What is Lifestyle Photography?

If you’ve snooped around my site or checked out my Instagram, you’ve probably seen the term “lifestyle photography” more than once. So what IS lifestyle photography? And is it what you want? I’m glad you asked ;)

Lifestyle photography is all about connection. I want to capture your family interacting with one another. I want your best friend to look at the photos you post on facebook and say “I love when photographers capture candid moments!” Lifestyle photography is about laughter and tickles. It’s about sweet kisses on your newborn’s forehead and about the way your husband looks at you with so much love in his eyes.

It’s easy to look at photos like this and say “Oh, but we couldn’t do that! We wouldn’t know what to do! We’d look awkward.” So for all of you guys out there thinking this - I’m going to tell you a little secret. These “candid” photos that feel so unposed, typically require some…posing. And I’m going to walk you through that! I will give you prompts to inspire interaction, and I might even play some music to lighten the mood. It’ll be fun!

When we start taking photos, I’m going to ask you to ignore everything your mother taught you about posing for pictures. I will ask you, no no I’ll beg you to not look at the camera. I want you to pretend like I’m not there. Let’s clarify that I’ll absolutely be right there talking you through it all. But the people looking at your photos won’t know that I gave your kids a silly prompt to make them giggle. They’ll just see you guys interacting as a family and love it.

And yes. I know. Your mom wants a photo of you all looking at the camera. I’ve got you covered!

Because for every handful of these…

There’s 1 of these…

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