Extended Family Sessions are a great way to get the whole family together and update all the combinations, without waiting for a wedding or a special event! The perfect gift for grandparents, and every family will walk away with cherished photos.
extended family photography sessions, FREE FROM THE STUDIO. EASTERN SUBURBS BASED. SERVICING NORTH SHORE, NORTHERN BEACHES, INNER WEST AND INNER CITY, SYDNEY.
Be on time!
As there are a lot of different groups coming together, people can often run late! Ask everyone to arrive 15 minutes earlier to assure we start right on time. If we are waiting for the last group to arrive and it's 20 mins into your hour session that's 20 mins gone!
Have a list
Extended family sessions are a great way to update your family photo collection across the generations. There are often many different families coming together and many different combinations for photos are wanted so it is best to make a list beforehand so we don’t miss out on any. In any session we will aim for these types of combinations:
- Individual families
- Siblings
- Each child separately
- Each generation
- All grandchildren
- All grandchildren with grandparents etc.
But please have a think if there are any beyond this. Bring the list and best to allocate someone in charge of this list (as I dont know everyone!) and they can help me shuffle everyone around as need be.
What to wear
There are 2 ways you can approach your extended family session and that really is up to you and your family, and what kind of family you are! If you are a family that would like to dress in matching tones, please do. You might ask everyone to dress in tones such as blues / whites / greys/ creams or whichever colour pallete you might like.
However if your family is not that type, then please don’t! There are no rules in regards to avoiding patterns or colours as a vareity of colours can make for beautiful photos! Please just avoid plain black t-shirts. Oh, and also please dont all arrive in matching jeans and white t-shirts!
Prepare the kids
The only preparation needed for the kids is please having them arrive on a full stomach.
Late afternoon sessions can be near their dinner time so please don’t let them arrive hungry and feed them before and bring water and snacks incase.
Also, a few little treats to get them over the line for a few smiley, looking at the camera shots will never go astray!
Want candid photos of the kids playing together?
Wanting to grab some great candid photos of all the cousins playing together? Have a few activities up your sleeve as it is often hard for everyone to feel completely relaxed and candid in your one hour session! And after we have taken all the combinations you would like, we can let the kids play to help achieve more candid photos. Here are some ideas to steal:
- Trampoline time
- Running races
- Grab the sprinkler and let the kids run through!
- Backyard cricket or football
- Dancing / gymnastics around the backyard
And if all else fails, a row of them eating an ice cream together is always fun.
