Whether you're a family of 16, a family of 4, or even a family of 2, we will create beautiful images on the beach for you. Every year we have large groups up to 28 people and small parties of just 2, and regardless of the group dynamics we have a great time shooting and all of "my families" walk away happy. Thought I'd pass along some info for those looking to get their beach portrait with us this summer, or maybe you are thinking about next summer. Maybe you are part of a family of four and not sure what we can do for you, or maybe you are a large group and you are thinking, how are we going to manage this many people.
Starting with the large groups, as that is most often what people are thinking when they would like a family portrait taken on the beach. I can handle any large number of people, you can bring me 12, 28, even 50 people if you wanted. I often times say, "the More the Merrier", because we end up laughing and having one heck of a good time. With larger groups it takes a little more coordination and planning, and a little more time, but the price doesn't change, and its just a nice way to spend an afternoon. With these larger groups, the group may have many different family dynamics, Grandparents, Brothers, Sisters, Half sisters and brothers, grandkids, great grand parents, you get the idea. To help you and me both, before the shoot, think about the different combinations you might like to have photographed, and when the time comes, let me know who is who, so we can be sure to get all the different combinations you might like.
I usually like to start with the grand parents, relaxing on the sand, and photographing them by themselves. This helps me get my camera settings adjusted correctly and it gives the little ones an idea of how painless the photo taking process is. From there, I'll add the grand children in the photo with the grandparents, as that's a photo every family wants to have. And from this point it's a matter of adding everyone else to the photo, until we have everyone in the photo for our big group shot. I found it's the best way to build the big group photo, by building the family with the grandparents in the center and adding the different generations all around them. This doesn't mean we can't do it a different way, and often times, we'll end up taking multiple group photos, in different configurations.
With these larger family groups, there are often times, many smaller families, as I won't know who is who and what children belong to which parents, I often times need your help to make sure I get the smaller family units photographed with the right people. After breaking up the large group into the smaller families, from here we can shoot these photos in many different ways. An example of this setting is described below.
My classic family of 4: often times Mom, Dad, and two little ones. When shooting a family of four on the beach, I like to get shots like mom and dad together, with the little ones in their laps, and if they are old enough having the children kneeling behind the parents. And then have mom with her children and switching it up with dad and kids. Now there is all kinds of different things we can do from here, and we are only limited by our imaginations. Thankfully I've got a pretty good imagination.
If you are a family of 4 and you booked up the beach portrait and its only the four of you and us on the beach, you have options. Creative options if you are so bold as to try them, and keep in mind these are free options. With a family of four some of these ideas might appeal to you:
** You can bring a change of clothes if you want.
** You can also bring some personal props if you wanted: like Santa hats for Christmas cards later
** With babies, you can bring a towel or blanket and we can photograph them in the sand by themselves.
** I've been wanting to incorporate bubbles into some of my beach portraits for those who would like something little different.
** I've even been thinking of coming up with my own prop chest for things like hats and misc other items that might make for fun photos.
My families of two and three, you have all the cool options as a family of 4, only you get a few more options to add on to that. With less and less people in the group can make for a quicker shoot, or if you wanted to utilize the same amount of time, that's fine, as that will give you more images in the end anyway. I can sometimes photograph a family of 6 and shoot some 400 images and with the right family of 2 who are ok with spending the time, can walk away with 400 images easy, and in some cases, even 500 images might be taken. With less people in the photo, it gives us more time to experiment and gives us more locations to shoot at if we wanted. That's why I love photographing High School Seniors, as they will often times be OK with the time we spend shooting in different locations and being able to experiment with different camera effects we'll come away with many unique and exciting shots from our photo session.
The moral of this article or better put, if you are looking to book us up for a family beach portrait, get ready to have fun, and don't be afraid to voice your thoughts, opinions, or photo ideas. Together we can make our family beach portraits a photo shoot to remember. We can shoot as many photos as we have day light to shoot in, and sometimes we'll shoot well into the dusk time. We can get as conservative or as crazy as you might like. With nature as your own personal studio the limits are endless. We can do whatever you might like with this beach portrait, as it is your photo shoot, why wouldn't you want to make it into what you want?
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