Hey all! Amy Allender Productions is thrilled to have the opportunity to offer mini sessions at Angelic Gardens in Minot, ND. I’ll be on hand during their Halloween at the Gardens celebration. It’s going to be so much fun!
In addition to being a great outing for the family…it’s a great opportunity to get a few last snap shots of the kiddos or the fam before the cold weather sets in up here in Practically Canada.
It’s a pretty sweet deal…$65 for a 15 minute session. You’ll get 5 photos, fully processed in color and black and white. They are yours to print and share as you please!
Or…you can chose to have a single portrait taken for $15. I’ll process it in color and black and white. You’ll get it and be able to print it as you like.
But really, it should be a great time. I hope to see lots of you out at the Garden at the end of the month!
And for those of you who don’t live in Practically Canada…Here are a few tips for creating your own mini session. {I’ll be bringing you more tips after the session date!}
1. Go outside. Natural light always looks better than a flash.
2. Bring something outside with you. I have an old trunk I use sometimes to have families sit on. I’ve pulled my white rocker into a corn field…or in this case, I sat sweet baby Zoe in a potato crate.
3. Think color and texture. Add variety to your photos by adding pops of color around and on your subject. Zoe’s bow and the pumpkins pop in these images. Color is great…but try to keep the background fairly neutral. You want to notice the person first, not the electric green stripped background sheet. Using several different textures in your photos will add interest.
4. What to wear? Call me old fashioned…but I’m a fan of solids. You don’t need to deck your whole family in white shirts and jeans…or a uniform of any kind. But the cold truth is, simple, solid shirts and cozy sweaters will look timeless. Your colored jeans and lace tank {while adorable}–will not. My mom endured a good amount of fashion harassment from me as I looked back at photos of her. I try to avoid this in portraits by wearing something that will be harder to target by my kids 20 years from now.
5. Overtake. We aren’t using film these days. Take way more photos than you think you need. Then weed them out later. After you think you get the “perfect” shot…take a few more just in case.
Hope this helps. And I hope to see all my Practically Canada readers at the end of the month!
Amy
