Showing posts with label what to wear for family photos. Show all posts
Showing posts with label what to wear for family photos. Show all posts

Wednesday, October 5, 2022

fall family photos with teens!

 It's that time of year... family photo time! I have gotten SO many requests for outfit ideas for fall family photos. I figured I would just share what my family is doing... and hopefully this is helpful. We haven't done family photos in a while and since it's my son's senior year I really wanted to make sure we got them on the calendar this year. It's not easy to come up with outfit for family photos and family photos with teens can be even trickier. The teens want something that represents their personality but it needs to balance with a dressy-ish overall vibe for the whole family. For our family, my daughter and I are definitely the most picky. I let her choose a few options for herself and then I chose a few options for myself. For the guys, they are pretty easy to please... my husband likes a plaid shirt for fall and my son doesn't mind a sweater so that's what I did for the guys. 

Today's round up consists of the items I ordered for everyone (minus the shoes, these are shoes we already own and I still need to figure out my sons shoes which will probably end up being a nicer pair of sneakers or he can borrow a pair of my husbands dress shoes). There are a few items for each person so once everything arrives I will mix and match and everyone will try everything on and then make final selections from there. So the plan is fluid for sure but hopefully the multiple options I selected here will be helpful for you as well.

My goal was to choose some beautiful fall moody colors to match the season, but since these will end up on our Christmas cards I wanted hints of green and red as well so that the looks work for festive holiday cards. Let's take a look at the outfits...

teen girl: floral dress, white corduroy dress layered with green top or brown top underneath, boots



Saturday, November 12, 2016

my everyday style: fall family photos!

I've never regretted a family photo session, but the honest truth is that they can be very challenging to actually pull off.  Once the photos are in my hand I am always SO glad we did it though.  Getting buy-in to smile and wear the clothes I've selected for my husband and kids is a challenge, to say the least.  It had been a year and a half or so since we had professional shots of the four of us (family selfies, not included) and with the holidays on the horizon I figured it was high time to get some decent snaps of the four of us.

The biggest hurdle in planning family photos is getting all the outfits pulled together.  For this photo shoot I focused on pulling together a cohesive color story (denim, grey, cream, with a pop of red) and then put my focus into adding lots of texture and layers to make the outfits come alive.  The faux fur on my vest  the knit details on my daughter's cardigan, the pocket details on my husbands jacket and my sons puffer vest all offer great textural details that make the looks more visually interesting.   After that I just threw in a ton of neutrals like my husband's green jacket, my knee boots  and stripes for my daughter.

I try to not get too bogged down in over-analyzing the outfits for family photo shoots.  In the end you want to choose outfits that fit everyone's personality and that are comfortable enough that everyone feels good about their look for the photoshoot.  And the most important thing is to have FUN!  Laugh as a family, move around a little and enjoy yourselves - it definitely shows in the pictures.  That, and have bribes on hand for afterward...

A huge THANK YOU to Jennifer Ketchum who keeps me looking good here on the blog on the regular... she is great with kids and families too.  And fall in Michigan was really showing off for these photos... I mean, those leaves!!! Major hearts in eyes!





My outfit:

My husband's outfit:

My daughter's outfit:

My son's outfit: 



 

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