With 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.
This family of five was an older family, with a range of teenagers. We find teenagers tend to approach photoshoots in two different ways:
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).
At 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!
…especially if it gets the kids really involved and enjoying themselves more, as it often means the ‘better’ photos will look more natural, because your children feel more relaxed (and the funny versions are great for a family photo album).
Great family portrait photos only come from happy children, so we’ll do everything we can to get down to their level and talk to them, as well as encourage them to just be themselves and show us their personalities.
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