My Candid Moments

I think the most difficult part of any photo session is figuring out what to wear.  This becomes even more difficult when you find yourself trying to dress not one, not two but sometimes three or more famlies to do a large group portrait. 

There are a few options ranging form tradtional to more modern an funky. The key to all of them is to co-ordinate your style.  You do not all need to wear kaki pants and white polos to achieve this either, but you do need to plan ahead and all be on the same page.

To start with pick a style.  Will you be casual, formal or something in between.  Once you have your ’style’ then figure out a color scheme.  I love what Megan Cristillodid with a recent large group.  The familes all dressed in brown, lime green, organe and white and the results were stunning.  Click here to see how to you can match without buying the same outfit for everyone.  

Once you have a color scheme then you can start to put things together. I suggest you pick one outfit as the central ‘idea’ and go from there.  Just the difference in your starting outfit will take you in different directions.

These three dresses while all in similar color schemes would send me coordinatingmy extended family two different ways.  I would have to outfit: a two year old girl, four year old girl, two six year old boys, a 18 year old female, 19 year old male, two thirty something Moms, two forty something Dads and a Grandma.  

Inspiration dress A would take me down a road of bright colors and funky outfits.  Inspiration dress B would have me picking fun easy styles in knits and mixing solids and stripes and other fun colors.  The inspiration dress would having me going more traditional with colored shirts and polos in solid and more muted colors. Each look would be great, but totally different!

In fact I love the idea of Menga’s session so much that I will give a $100 print credit to the first LARGE group that contacts me and is willing to try something similar!

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