Family Session - What to Wear

One of the easiest ways to put together outfits for any portrait session that looks modern and stylish is to mix and match patterns and solids using colours that complement each other. Stick to a few colours and use that as your basis for a colour palette to work off from. Then simply choose pieces that contain all or bits of those colours.

Here's an example of a style guide I put together for an upcoming session.

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A few things to keep in mind:

-Stick to one or two patterns per set
-Incorporate layers
-Don't forget to use accessories for the perfect finishing touch
-Lay out everything on your bed to make sure everything matches and nothing stands out too much

For family portrait sessions, if you have any toys and blankets that match colours from your colour palette, make sure that you provide those to your photographer to use as props too. Having props that are also a part of the colour palette will help your images look like one cohesive collection.

If you are preparing for a session of your own, I hope that these tips are helpful and that you have fun putting together the outfits for you and your family. Happy planning!

Spring Engagement - What to Wear

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Spring weather is finally here! Tonight I'm on Polyvore putting together some engagement outfit ideas for Linh and Sam's engagement shoot based on Linh's Pinterest inspiration board for this session.

Before each engagement session, I talk to the couple to find out what kind of backgrounds they are drawn to, what kind of activities they like to do as a couple and try to get a sense of their personal styles. Linh was looking for more outdoor nature scenes over buildings and architecture so for the location we decided on the Evergreen Brickworks location.

I also encourage all the brides to choose a colour palette with 3-4 matching colours so that we can plan their outfits around those colours. Although Linh had pinned a lot of white's and bright turqouise colours to her board, when I chatted with her about what to wear for engagement pictures she mentioned that a lot of her wardrobe consisted of black items. I decided to still take those bright colours that she was inspired by, but looked for outfits that were muted versions of those colours so that she'd still be comfortable wearing them. I ended up with colours like a pale seabreeze, cream and lilac-grey. Here's the style guide that I'll be sending her:

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I love presenting outfit ideas like this for my clients as they are a great springboard to get them thinking about pairing different patterns and solids together based around a colour palette. It's a much more natural and modern look compared to the classic, same colour tops, matchy-matchy look of engagement sessions from the past - don't you think? It's also a great excuse for online window shopping!