What is lifestyle photography?
We describe lifestyle photography as a hybrid between traditional family portrait photography and documentary photography. With lifestyle photography, you are inviting us into your home to photograph your family in a more comfortable and genuine setting. We generally won’t pose you and your family, unlike traditional portraits. Instead, we place you in the best light and offer prompts as you interact with your loved ones. This allows for grabbing the most authentic, candid moments showing the natural beauty that exists within your family.
WHY CHOOSE LIFESTYLE PHOTOGRAPHY?
A lifestyle session is a great choice if you are interested in capturing those small, tender interactions with your family. Whether you decide to make cookies during your session, play a game with your kiddos, or just lounge around the house, lifestyle is beautiful simply because we catch the intimacy that thrives in your home.
We LOVE to capture the in-between moments of the shoot as well. Moments that most people wouldn’t think to document are our bread and butter. This can include feeding, swaddles, infant clothes or diaper changes, kids playing around, and pretty much anything else you could think of. This is where lifestyle leans closer to documentary style and you get amazing and authentic, candid moments normally not captured during a traditional photoshoot.
LIFESTYLE DETAILS
As mentioned above, lifestyle sessions are conducted in your home. We generally schedule them for 10A.M. as we have found that this time of day provides the best natural light. When we first arrive, we’ll take some time to introduce ourselves and get to know any children (even the furry ones) in the home. After that, we may ask for a tour of the house in order to find the best locations for photos. We can make pretty much any area work, so no need to stress about where we’ll be able to do the photos. Once we find a few spots, we’ll start with the children first. We’ve learned the longer the session goes on the less interested kids tend to be with the whole process. From there, we’ll move on to photos of the whole family and then to individual shots of partners and the like. If the session involves a newborn baby, we give the baby all the time they need. If the baby is hungry or needs a diaper change in the middle of the session, we will return to focusing on other family members while the little one eats/is changed. Whatever the baby needs will always have priority over the photoshoot.
