Take advantage of our fall Family Portraits Special that runs from August 1st-December 15th!Β
The sitting fee of only $39.00 (Save 20%) includes your private gallery and no obligation to purchase. The sitting fee for large groups, more than 8 family members, is $59.00.
This is a wildly popular service we provide to augment our youth sports service. All photos are taken outside, in the Old Town Littleton area. Sessions typically last about an hour and there is no limit on the number of photos or poses we take. Within 10 days of the session your images will be available online for purchasing and viewing. (No high pressure office proof consultations)Β
Β The deposit is due at time of booking. Deposits are non-refundable in case of cancellation. Our online store allows clients to communicate directly with us regarding any enhancements, retouching or cropping requests you may have before ordering.Β Any photo enlargements, digital files, or gallery wraps can be purchased directly from our website where your images are displayed. Please also visit our Family Portrait Tips page for suggestions on what to wear and how to best prepare for your family portrait session.
Remember to book early as favorable time slots go quickly!Β Β
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Itβs best to plan your familyβs outfits at least a few days in advance of the shoot. We all know how stressful throwing together a coordinated ensemble for dad and the kids can be if itβs done last minute! The prepping process, if done last minute, can spoil everyoneβs mood and affect the outcome of your portrait session. Make it stress free by being organized! Having too many colors and or strong patterns that distract from faces can be a risky choice if you are not an expert at this sort of thing. It is best to choose a slightly more anodyne color palette that suits the skin tones and hair colors of most of the members of your family. Donβt be too βmatchy matchyβ, but add an element of your chosen color palette in everyoneβs outfit. When choosing outfits, you also want to keep in mind where the portrait will be taken. If you are going to be doing an outdoor photo shoot in the hot sun, then dress appropriately. You want to make sure that your clothing suits the setting. Make sure that you decide whether you want a casual or a dressier look. Your family portrait will look funny if one member of the family is in a suit while another is in shorts and a T-shirt. Still need help choosing a color? Let the color experts at Pantone help you.
The standard rule of thumb for women is to wear a light evening blend of makeup even if your session is during daylight hours. Avoid overly shiny or frosted lip gloss and make sure the kids and dad are wearing only very light lip balm, just enough to cover chapped lips.
When we are taking the group photo please allow the photographer to try and get the kids attention. The instinct for parents is to try and interact with the kids to be helpful, by telling them to smile or glancing over at them to check to see if they are cooperating. This makes getting everyone looking to the camera simultaneously, with genuine smiles, a real challenge. With children youβll want to allow the photographer to interact with them and try to get them to look at the camera and smile. This is a hard one for parents. If thereβs a particular thing that βworksβ β a game, a sound, a word, a song, tell the photographer at the beginning of your session together and allow her to try it with your kid/s. The goal of the photographer is to get your kids to look directly into the camera. If you are standing to the photographerβs left or right, even slightly, and shouting your babyβs name to get her to look up, she is going to look AT YOU, not the camera. Donβt prep your child too much for a photo session. Talking about it for days on end (or even all day on the day of the session) only raises the stress level for your child and creates an atmosphere of βyouβd betterβ¦or else!β Itβs better to let your child become comfortable at the session and have their personality shine through.
Try to have a light and happy heart the day of photos. Youβll want not only the images themselves, but the actual day of photos to stir feelings of nostalgia and happy memories for decades to come. For most a family portrait session is a once in a lifetime event- make it count and make it happy!
