In this photoshoot no outfit ‘changing’ was required, as this woman’s ‘base layer’ of black remained the same – instead, she brought along a blue jacket, a black jacket and a red top. We combined these with a few different backgrounds and very quickly we created a great mix of different looks for her portfolio.
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The stylish teenagers
Posted onWith this older family of teenagers we’d already created a wide range of ‘proper’ portraits for the family to hang on their walls at home. It was now time for something a little bit different. As always, we talked through our ideas with them to see how keen they were.
We wanted to do something edgy, with more ‘attitude’, to reflect more of their personalities – a strong, black and white approach helped to create a really elegant style which they all loved.
Summer family photoshoot of a teenage family
Posted onThis family of five was an older family, with a range of teenagers. We find teenagers tend to approach photoshoots in two different ways:
- if they’re the ones who requested the photoshoot, they’ll be the keenest people in the world,
- but if they’ve been ‘encouraged’ to come along, then they’re much more likely to hold back and be ‘not bothered’.
However, we find both sets of teenagers are the same – they’re both super-interested if we get them involved. We therefore do what we always do with children of all ages – get to know them and ask what they want to get out of the photoshoot and what they would like.
In this family, for example, the daughter was keen from the outset on getting involved, however, the two sons were really not interested in the slightest. We therefore did the ‘proper’ photos first – those shown below – that the parents and daughter were keen to have. Afterwards we changed our approach to do what all three siblings wanted (which you can see in this other post – The stylish teenagers).
Recreating an old family photoshoot
Posted onAt the start of this family photoshoot the teenage daughter mentioned that the last time they’d had a family photoshoot was well over ten years ago when she and her brothers were much younger – apparently they still had that photo on display in their home, with all three of them as tiny children.
We talked about that photo, which obviously meant a lot to them, and decided to recreate it as best as we could. It sounded easy at first, until we all realised the weight of three teenagers us so much heavier than three tiny children!
Portraits of a dancer
Posted onGraceful poses of a dancer in an urban environment. We tried a number of different outfits and dance poses in this London street against a black-painted brick wall to show off her delicate dance moves.
Female musician photoshoot
Posted onThis was a photoshoot of someone who was a musican and singer who wanted a range of photos for her portolio. She was wearing a bright yellow outfit, so we felt the best thing was to find somewhere equally as bright to create a really eye-catching portrait. We added the super cool sunglasses, plus the cigarette to given this a cool look that worked really well.
Loving photos of this young boy with his parents
Posted onWith all families you get to see lots of love and affection on display and this one was no exception. We wanted to capture that beautiful family love in these photos, where you can see this young boy showing his love for each of his parents.
Very young children, like this young lad, have super short attention spans. The only way we were able to get these lovely photos was by letting him run around and have lots of fun in-between the ‘proper’ photos, as you can see from this ‘time to play at a photoshoot‘ post.
Time to play at a photoshoot
Posted onThis young boy was like all boys of his age – loads and loads of energy. So we put his energy to good use and sent him off on various tasks around the park, near to where we were doing our rural family photoshoot. That way it kept him from getting bored and allowed him to run around. This meant we were able to create some loving photos of this young boy with his parents later on.
Having a laugh during a couples photoshoot
Posted onOnce we’d finished the main photos with this couple, we thought we’d have some fun. We started with a running jump, which wasn’t quite as successful as we’d hoped, but it was such a laugh by the time we’d finished. We then moved onto a piggy back, then finally a loving photo to finish off.
Summer family photoshoot in the park
Posted onMore photos from our family photoshoot in the park during the summer. Some of these were our ideas, whilst some were the daughter’s ideas – we always try to encourage children to give us their suggestions, as it makes them feel really valued, which does wonders for their self-esteem, as well as keeping their attention.
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