Family Portrait Tips

Putting a little planning into your session helps create a better looking portrait. When you decide on what to wear try to avoid busy or distracting/contrasting tones, by doing this your portrait will be more pleasing to the eye. By doing this your portrait is much more decorative on your walls at home, and your attention will lead you directly to the most important part of the portrait, the people and not their clothes. Avoid patterns and florals, also mixing dark with light colours, for example black pants and a white shirt. This would be too distracting. Your best bet is to work with solid, muted tones. Remember, you dont have to all be in the same colour but in the same tonal range. For example pastels mixed with pastels or, darks mixed with darks, such as same navy, same brugundy. Also remember that whatever you choose you personally should feel good in. When taking a group portrait its better if everyone would wear complimentary colours, it makes for a more pleasing portrait. If you are not sure feel free to contact me. Portraits should be fun and relaxing. The best way to do this is to capture your portrait in a place that helps you relax. Some of the best places to take portraits can be either at your home, cottage, the lake, a favorite beach, on your boat or any location that makes you feel comfortable. Be sure that if you have pets, bring them as they are part of the family.