FAMILY PORTRAITS
Easy, natural, lovely
Joyful, relaxed portraits and a very chilled out experience. I will help you learn to love family portraits instead and never again dread the stress!
What to expect
My style is of family portraits is very relaxed, easygoing and fun. Yes, I will guide you and give you direction and make sure you look your best but no, I will not ask you to stand stiffly with frozen smiles. Yes, I will talk to your kids and follow their leads and make occasional suggestions to them, but I will never expect them to be statues or anything but the fun-loving creatures they are. I go with the flow and keep things loose, giving kids brief breaks whenever they seem to need a minute to breathe. This helps us all keep our energy up and avoid meltdowns.
The takeaway
When you look at your family portraits I want you to remember how much fun you had together and how the love you share is so very apparent in the images. I never want you to think that you’re just glad you survived that painful hour and yes, the photos are good but yikes, it was a stressful ordeal. It’s of utmost importance to me that you truly enjoy the experience. I want you to keep coming back again and again.
Are we a perfect fit?
If you want highly controlled images where everyone is looking straight at the camera and smiling in every photo, I’m not your girl. If, however, you’re open to a mix of posed portraits, documentary style images, in-between moments, and glimpses at your real life and real selves with a clean and editorial sensibility, we might just be a perfect fit. Ideally you will return again and again to document your milestones. It would be my honour to follow your family.
Family Portraits
Let’s create beautiful, relaxed and timeless portraits that are a true reflection of your amazing family!
This is a good time to peek at my portfolio to get a sense of my style if haven’t done so already
What’s included:
1 hour session
Up to seven people in attendance
Planning assistance and creative direction
50 digital images in high resolution
Private online gallery to share family and friends
Investment: $825 + GST
A la carte menu
Extended family rate (additional fee on top of base rate): 8-14 people: $150 + GST
Travel to locations outside of Edmonton city limit: $0.55/km
Want a longer session? Additional shooting time available upon request
Have a larger group than 14 people? Get in touch below for a custom quote
Prints are available individually. Order right from your online gallery!
Lifestyle Maternity Session
A very special portrait session for parents-to-be. Show your baby what your life was like while you were waiting to meet them. We will work together in creative collaboration to plan a beautifully personalized shoot that includes meaningful places and moments to help share the story of this special time in your life.
What are lifestyle maternity portraits?
Can you imagine how cool it would be to look back and see how your parents were living before you made your debut? To see what your home looked like at the time, what your childhood pets were up to, and how excited everyone was for you to come into the world?
This is exactly what I love to offer in my Lifestyle Maternity sessions. It's an opportunity to create a visual time capsule for you and your baby. To preserve all these particular, great and small details of your life. Before you took a deep breath and dove deeply into the waters of parenthood. To share this feeling, this excitement and this moment with your children and future generations.
What’s included:
1.5 hour session
1-2 locations
Planning + Creative Direction
Recommended Experts + Shopping Guide
50 high resolution images
Online gallery
Investment: $650 + GST
From Marcie:
“It was effortless working with Dallas. The way she captured our family was perfection. She made us all feel at ease instantly. We described what we were looking for and she delivered!! We will cherish our family photos for a lifetime and we cannot wait to work with Dallas again.”
FAQs
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I do my best work with families that have little ones aged 18 months + up.
I feel my work really shines when your kiddos are at an age to be interactive and mobile.
Aesthetically, I specialize in creating portraits that are clean, uncluttered, dreamy, fun and a natural reflection of you. I will search for simple settings that let your family shine. I will avoid clutter and mess to make things look simple and a little bit glam. I aim to show your everyday life, but elevated!
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I’m proud to offer an extremely detailed preparation guide that includes tons of tips and style inspiration. This will be automatically sent to you once you’re officially booked.
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Yes, sometimes! I offer specific, themed mini sessions for families (e.g. HEIRLOOM Parenthood, Mother’s Day, Winter Minis in November) throughout a year.
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It’s not my speciality. I recommend my friend Kelly of Fiddle Leaf Photography for newborn portraits.
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Yes, I am happy to travel to your home, or I can suggest beautiful indoor or outdoor locations throughout the city. I will send you a brief questionnaire to get a sense of your personality and the vibe you are hoping for and make tailored location suggestions for you.
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Short answer: no.
Longer answer: apart from mini sessions, which are only offered a few times per year, I don’t offer abbreviated versions of my services. It’s important to me to deliver high-quality, consistent images to you, as well as a comfortable, unhurried, personalized and memorable experience. In order to do this, it’s always offered as the one hour session only.
However, you are more than welcome to add additional shooting time to that if you’d like more time! I believe in building relationships with my clients, so for me it’s an absolute must that we spend enough time together in order to do so.
If you’re still set on mini sessions, the best way to find out about those is by subscribing to my mailing list.
