How much time should I plan on spending at my Session?
Please allow at least 1 hour to 2 hours for your session.
What time of day can I schedule my session?
For afternoon sessions, your photo session should start no sooner than 5:00 pm and no later than 6:00pm during the summer season. Photos can be captured up until around 8:00 pm. For early morning sessions your session should start no earlier than 6:30 am and no later than 7:00am. Photos can be captured up until 9:00am.
What should I and shouldn’t I wear?
There are many options for your shoot. It really depends on what your style is and what you are trying to “preserve”. You may want to dress as if you were going to the beach, in your swimsuits. You can dress in casual uniformity.
1. Think outside of the box when it comes to your clothing. In my personal opinion, the White tops and Khaki bottoms have “been done” a million times! Try a combo of solid colors for everyone’s tops like, black on Dad, white on Mom, blue on child, if you have more people in this session, throw in a couple of bright colors with this combo like, yellow and/or hot pink. Avoid stripes and shirts with printed words. Patterns are fine; just make sure it’s not too busy.
2. White (tennis) shoes and socks should be avoided. Try other alternative foot wear such as sandals, flip flops or even bare feet.
What else can I do to make my family’s photo session its best?
1. If you have children, their toys make great props. A beach ball, colorful snorkels, buckets, kites etc. The family beach umbrella can add interest too. So bring them along.
2. For a more natural appearance, avoid having haircuts/color the week prior to your session.
3. Colorful accessories can add interest to your photos. Try to incorporate one or more of the following in your photo session. For young girls, a hair band with a flower. Kids, funky colored goulashes. And for girls, scarves can be tied around the waist as a belt.
4. Ladies/girls should avoid using dark-colored lipstick, but I strongly recommend applying lip gloss. Flesh-tone colored lip gloss will also do.
