Crazy!!! How fast the year has past by!! It is getting to be that time of year to start planning your family beach vacation!!
First let me just say how wonderful all my clients were during that crazy time. Last summer was super exciting, I really enjoyed all my beach families! I meant some new faces, caught up with some old, even took a trip North to Chincoteague Island. This coming summer I am excited to be venturing over to Virginia Beach for a few sessions. They all really brought their “A’ game. I really took note to the color schemes for all my beach family photography sessions from this past summer.
The number one questions ask are…
What do we wear? What are the best color schemes to go with? Do we go all “matchy matchy” or break it up?
First off, comfy beats all of it. ESPECIALLY with kids. I find it is better to keep them comfy and happy! Secondly over the years of photographing at the beach, I find more neutral natural colors work the best. Finally pale blues, soft pinks, with a little white and grey can really bring out a natural skin tone. In my experience these natural tones do not fight with the natural colors of the beach.
I have had families show up with perfectly planned outfits to families showing up with whatever they could find in their closet. Dads in sweats and sneakers. Kids in whatever was handy at the time, sometimes found at the local kids thrift store. Even for our family photos, we have shown up in coordinated outfits, the girls in dresses and the boys in nice shirts. Or it was whatever I had stashed around the house.
The hardest challenge in planning a summer beach family photo session is the SUN!!!! That sucker can be bright, haze, orange, blue, pink, or even grey. As long as the wind is blowing towards the sun, I am pretty confident in my shooting style to capture crisp clean bright photos. No matter the color of the sky.
So, what are some great wardrobe options?
+ Pale Blue
+ Soft Pink
+ Busy patterns if broken up.
+Pastel Color
+White
+Flowing dresses and Pants with poskets
Above all, keeping the session fun and organic is the main goal. Hope you find this helpful in planning your family beach session, next time you are on the lower eastern shore of Virginia look me up! Currently located in Cape Charles, by the bay!
Best Love!!
Nicole
LIVE, LAUGH, LOVE, & PHOTOGRAPH
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