Hollis, NH, Family Photo Session
Family photos are an excellent opportunity to slow down, spend some time with our loved ones, and pause time for a moment. It is breathtaking how quickly kids grow up, so pausing time now and then is essential!
I got to spend some time with this lovely Hollis, NH, family this fall. We managed to plan it just perfectly so that the fall leaves in their backyard were peak color (you can’t tell because I’m obsessed with black & white, but scroll to the end for the proof!).
Every family session is unique to the family - one of my top priorities is to tell your story, not mine or the same one everyone else tells - but they all have some common elements:
We start with the money shot! Everyone posed, smiling, and (mostly) looking at the camera. Especially with young kids, it’s helpful to get this out of the way early, before kids just get tired of being told what to do.
We play! If you have kids younger than 5 or 6 and it’s fall, we will 100% be tossing leaves into the air at least twice during the session. You can count on it.
I let the kids take breaks. They can run, chase each other, play duck-duck-goose, whatever they need to do to relax, take a break from being asked to smile and stand up straight (ish), and enjoy themselves. Sometimes my best photos happen while they’re playing!
I always get a photo of the parents on their own. You rarely have time for yourselves and probably haven’t been photographed just the two of you in ages. We make it happen, and you pretend to like each other. ;)
We do it when your kids are happiest (or, honestly? when it works for your schedule). Sometimes you go with what’s ideal energy-wise (usually the morning with young kids) or light-wise (usually late afternoon!) and sometimes you go with what works for your schedule and trust your photographer to make the magic happen anyway. ✨
Whether you’re looking for a more traditional session like this one above or an even-more-candids, documentary-ish session like these over here, I love helping families of all sorts slow down, connect, and document their lives for a moment in these racing-by times.
p.s: Looking for that proof we hit peak-color? Here you go!
