Fashion and Session Guide
What type of clothing should we wear?
Creating a perfect portrait takes a little planning. Fine
portraiture captures facial expressions and mood. Clothing,
accessories, and props are secondary and shouldn’t be
distracting.
* Avoid using
busy patterns and bright colors. The exception to this would
be a portrait of your toddler in her lime green polka-dotted
dress.
* Avoid styles that are trendy and will quickly look out of
date. Keep necklines simple.
* Light colors are best with light backgrounds and fair
complexions.
* Darker colors are best with deep backgrounds and dark hair
or complexions.
* For group portraits, everyone should be dressed in
coordinating colors, i.e. khaki pants and white shirts;
black tops and blue jeans. Also, everyone's
shoes and socks should match and dark colors are best.
* In your efforts to coordinate clothing, remember there are
different shades of the same color. If you decide on blue,
decide on the shade, otherwise you'll wind up with a range
of colors from powder blue to midnight blue.
* Choose clothing that’s not too tight and not too loose,
otherwise there will be creases or folds that don't
photograph well.
Just for Babies
Babies can look their best in their birthday suits, but you’re
welcome to bring your favorite outfit, blanket, silly knitted
hat or ruffled diaper cover. Try and time it so that your baby
has been fed and has napped prior to arriving at the studio.
Parents, if you'd like to be included, remember to color
coordinate your clothing and groom your hands, as we will be
asking you to hold the baby in different poses. And if you'd
like to bring a clothing change, black tops are a great choice.
Please visit our gallery for clothing ideas.
Clothing Changes
Based on the amount of time you choose for your session, you
might want to bring a change of clothing (or two). Bring
anything from a t-shirt and cutoffs to formal attire and sports
uniforms. Most often, formal clothing is used for the indoor
studio with casual styles reserved for the gardens, but the
choice is yours. If its’ a family portrait, bring casual and
formal clothing changes along with any special outfits for
individual portraits.
Personalize Your Portraits
We suggest that you bring items that express who you are: your
sports jersey, guitar, motorcycle, car or your pet, whatever
says "you."
If You Wear Glasses
If it's possible, don’t wear them for your session. If you must,
try to get a set of empty frames so there’s no glass glare.
Photogray lenses will turn dark outside and don't work well for
outdoor photography. Contact lenses pose no problems.
