Clothing, Grooming, Timing...
As your photographer I want you to look your best! Your choice of clothing will greatly effect the outcome of your portraits. Clothing should compliment, not dominate the portrait.

Busy patterns, bold stripes and trendy styles over power the people in the portrait. Solid colors and classic clothing will create balance in the tonal range. Everyone should wear either light or medium or dark colors. This does not mean you all have to wear matching outfits! The clothing can reflect each person’s individual taste and style, but everyone should be in the same tonal range. This will ensure the portrait is more pleasing to the eye.

Light color clothing: white, cream, faded denim or any pastel color.
Medium color clothing: tan, khaki, postman blue, any middle range color.
Dark color clothing: red, navy, purple, brown, evergreen and black.

Men: I cannot hide a “five o’clock shadow” so make sure you shave just prior to the portrait session.
Glasses: If you normally wear glasses, plan to wear the frames only. It is worth the trouble to borrow a pair of blank frames from your optometrist. Glare can be impossible to remove from the portrait.

Individual children’s portraits:
Boys should wear denim blue jeans w/light colored collar shirts.
Girls should wear light to medium colored party dresses.

Please make every effort to be on time. I set a specific time for lighting purposes. Please be punctual!