What to wear & prep guide

Inspirations for fall family photos

A young girl with red hair in a ponytail looking to the side outdoors during sunset, wearing a denim jacket.
A woman is tossing red leaves into the air while two young children, a girl and a boy, watch and smile in a grassy, wooded area during autumn.
A family of four walking on a dirt path through a field with autumn trees in the background. The father holds a baby girl, the mother is holding the hand of a young girl, and they are enjoying a fall day outdoors.
A woman breastfeeding two young children outdoors, surrounded by brown autumn leaves.

Colours

Neutral & earthy colors works beautifully. Color like beige, oat, blue, green, grey, mustard, cream.

Not the whole family should wear the same colour though. Choose a color pallate for your family and cooridnate accordingly.

Texture

Different textures add interest to your images. Think about knitted sweater, linen dress or wool beanie. Try to use various fabric for your family outfits.

Some pieces to choose from may include knit sweater, maxi dress/skirt, jeens, leather or psuede leather shoes and boots, knit leggins, maxi sild skirt, linen pants.

Layers

Fall is the best excuse to use layers and this makes your photos visually more intresting. Combination like a tee and knit jacket for boys or a long sleeve blouse and corduroy jumper set for little girls or linnen dress and long woven jacket on the top for girls.

Patterns and solid

Don’t be afraid to add some pieces of patterns to your outfit choices. Take a look at the photos above for a flowy flower pattern dress for mom and her girl. Even daddy is wearing fine pattern shirt. Add some solid colors in between those patterned pieces for visual interest. Just be considerate if you choose patterns for more than 2 people, don’t choose all big patterns; combine it with fine and delicate ones.

Enjoy the moment

We all know kids might not want to follow instructions or do what we adult ask them, so emrace the chaos and have fun. Play with your children, laugh together, hug and cuddle, tickle, touch their chick and hold their hands. Be yourself and enjoy the family time together, I take photos in between of your joy & love and capture these moments for you. :)

Some general tips

Please remove you car keys and cellphones from your pocket.

Bring accessories like hat, bonnet or even layers to add in between the session. If you like some help from me, please send me and email with the pictures of your outfit so I can help you with the selection.

See more inspiration here