Thursday, October 30, 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.

There is a checklist for the things you might need in order to turn this into a success. Family portraits Honolulu would be quite enjoyable and a bit of pain in the ass when you need to do the preparations. But it would all be worth it in the end.

When having these portraits done, it would be advisable to have a professional assist you in turning this to a reality. Whether the photographer is a member, a friend, or someone from an agency or a freelancer, it would be best to get their help especially when it comes to facilities, etc. Ask recommendations from various people that you know and see if you can find one out of that way.

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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