Client Guide
From the very start, even before you make a booking, I want to make sure the photographs of you and your family are exactly what you are after. For that reason, I’m going to tell you honestly, I’m not a photographer who poses people or uses props during any session. In fact, it’s likely I’ll ask you to pop away any props so don’t be offended if I do!! I want to capture how you really are together as a family, and how you interact, using the nature around us as our playground. Whilst I will attempt to include a couple of images of everyone looking at me (if possible), that’s not the goal of the session with me. The objective is to cover emotion and connection between you. Here are a few handy tips to get you thinking...
Most importantly, let out your inner child!! Whoever is the booker must tell your family we’re just going to have a lot of fun and there’s a lady coming along with a camera to capture some moments. You don’t have to tell them to be good or that they must smile at the camera. Being relaxed, affectionate and playful with your children will bring out their personalities but if you're all rigid or uncomfortable it will show in the photos.
Forget I’m there. I completely understand it’s awkward and uncomfortable in front of someone else you don't know, let alone a camera, but the best moments will happen when you just let go. Got completely wild children? There's no need to apologise, I have 3 of my own so let's join in on the madness and embrace it.
Touch! Enjoy being close as much as possible, hold hands, cuddle and snuggle, tickle, make each other laugh, play with your kid's hair. Just interact between yourselves as much as possible throughout the whole session and ignore I am there. Even if this doesn’t come naturally, it’s just 1 hour of your life so put your ‘all in’!
I will guide you. A story telling session doesn’t mean I don't help you along the way so please just trust me. I’m in control with 10+ years of experience of photographing families so not only will I bring my inner child to the session with heaps of energy, I will help prompt you throughout it as much or as little as I need to.