions. Those tiny fingers? That sibling affection? The chubby cherub cheeks and shy grin? If only you could freeze all those little quirks in time… but wait! You can! With a children’s portrait session, of course.
Children’s photography sessions are always a good time. I love bringing out a child’s personality — no matter how young he or shy might be.
Typically, one of a parent’s biggest “fears” when it comes to a child session is a.) forcing their child into something they don’t want to do and b.) having a child not participate in the session at all. Let me qualm your fears.
First, my sessions are fun and I’ve got a number of tricks up my sleeve that will make sure your kiddo wants to be there. Second, if your child, or children, are having a terrible, horrible, no-good, very bad day (hey, it happens!) we’ll just reschedule — no cost to you — and make it work at a time that’s convenient for both of us.
I will say though, I have PLENTY of moms panic while AT sessions because JR or Sally won’t sit sit still, or they think they are being horrible little minions. Trust me when I say, I will not pretend to get good shots of your kids. I will try my best to chase and follow, but if I realize I am in over my head, I will tell you! If I am not telling you to sit them still or move them, then I am getting good images! I promise! I seem to have more relieved parents than ever lately. Kids are running around and not listening (believe it or not, that makes for the BEST images) and they leave sad, and update their Facebook with a sad face and how awful JR was at the session and they hope the photographer got at least 1 good image. Well, I usually BLOW their mind away and they cannot believe I captured such faces during the fits they were having! So trust me when I say, unless your child blows up my location, I can probably make it work
In other words: no matter what, we are going to work together to capture your kiddos on camera.
When you’re booking for just your children, try to talk yourself into getting into some images. That gives you an opportunity to get pictures of the whole crew for your kids to remember, plus we’ll definitely sneak in some lovey-dovey pictures of you and your significant other into the mix, as well. Maybe we can even catch some genuine kiddo reactions — we all know how receptive they are to mom and dad kisses!
For my family portrait sessions, I like to capture a healthy variety of different kinds of pictures. I set up both poses and capture candids of each child alone, different sibling pairings and pictures of children and parents together. These are really playful sessions that will not only provide you with some wall-worthy pictures, but also with a lifelong memory.
You may think you don’t want to be in front of the camera, but trust me when I say, your weight, your pimple, your hair cut, your sprained wrist, it won’t matter when your child is in their 30’s (like me). They will not look back and see any flaw, they will see their parent, and how much they love you, and how much you, in turn, loved them back. I know it’s hard to get in front of the camera, but you will never regret it. Life can change so quickly, photos stay the same forever!
I also want to make sure that I get some amazing photographs of the parents together. It’s nice to have a picture of just you and your spouse, so it’s important to me that I include several of those pictures in all of my family sessions.
Package A – $280
60 minutes – up to 60 digital photographs with print release and online gallery.
Package B – $180
30 minutes – up to 25 digital photographs with print release and online gallery.