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WHAT IS A LIFESTYLE FAMILY SESSION? | EDMONTON FAMILY PHOTOGRAPHER

Family sessions typically take place both in home and outdoors although like with newborn photos, being in your home allows you to relate to your personal surroundings more and can foster experiences where candid imagery thrives. As with other sessions, I provide gentle instruction and a few tips here and there – especially for the parents – to ensure that everyone is in the right mindset to enjoy their experience and create real memories, rather than “looking at the camera and smiling”. Prompts don’t work as well for the littles, though, so instead of asking them questions that they wouldn’t necessarily know how to answer, we keep things age appropriate and play-based. For older children, junior high or highschool, we make sure prompts for them are age appropriate as well so they don’t feel like they’re having “kids pictures” taken. It’s all about knowing your audience! When working both indoors and outdoors, it’s best to start indoors and finish with the outdoor adventure.

Your session may include:

Eating (or smashing?) birthday cake
Bath time fun (appropriate, of course!)
Storytime
Outdoor water fun
Going to the beach
Playing in the lake
Playing with stuffies
Having a tea party
Jumping on the bed
Hanging with the family pets
Piggy back rides
Enjoying music
Splashing in puddles
Showing off favourite toys