Firstly, Bryana coordinated their wardrobe perfect. Not matchy matchy, yet there is a colour story and great use of patterns! Secondly, it took place at a gorgeous location cherished by the family - their summer lake-side cottage. Thirdly, it is chalk full of activities usual to how they spend time together as a family at the cottage - playing on the beach, kayaking together, throwing rocks in the water and playing and blowing bubbles together around the cottage.
When Bryana first emailed me about booking a family session she wrote that she wanted photos that were natural, candid and captured her children as they are! And I was completely on board. We discussed things that the kiddos enjoyed doing and things that they could all do so we captured everyone together. I came prepared to be a photojournalist versus a director of photography, and Bryana made sure that everything needed for the planned activities were on hand.
I am so pleased with the images we ended up with. They tell a story of what a day in the cottage life of this family is, and captures the personalities of each child at their particular age (Davin - serious and dramatic, Addy - serene and compliant, and Will - on the go-go-go!!) which is so much more valuable than a traditional posed family portrait, though I did manage to get one posed photo before Will beelined it for a toy!!!
I hope you enjoy this family photo series as much as I do!!
If you are interested in booking a family photo session and have some creative ideas then I would LOVE to hear from you!!
Love & Sunshine,
Shannon-May
Nice! I love the kayaks!
ReplyDeleteThank you Kandise!! I loved the kayaks too!! I was on a pontoon boat for half the shoot capturing the family kayaking and then throwing rocks into the water!!
ReplyDeleteLove this! Very real to life, just as they are now. You did a great job of just observing and capturing the little details of this family.
ReplyDeleteAwesome job SMP!! Love this story... :)
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