A beautiful family photoshoot in the summer

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On a summer’s evening in the park, with some natural green backgrounds, we had a lovely family photoshoot of this young lady and her parents, which looked great in beautiful wall art.

As usual, we find we can only create this lovely memories after allowing children to have time to play – she was at the age where she was happy to try lots of things, as you can see from our other blog post – Acrobatics in the park. 

  • beautiful outdoor portrait of a young girl
  • family photoshoot in the park

Acrobatics in the park

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At this family photoshoot in the park we let this confident young lady dictate a lot of what we were doing – this included showing us the various things gymnastics things she could do…

  • young girl doing a handstand
  • young girl doing the splits
  • young girl upside down

Our approach paid off, because this kept her engaged for long enough that we were able to get some great family portraits afterwards, as you can see in this other post – A beautiful family photoshoot in the summer.

Urban and rural locations

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There are very few places where you can use both urban and rural locations during the same photoshoot, as most aren’t near enough to each other. However, in east London we found an area where we had some natural green backgrounds, as well as a few different urban backgrounds that allowed us to really complement this woman’s hair and clothing.

  • urban photoshoot of a green haired woman
  • green haired woman in the woods
  • green haired woman in front of an orange wall

We like to have fun at our photoshoots

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We know that most people are nervous at the thought of a photoshoot – particularly when they arrive and meet someone they’ve never met before. This lady was fairly quiet when we met, and a little anxious about the photoshoot we were about to do together. Therefore, during the first half of the photoshoot we took our time to get to know each other, giving her a lot of direction on how to pose.

  • woman jumping at a photoshoot
  • jumping woman at a photoshoot in the park
  • jumping at a photoshoot in the park

After a while, once she’d seen some of the photos we were creating, she began to trust us and she became happy to try out some more informal things. We agreed to spend a few minutes just having some fun, so this willing participant had a great time doing some fabulous jumping poses during this photoshoot, which we feel look so good and really show off her inner personality.

Did someone say anxious and lacking in confidence?!?!

Latest start times for an outdoor photoshoot

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MONTH FAMILY PETS ADULTS SUNSET
Jan 1.30pm 2pm 2pm 4-4.45pm
Feb 2.15pm 2.45pm 2.45pm 4.45-5.30pm
Mar (GMT) 3.15pm 3.45pm 3.45pm 5.45-6.30pm
Mar (BST) 5pm 5.45pm 5.30pm 7.30pm
Apr 5pm 6pm 5.30pm 7.30-8.30pm
May 6pm 6.30pm 6.30pm 8.30-9pm
Jun* 6.30pm 7.15pm 7pm 9-9.15pm
Jul* 6.15pm 6.45pm 6.45pm 8.45-9.15pm
Aug* 5.15pm 6pm 5.45pm 7.45-8.45pm
Sep 4pm 5pm 4.30pm 6.30-7.45pm
Oct (BST) 3.15pm 3.45pm 3.45pm 5.45-6.30pm
Oct (GMT) 2pm 2.30pm 2.30pm 4.30-4.45pm
Nov 1.30pm 2pm 2pm 4-4.30pm
Dec 1.30pm 2pm 2pm 4pm
Latest start times for outdoor photoshoots

Standard photoshoots

  • the one thing we need for great photos is great light on your lovely face(s), which becomes much more of an issue outdoors,
  • we have professional lighting that we can bring to any location, indoors or outdoors, which will make you look fabulous wherever you are, however, there’s only so much that artificial lighting can do,
  • if you’re after an outdoor photoshoot, and you don’t mind having dark backgrounds, then you can choose any time of day for your photoshoot,
  • however, if you want an outdoor photoshoot with lighter, naturally-lit backgrounds, like most people do, then we’ll need to start a family afternoon/evening photoshoot no later than 2 hours before sunset,
  • for example, in April and late August the sun sets around 7.30pm in the south of the UK, so we would aim to start a photoshoot by 5.30pm,
  • whereas in late June the sun sets around 9.30pm in the UK, so we could start later, though we’d aim to start a photoshoot before 6.30-7pm,
  • however, with photoshoots of pets or adults we can start later, since the photoshoot won’t last as long as it would for a family with young children,
  • the table on the right shows the latest start times for outdoor photoshoots, with different start times for families, pets and adults.

Temperature

  • on very hot days (above 25°C): you’re usually better off having a photoshoot as early in the day as possible (see Earliest-start-times-for-an-outdoor-photoshoot) before the heat of the day really begins.
  • on very cold days (below 5°C): you’re usually better off having a photoshoot late morning or early afternoon and not leaving it until the end of the day when the damp and cold sets in.

Sunset photoshoots

  • for photoshoots based around the sunset, then the start times can be later, as you can see in the ‘sunset’ column,
  • as a rough guide, if you wanted a summer sunset photoshoot, then you could start an adult photoshoot around an hour before the sunset times, 
  • but these times can vary by location, as well as if the area is surrounded by buildings or trees.

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Earliest start times for an outdoor photoshoot

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MONTH SUNRISE FAMILY PETS ADULTS
Jan 7.45-8am 8.45am 8.45am 8.45am
Feb 6.45-7.45am 8.30am 8.30am 8.30am
Mar 6.30-6.45am 7.30am 7.30am 7.30am
Apr 5.30-6.30am 7.30am 7.30am 7.15am
May 5-5.30am 7.30am 6.15am 6.15am
Jun 5am 7.30am 6am 6am
Jul 5-5.30am 7.30am 6.15am 6.15am
Aug 5.30-6.15am 7.30am 6.30am 7am
Sep 6.15-7am 7.45am 7.30am 7.45am
Oct (BST) 7-7.45am 8.30am 8.15am 8.30am
Oct (GMT) 6.45am 7.30am 7.30am 7.30am
Nov 6.45-7.45am 8.30am 8.30am 8.30am
Dec 7.45-8am 8.45am 8.45am 8.45am
Earliest start times for outdoor photoshoots

Standard photoshoots

  • you might think we’re mad, suggesting an early morning photoshoot, however these can be lovely moments in the day for two reasons:  the scenery and weather can be simply stunning – but also, the early start means there are less people about to watch you during your photoshoot,
  • we have professional mobile studio lighting that we can bring to any location, indoors or outdoors, which will make you look fabulous wherever you are, however, there’s only so much that artificial lighting can do,
  • if you’re after an outdoor photoshoot, and you don’t mind having dark backgrounds, then you can choose any time of day for your photoshoot,
  • however, if you want an outdoor photoshoot with lighter, naturally-lit backgrounds, like most people do, then we’ll need to make sure there’s sufficient light before we start an early morning photoshoot, usually no earlier than 30-45 minutes after sunrise,
  • for example, in April and late August the sun rises around 6-6.30am in the south of the UK, so we would aim to start a photoshoot no earlier than around 7.15am,
  • whereas in late June the sun rises around 5am in the UK so we could start earlier, but not before 6am – though we’re not realistically expecting you’d want to be up that early in the morning! (but if you are, that’s great – you’ll get some gorgeous summery photos with some beautiful morning light),
  • the table on the right shows the earliest start times for outdoor photoshoots, with different times for families, pets and adults.

Sunrise photoshoots

  • for photoshoots where you want to see the sunrise, these must start a lot earlier – often 30 minutes before the actual sunrise,
  • however, if the area is surrounded by trees or tall buildings, these times can vary.

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A girl wearing a red dress in a field of yellow flowers

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During the summer months these fields of yellow rapeseed look fabulous, so for this family photoshoot we suggested a red dress would be a great colour to contrast against the field of bright yellow. Not only does it look great, but we had a lot of fun throughout this photoshoot.

  • girl in a red dress in a field of yellow flowers
  • a red dress in a field of yellow flowers

What you can’t see, however, is the small stepladder that we used to get to a higher position than this young girl who was waist-high in the bright yellow flowers, which really made a difference.

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