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Waikiki Beach Sunset Family Photographer. What do you think of when you think of family photo sessions? Green grass, matching colors, and pearly whites?

Well OK, but we think of a lot more than that and we want to share some of our insider info with you on what it means to plan a perfect family photo session!

Considering that a lot of what we have learned as been through experience, we're going to tell the stories of some of our past photo sessions to give you ideas about what you can do well. time about "How to Plan a Truly Great Family Photo Session".

And so we begin. I believe that the key to a mind blowing, tear inducing, life time of remembering family session can be broken down into 3 categories. style, attitudes, interactions. Bam! Now you know it all! Well, not really. But let me get you started at least.

There are good reasons and times to have a family session and there are not quite as good reasons and times to have a family session. With kids, particularly infants and young children, there are definitely different times and stages that will help your photo session live up to it's full potential. For infant photos you want to shoot your baby within 10 days of being born. Yep, that's right. You have a 10 day window, which means you still feel terrible after what your body just went through, and you still don't know exactly what you're doing as a parent.

But that's OK because we know what to do and we will do our job best if you sit back and let us do our thing. Once they're more than 10 days old, they begin to be much more difficult for us to pose, they have their eyes open more (but they are never actually looking at the camera so sleeping eyes are best), and they have developed favored positions which means they are less moldable and posable for us. So to schedule a newborn session, the best idea is to call when you're pregnant and let us know your due date so we can put it on our calendars and at least make sure we don't fill up the weeks surrounding your date so that our schedule is flexible enough to work with you on that 10 day time frame when the baby actually comes. For baby photos anything after they can sit up on their own is great.

That's why people usually do 6 month photos… they are a lot more responsive to people by that age so they interact better and their little personality begins to show through a little bit better. So aside from your sleeping infant photos, this is probably the time that will remind you the most of who your little one was as a baby. For 1 year photos this has less to do with their developmental stages and more to do with commemorating the year.

I love the idea of yearly photos to see how your baby grows and to give you a marker to remind you that you haven't had photos done in awhile so you don't just wake up 10 years later and realize you forgot to schedule photo sessions for the past 9 years! Anytime past the 1 year mark these have a lot more to do with family interactions than anything. We want to capture your child's personality and their role and relationships within your family. This is the stage I'm going to be focusing on when I talk about "Family Photos" in this series.

Mostly because that's the age the Cottrell kids were at the time of their session so it helps me talk more specifics. Of course many of the same principles will apply to earlier in life so you know, just use your brain to make these tips fit for you and your family.Waikiki Beach Family Portraits,Family Portraits on Oahu,Waikiki Beach Sunset Wedding Photography,Waikiki Honeymoon Photos

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