Family

Here's the thing about family photos: they're not really for now. Sure - maybe you need them for the holiday card or the applications now, but currently, in this era - you are familiar with all the nuances of your current day to day lives together and you know exactly what everybody looks like because you just saw them at breakfast.

The family photos are for later. For when playing Clue doesn't feel the same because somebody's off at college. For when you can't remember when the littlest one's laugh changed. A family session is a time capsule you get to open forever. And the family picture-taker - the one who's never actually in the iPhone photos half the time - can get in the dang frame finally! I'll hold the camera, I've got you.

And even better - do the family shoot at home, in your natural environment, with one of my slice-of-life "Big Mood" sessions: kids in their rooms with all their crafts and treasures and posters, maybe baking or dancing together - whatever feels good to capture at this time in your lives. Relaxed, natural, personality-filled, timeless.

So bring everybody - bring the shy one, the loud one, the one who "hates photos." Especially that one (and let's be real, that one is usually Dad). Let's capture the whole crew, exactly as you are right now.