The simplest portrait photos are often the best, as is the case here. We wanted a photo that was free of any distractions, with a clear background. This means there’s nothing to distract the viewer’s attention and it lets your eye focus on the person. It’s a lovely natural expression of this young girl.
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Christmas angel fancy dress
Posted onChristmas card time, so an angel fancy dress costume worked well as the cover for some personalised family Christmas cards for this year. Children love fancy dress, as they like acting out who they’re dressed up as and on this occasion it was no exception as the ‘little angel’ loved acting as an angel.
A girl with some Christmas fairy lights
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At Christmas there’s nothing more complicated and natural than getting a young child to hold a set of Christmas fairy lights. As she was playing with the lights, they gave a lovely glow on her face, so by the end we had a great photo that went on the cover of their family Christmas cards.
Halloween photoshoot dressed as a witch
Posted onAs Halloween approached we did a studio portrait session while wearing a fancy dress witch’s costume. Although we did create some posed photos, we most-enjoyed the informal photos where this young girl was allowed to play with her witch’s costume and to just be herself. It gave us the opportunity for lots of cackling and role-playing that everyone enjoyed.
Candy-striped pink studio portrait
Posted onA few props or accessories can go a long way with children during a photoshoot, so please do bring some along if you feel they’d help.
In this studio family photoshoot we allowed extra time for this young girl to play around and experiment a little, which gave us some great additional photos. Wearing candy-stripe pink gave a good contrast against the white background for these portraits.
Christmas studio portrait
Posted onChristmas is coming and it’s time to get the family Christmas cards printed, so time for a fabulous studio portrait session to get a range of great festive photos for the family and friends to see. Amazing how a Santa’s hat and some tinsel adds that festive touch. We encouraged this young lady to bring along her favourite teddy on this occasion, as it allowed her to dress him up and offer us even more lovely family photos of her having a lovely relaxing time.
Daddy’s boy
Posted onThis is a lovely candid photo of a boy staring into his dad’s eyes. It was important here to darken the background as much as possible, so that we concentrate on the boy’s face. It’s a lovely photo that really captures that love between father and son. And it’s so much better without the young boy looking into the camera.
Time for some fun exercises in the studio
Posted onHere are some energetic moments in the studio – when a young child’s attention starts to wander, it’s time to get them to do something fun so they don’t feel they’re always being told what to do, which isn’t fun for anyone (adults included!).
We always try to give enough time for these unplanned moments to happen. Yes of course these aren’t the photos you’d hang on your wall (we had plenty of others for that purpose), but they’re definitely the photos you’d want in an album after the photoshoot as a record of what your child was at that stage of your life. We find parents love these extra, super-informal photos in their albums.
Portraits of a young girl and her doll
Posted onPretty pastel-striped clothes for a bright and contemporary-looking family photoshoot in the studio with a white background. Bringing along a favourite toy, and having it feature in some of the photos, has the dual purpose of providing some lovely ‘special moments’, but it also helps a child to relax and feel more comfortable, especially if we’re doing the photoshoot away from their home.
Fun and games with studio portrait photos
Posted onAs is often the case, we’ll usually let very young children play around first, so they get used to what we’re doing. This often leads into something approaching a game, which they enjoy. On this occasion we found I had a little ‘helper’ who wanted to assist us in taking the photos. This approach helps children relax and get used to what’s going on – that way we’ll create a set of lovely studio portrait photos.
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