Childrens Portraits - Information
Starting at the begining . . .
Timeframe of when children should be photographed -
"Pregnancy Portrait" at 8 1/2 months into the pregnancy
"Mother and Child Portrait" at one month
"3 Month Portrait"
"6 Month Portrait"
"12 Month Portrait"
"18 Month Portrait"
"2 Year Old Portrait"
and each year near their birthday after that.
I have a number of clients that will pick out a certian year, such as 1,2 or 5, and treat that one as special for all of their children. As an example, from each of thier childrens 1st birthdays, they order a beautiful wall portrait and frame it nicely. As the years roll by they then will group all of the one year old portraits together of all of their children. It creates a woulderful and meaningful presentation.
We typically use very few props
We do not like to clutter the scene with too many props. Something to sit on and maybe a accent piece. Through the years we have collected a number children's size chairs.
What we feel really personalizes a portrait is for the client to bring in something special to them or their child. A family heirloom perhaps? Or a rocking horse? We have done portraits with the child's collection. Stuffed animals, Star War figures, whatever is important to them! Bring in their bike, scooter, trike, sports stuff, dance stuff - any stuff that is about what they do. Oh, and pets are welcome also!
Clothing Changes
During most of our children's portrait sessions they will wear two different outfits. The first one is more formal and dressy. The second one is much more playful. One outfit is fine, two is great, three and the child is getting tired, four is just to many. One or two is best.
Many Images for you to choose between
During an average children's portrait session we may create 50 to 150 images during the hour of time that we schedule for a children's portrait. After the session we edit that down to 25 to 50 images to present to you. With our children's ala carte pricing system you may purchase anything you would like. Any image, any size, any quanity, any finish, any thing you want!