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Family Photos: Jess

Livi — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 12:49:24 +0000

I don’t know if you are still using family photo outfits for the occasional idea post, but I loved the way these ones turned out last fall. The canyon we were in was so freezing cold we HAD to wear our coats, but it worked out perfectly with the backgrounds we found by a red train and some different wood structures. I also have to say that I love our photographer

http://victoriabainesharris.com/

because she always catches natural poses. I’ve really enjoyed seeing other family picture ideas so thank you!

Jess: Thank you for your submission! I love the red, as per usual

Ciao Ciao and Happy Shopping!

Family Photos: Jillian

Livi — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 17:02:56 +0000

Our reader, Jillian, said:

Maybe you’ve seen enough family pictures to last a lifetime but I had to share ours anyway. I am happy with the casualness and coordination we pulled off without looking totally matchy-matchy. The flip-flops are so US!

Photos by Lindsay Silsby at http://www.piedpiperphoto.com/

Jillian – your photos are adorable and especially those little boys! Thanks for your submission and Ciao Ciao and Happy Shopping!

Engagement Photos: Amy

Livi — Sun, 02 Jan 2011 02:54:21 +0000

Dear readers, we have not forgot about your family/engagement photos! We had so many wonderful responses that we weren’t able to get them all done. Keep checking back to see your feature!

Our reader, Amy, said:

Hey! I found this site when I was looking for something to wear in my engagement pictures. You guys were so helpful so I thought I would share! I actually found the purple dress I wore in some of the pictures from your site. You guys featured something from The Limited and it got me looking on their site which is where I found my dress. I love all the advice and ideas you guys have to offer. Keep up the good work!

Thanks,

Amy

Amy: you guys are the cutest couple! These photos are great and so are your outfits. Glad we could help!

Ciao Ciao and Happy Shopping!

Family Photos: Crystal

Livi — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 16:04:55 +0000

Our reader, Crystal, said:

Liv-
I wanted to send you our family photo.
Let me tell you though, the worst thing about being a photographer is thinking you can take your own family’s pictures.
I knew I was going to shoot us in the yellow leaves- so everyone had a little mustard, mixed with silver, gray, navy and a bit of green.
As a photographer, and a mom, I know the stress mom’s go through trying to coordinate outfits. My advice is you don’t have to go shopping just for something to wear for pictures. We didn’t. Just don’t try so hard to match and layer even more than you usually do. It is alright if you have five different colors on people, as long as at least half of those colors are neutrals… and yes metallic, gray, tan, and navy all count as neutrals.

Crystal
crystalfreemanphotography.com

Crystal – thanks so much for the great advice. The pics are adorable!

Ciao Ciao and Happy Shopping!

Family Photos: Lindsay

Livi — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 18:03:27 +0000

Our reader, Lindsay, said:

Just thought I’d share some of my family photos too! My extended family and I all had a really fun time picking out our outfits this year for photos. It was a little tough, but I think they turned out great. Being matchy-matchy isn’t our thing, so we mixed it up a bit! We decided on 3 main colors along with brown and tried to make sure we didn’t have too much of one color. We really love how they turned out

Lindsay: good job! I don’t like matchy-matchy either. I love how these turned out as well.

Ciao Ciao and Happy Shopping!

Family Photos: Erin

Livi — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 16:27:20 +0000

Our reader, Erin, said:

We had a huge family picture we were doing on my husbands side and didn’t want to have to buy multiple outfits for our individual one as well so with keeping in the color code of the blue black and white we did different variations so it wouldn’t be so matchy matchy. I love how the blue pops.

Erin

Photographs by Angie Penrose
www.thetealwall.com

Erin, thanks for your submission! I love how the colors pop as well!

Ciao Ciao and Happy Shopping!

Engagement Photos: Ashley

Livi — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 15:01:04 +0000

Our reader, Ashley, said:

Here are some outfits of engagement/couple pictures! Me and my husband are the ones where he’s in brown, and i’m in white with the orange scarf. I’ve also included some other pictures I’ve taken of other couples engagement shoots.

Ashley,

Thanks for your submission! I, (of course) love all the scarves.

Ciao Ciao and Happy Shopping!

Family Pictures: Kristen

Livi — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 20:59:12 +0000

Our reader, Kristen, said:

Picking outfits is the hardest part about getting family pictures taken. I had a few colors in mind for the overall look, but decided to pick an outfit that I loved, and felt good in first. THEN, I coordinated my boys & husband to my outfit. I thought that if I felt like a hot mama, then I’d stress less. It worked! Kids look cute no matter what they are wearing. I had heard to use a lot of layering. I think the layers gave more depth to the photos, and brought out more personality.

The clothes were mostly from GAP and Old Navy.

Photos taken by Jen Korth Photography: http://jenkorthphotography.com/

Kristen: Thanks so much for sharing!! Your little boys are adorable and I love love love that nature photo.

Ciao Ciao and Happy Shopping

Family Pics: Brooke

Livi — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 01:29:08 +0000

Our reader, Brooke, said:

Hi Livi,

I really liked what we wore for our family photos this year. Sometimes it’s hard if you only have boys to get enough funk and color in the photo without being outrageous…especially when they have an opinion, but this worked out well…Good for group and single shots without being too matchy.

Thanks for all the tips!
Brooke Romney
(photos by Alys Morris)

Brooke: Thank you so much for your cute submissions and your great advice! Your family is adorable.

Ciao Ciao and Happy Shopping.

Engagement Pics: Agnes

Livi — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 16:40:23 +0000

Our reader, Agnes, said:

Hi again Livi!

Wanted to share our engagement pics. We had plans to do a casual-styled session and a more dressy session, but our wedding date came closer and closer and we just didn’t have time. So for our casual look we went with a classic cardi for both of us. (Can’t go wrong with cardi’s!) I attached my faves and these are links if you want to see the entire set. Thanks again, love the blog…keep up the great work!

http://3oclockwalk.blogspot.com/2010/04/wedding-official-engagement-photos.html

http://vabeachphotography.com/blog/2010/04/04/agnes-and-kyle/

Agnes: these are adorable!!! I love the colors. Thanks so much for sharing!

Ciao Ciao and Happy Shopping