Family Portraits
- 1 hour photo session at 1 local location of your choice.
- Total payment of $75.00 due at start of photo session, for a family of 6 members. Each additional family member is $5.00.
- 15-20 edited high resolution images placed on a cd and mailed 1-2 weeks after session.
Engagement and High School Senior Portraits
- 1 1/2 hour photo session at 1 local location of your choice. Unlimited number of outfit changes.
- Total payment of $50.00 due at start of photo session (if 2 locations is desired, an additional $10.00 will be added to portrait session price).
- 15-20 edited high resolution images placed on a cd and mailed 1-2 weeks after session.
Newborn Portraits
* I prefer to photograph newborns between 4-10 days after birth. Newborns are the most sleepy during this time, allowing us to capture those adorable shots that only sleepy newborns can deliver!
- 1-2 hour photo session in the comfort of your own home or an indoor location of your choice. I say 1-2 hours because newborns are unpredictable! These photo shoots can sometimes take longer due to diaper changes, feeding, and occasional fussiness during the session.
- Total payment of $75.00 due at start of photo session.
- 15-20 edited high resolution images placed on a cd and mailed 1-2 weeks after session, with print release form.
**Clothing Tips**
Ultimately, what you and your family choose to wear for your photo shoot is completely up to you! :) However, I have found that photos look more sharp and attractive when the following tips are considered (information taken from http://www.kristendukephotography.com/what-to-wear-in-family-portraits-2/):
1. Decide on a Color Scheme
Before you plan your color scheme, it might help to think about where you plan to hang the portraits in your home, and what colors are in that room. For example, if you plan to hang your portraits in a room that is painted red and black, wearing orange and brown clothing would probably not work out. However, if your room is more of a neutral color and you would like a "pop of color" from the portraits, please keep reading...
2. Select one focal piece
If you have a color palette in mind, or even if you don’t…shop around to find one patterned piece that you love. It can be a little girls floral dress or a boys plaid shirt, but if you find one central piece, it helps to plan everything around that. Since us moms like our kids to be the focal point, I’d suggest this focus piece to be on one of the children (not an adult). That doesn’t mean that they will stand out the most, after accessorizing (my next point) it will all flow together.
3. Pick 3
It’s a good idea to pick 3 colors to work with as your main colors, then consider grays, whites, blacks, or browns as freebie’s. Not necessarily all of them together, but one or two that work with the 3 colors you chose.
4. Layers & Accessories
Cardigan, necklace, headband, scarf, button up shirt, tights, hats, ties. Layers & accessories add dimension, pizazz, fun, texture and therefore richness to the overall look. In the past, I have had the problem of purchasing all of these in my color palette (while keeping the receipts very close by) and once I have the clothing planned out, start throwing in accessories to see what works. If I have 2 girls, they don’t both get yellow headbands, but one yellow and one blue to spread out the colors. Boys have fever options when it comes to layers (and seem more difficult to dress). I often try to put my 2 boys in two types of shirts and layer them differently. One a button up with t-shirt underneath, the other a polo type with T underneath and maybe sleeves rolled up into each other.
5. Split up the colors
If I’ve got 6 people in my family, and have selected 3 main colors, I don’t want all of those colors on top, nor to the people that are close in age–I want to split them up. I want to weigh some color towards the bottom in one or two of them as well. I do this with shoes, skirts, and pants.
6. Lay it on the floor
Once you have gathered items in the colors you’ve picked, I try to find a spot in my home that I can keep it all out. I like to lay the pieces on the floor, and look at it from afar, take a picture of it.
7. Split up the pairs
If you have natural pairs in the family: mom and dad, brothers, sisters, mom and baby, try to split up the colors, as they will often be standing near each other. When I have babies, I know I will want to be holding them (helps me look thinner) so I see my baby as my “pair” and aim to not dress us alike. My husband is my obvious other pair, and as the two tallest, I have to make sure he and I are also not “matchy-matchy.” This part can get complicated, so do your best, then let it go!
8. Plan ahead
Make sure you start this planning when you book your session (hopefully a few weeks before it takes place). Be thinking of it, look around in your home/closets, shop well in advance so you aren’t stressing at the last minute.
Above all, please keep in mind that you will want the photos to represent you, your family, your style!
