Let’s talk about family photography
What are you looking for in a family photographer?
You’re in a season of life that you know you always want to remember — maybe it’s a big milestone, or maybe it’s just the beauty of the everyday.
Sure, you want pictures that will look beautiful and artistic, but more than that you want pictures that will feel like your family — the big silly laughter and the small hands reaching for yours, the in-between moments and all the emotions.
Maybe you’re part of the LGBTQ+ world, and you know it’s necessary to find an affirming photographer who has extensive experience with the queer community.
Overall, you need a photographer who will avoid cheesy awkward poses, and instead will get to know your life and values as a family, and capture intentionally that in photographs you’ll keep forever.
Who is ‘family photography’ for?
I use the term Family Photography because that’s how most of my clients describe what they’re looking for — but sometimes that term can make people think they’re only “allowed” to do a family session if their family looks like it came out of a 1950s sitcom. And that couldn’t be farther from the truth!
Family photography is a way to document whoever makes up your family/life/home! That includes:
Solo folks with their beloved pet
A couple celebrating their life together
Single parents with their little ones
Parents with their new baby (or their fourth babe and a pile of siblings)
LGBTQ+ families and straight families alike :)
The chosen family crew you have over every Sunday for dinner
Multi-generational families or chosen families or blended families (it’s ok to include grandparents, your BFF, your kid’s favorite auntie, your surrogate, your baby’s biological parent, or anyone you want in your pictures).
You’re probably getting the theme here: Family Photography doesn’t have anything to do with anyone else’s definition of family - only yours. It’s all about capturing whoever make up your family/life/home, whatever that means to you <3