Saturday, 1 November 2014

How To Plan Out Family Portraits

By Young Lindsay


It takes a lot of time to think, plan, design, and do preparations for making an extraordinary family picture. There are a lot of creative and surreal ideas that may run through your thoughts for the photos, but turning those ideas into a reality would require a lot of aspects to consider. But altogether, it should be fun and memorable, since that is the main idea.

These considerations are simple to remember and can be ironed out easily. Having family portraits Honolulu is a good way to immortalize memories and reflects the real personality of the members as a whole. Having this would be worth it in the long run.

Consider asking assistance from a professional photographer in turning those ideas into a reality. Ask recommendations from friends, relatives, and colleagues on which people to hire. Or if by some chance you saw some of other portraits of people with the style that ultimately interests you, then go ahead and ask them as well.

While checking the portfolio of the photographer, try to check if their style would match your ideas. If not, ask them if they are able to do any modifications or personalizations that would adapt to those ideas. Try to ask also if they are okay with managing a large number of people in case your family is big, and if they would also be okay with kids as well. It is already a given that getting a photographer would be quite expensive, but this is not true in most cases.

You need to schedule in advanced. There are peak seasons for these portraits and most likely it would be around Fall and bookings for these people would run out totally fast. Plan ahead and ask if they are also flexible with the schedule just in case, like if the weather would not cooperate. Rely on their suggestions as well and make sure you and the professional are on the same page.

Plan ahead on the location. It should be a comfortable place where everyone would be at ease regardless if it is indoors or outdoors. It should also be in accordance with the personality of everyone, where it should reflect their likes, etc. Make sure to survey outdoor areas in cases of when there is a lot of crowd or not.

Props may be necessary to the photo and its composition. It depends if it is needed by the family and the photographer or not, so in case if there are props, they should go along with the rest of the color theme of the foreground and also with the background. The arrangement and the blocking of the members should also be planned out.

There should be freedom during the pictorial in terms of angles and poses. The photographer should be willing to accept any suggestions as well and the family members should also be able to listen in return to the suggestions of the photographer. The usual poses would included members would compressed towards each other in a close up shot, candid shots, playful ones, lying down, jump shots, hugging, holdings hands, and many others.

Of course, it is much better to solidify ideas and plans by looking at references. Go online and look at other photos that you might want to mix and match with your own ideas to turn those to actual photos with your family. Anything is possible, especially with the advent of photo editing programs that could make those images way funnier or creative.




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