In-home lifestyle photography is a popular trend in the world of family photography. This style of photography focuses on capturing candid, natural moments of your family in the comfort of your own home or at a fun location, such as the beach. It's a great way to document your family's everyday life and create lasting memories. 

How to choose the right photographer for your family:
When choosing a photographer for your in-home lifestyle session, it's important to find someone who not only has the technical skills to capture beautiful images, but also someone who can make you and your family feel comfortable and at ease. 

When I photograph babies, toddlers, and elementary age children, the focus tends to be on connection, play, and just having a good time. With tweens and teens though, the focus is more about their interests and hobbies, and how their personalities come through. These sessions involve more of a collaboration with the kids - we are creating the images together, and it’s important that they feel comfortable and excited about the process and the outcome. Though they are used to selfies and seeing a lot of photos of themselves through their parents’ cameras (usually phones), having a professional photographer take the time to really notice them and connect, and SEE them, is super meaningful and affirming in and of itself. 

The cool thing is that you, as the parent, get to be the hero - session in which kids get to do their favorite things (yes, even play video games!) are way more fun than forcing your kids (or your partner) to stand around and posing for photos until their mouth hurts.  And in the long run, you will cherish these kinds of photos so much more, because they are a time capsule that show us who they (and you) are, not just what you look like.