What To Wear For Your Family Session

It's time to start planning your family portrait session in Winston Salem, but your closet is filled with last year's wardrobe and you want something fresh for your portraits. How do you decide on what to wear? No worries, I have you covered. Let's talk about clothing palettes and what's best for creating timeless portraits of your family.

CHOOSE COMPLIMENTARY COLORS

A good place to start in choosing colors for your outfits is to choose a color palette that has colors that compliment one another, rather than too many of the same or similar colors. It's also important to make sure colors don't clash. 

NEUTRAL COLOR PALETTE

Neutral color palettes are timeless. It's great to have Earthy colors that compliment, yet pop against the backdrop. Neutral colors are also a great way to make sure your images are timeless and beautiful. 

COLOR PALETTE

When choosing color palettes with color, keep them solid and in the same color tone. Color palette is beautiful in the fall when the trees are a beautiful array of golden yellows, oranges and deep reds. 

LIMIT PATTERNS AND BIG LOGOS

This tip is especially crucial when choosing outfits, as busy patterns and big logos can be extremely distracting and if there are too many outfits with patterns in your group, can clash. Incorporate mostly solids in your outfits, and include patterns only when the majority outfits are solids, and when patterns are not as distracting. 

START WITH MOM'S OUTFIT

Women's clothing comes in a multitude of designs, colors, and styles, and most times, women are more particular with their clothing than men, so having this as a foundation for the other outfits makes it easier to choose a color palette and style for your outfits. Start with one outfit, and build on it one by one. Since this is your family portrait that you will either place in an album or hang as wall art in your home, I suggest the females in your home wear a dress and accessorize with hats, hair pins, ets.

CONFIDENCE IS KEY

The most important factor in choosing your outfits is to wear something that you feel comfortable and confident in. You'll want to choose something that fits you well and makes you feel good about yourself!