Your home expresses your personality. Along with wearing your favorite outfit, your home-style living compliments your portrait unlike a studio that uses generic settings. If you have decor that fits your personality or have family heirlooms you want to blend into your portrait, this is the most ideal way to capture your portrait is through a ...

Anytime of Year Works to Capture a Family Portrait But how do you decide when to book in advance? This weekend we had a beautiful snowfall that looked like a winter wonderland. It was the kind of snowfall perfects for a family photo with the snow blanketing the tree limbs and the temperatures were still reasonable. But ...

Winter is a Perfect Time for Recording If you are recording a relative on family history, you might think the holiday times would be the best time for documentation. This would be especially true, if you are traveling long distance for a visit, but have you thought about the chaos of the holiday schedule?  There is ...

Frames, Floats and Gallery Wraps These are some of the traditional ways to hang your family photos. But if you are looking for more creative ways on a budget to display your photos, check out my Pinterest page where you can see unique display options including: door frames, string, clips, lights and painted tree branches. But ...

Photo Albums Last Lifetime As I mentioned last week about photo prints, they are heirlooms to the pass.  Photo albums are a better gift than sharing a hard-drive. Plus, the way we deliver images changes faster than anyone can keep with up. This puts your family photo archive at risk of not being accessible down the ...

2019 Calendar Templates Available   Enjoy Prints on Your Wall Photo prints on your wall are a nostalgic way of remembering your children at different stages in their life. It is better than flipping open a screen and press the “next” button. When looking at a print, you are free of distraction. There is no incoming e-mail ...

A Legacy Video is a Life Interview A legacy video is a recording of a loved one highlighting family history, their real-life experiences and insights to the past. It is an opportunity to document stories to share with future generations. It entails recording audio and visuals while incorporating family archival photos and genealogy documents. Above: My ...

How to Pick a Location There are many possibilities for choosing a family photography location. It can be overwhelming to know where to begin. As a professional photographer, I have learned family portrait sessions can be done anywhere from using your own backyard to popular local parks. If you want to maximize your options for the ...

Here are a few key tips that I recommend as a photographer for dressing your family for a portrait. However, you know your family best, but consider the following to get started.   Search Pinterest Pinterest is a great place to start for inspiration. Search ‘family photos’ because nothing is better than to look at examples than ...

What to consider when planning a family photo session    Location, Location, Location! If you have a location that you love then that is the best option. I am a believer in telling your story in a way that is meaningful to you. However, I have a few locations that work great for family portraits that offer a variety ...