Planning

A big part of our process is organising a time to chat about your shoot, either in person, on the  phone or via video chat.  This way we can discuss what kinds of images you’re looking to create and guide you on how best to achieve that.

Style

I won’t ever tell you what you have to wear, but I can make suggestions on what works best on camera. 

Firstly:

• Pick clothing you feel comfortable and confident in.  If you like wearing casual clothes -do that - if you prefer a dressier look - go for it! 

  Make sure the feel of your outfit choices are reflected across the family - e.g all casual or all smarter.

• Dress for the location - if you’re outdoors make sure it’s weather appropriate.  In the studio remember you will be potentially sitting, standing, leaning - so make sure you can move in your outfits.

• Avoid big logos as these are distracting and can date a photo.

• Try to avoid a lot of patterns like lots of checks, stripes, spots as when these all mix together they can be distracting. We can also factor in time to do outfit changes for solo shots, at this point it is less important about what the individual wears and more about what reflects their personality.

Colours and tones

This is the biggest question we get asked - try  not to over think it - but here are some tips:

• If we are outside neutral tones and plain clothing works best so that it is not fighting against the textures and colours in nature.

Footwear:

• Try to again match the shoe style to the rest of the outfit - e.g. for a casual look, simple plain trainers are great - try to avoid fluorescent colours.

• For a smarter look think shoes and boots. Remember if we go outside we will probably go off the main paths.

• In the studio, we often suggest bare feet - if you are really against that, try to have matching plain socks (black attracts less attention).