In this family photoshoot we wanted to create an environment for lovely smiles and laughter for some really endearing photos. Unsurprisingly ‘Little Miss Mischief’ was around at the start, which we’d already allowed for, knowing how young children would rather just play around than have their photograph taken.
Lucky her mum also wanted to take part in ‘the game’ that took place, so we were able to create some lovely informal photos to go in the family album.
We started off with everyone in a good mood, so the great photos kept on coming. All was going really well, as you can see in the first photo, with happy smiling faces all around. That was, however, until the balloon popped, which was closely followed by the tears.
Although the second photo with the tears isn’t a ‘display’ photo, it’s one of those very special memories that you rarely catch in a photo and will be a cherished memory in a family album.
This was a studio photoshoot on a young girl’s first birthday. For the first part of the session we got everyone relaxed by messing around a little bit. The aim wasn’t to get any great photos, but to put everyone at ease to make the later ‘proper’ photos work out much better.
Although ‘Miss Small Person’ tried her best to pop the balloon with her finger nails, we eventually managed to create some beautiful photos of this first birthday celebration.
These beautiful photos of a young girl were part of a studio portrait session. Both of these photos capture the lovely cheekiness snd cuteness of this young girl during this photoshoot in the studio. The first of these two was enlarged and displayed as wall art in their living room for several years for all to see.
Use a Santa fancy dress costume for a toddler at Christmas and you can be sure the occasion will not be a quiet one. However, it was great fun as everyone was filled with festive spirit. These photos went on to become a family Christmas card for friends and relatives.
When we do these family photoshoots we’ll often get the child’s parents to stand right behind us, as it’s a good way to get their child’s attention. We have to be really careful to have the parent right behind the camera, so that when their child looks into their parent’s eyes it genuinely looks as though they’re looking at the camera.
As Halloween approached we were asked to take some themed, seasonal portrait photos of a young girl wearing halloween-themed fancy dress. The pumpkin is a great accessory, as it says ‘Halloween’ immediately.
Although the Christmas photoshoot is the most common seasonal photoshoot, we’re beginning to find we find more families are choosing to have a Halloween Photoshoot. Now that Halloween has become so much more popular over recent years, families are keen to create some lasting Halloween memories with their children.
Props are always great to have in photos. On this occasion a ball pit became really useful to add some variety.
This was an outdoor portrait session of a group of cousins together. They didn’t often meet as a group, so the parents wanted a photo that caught them all together, but in a setting that was as natural as possible. We went to a nearby field and got them to fool around for a few minutes until they were feeling right at home in front of the camera.
This was quite a long studio session, to make sure we created some really good portrait photos as part of a collection that could be displayed in a family album, as well as with a couple framed pieces of art on their walls. Many of these photos were slightly posed, as a way of helping make this toddler look really cute. However, as is our approach to working with families, we do everything we can to get down to their level and work at their speed to keep them fully engaged in the whole experience.
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