7 Things To Love About Getting Creative at Home
Location is everything! Sometimes the best location is actually in the comforts of your own home, where the setting is as organic as your family’s interactions. During the cold winter months, or the intense heat of the Arizona summers, we’re all more inclined to keep indoors, and that works well with a cozy indoor session! What makes these sessions so special are the unique pieces of decor and design of any given room in your home, because no one else has it. There are different ways of getting creative with a home space, and I want to share them with you!
1. Cozy Under Covers
Your bedroom is oftentimes the chillest and comfiest space in your home. There usually isn’t too much going on decor wise, so the bed and bedding are the main focus, which is easy however you style your home. The bedding can be either bold and really make your photos pop or super clean and white, keeping them sleek and simple. It’s also a great way to capture authentic moments with your babies, creating an approachable environment for the kiddos to really be themselves!
Kicking it back, casual and cool on your bed wearing your comfiest, yet most put together, loungewear is a fun way to keep your photos more casual and organic too, if you’re not into anything too posed.
2. Casual or Decked Out on the Couch
The living room is a great space for getting creative with posing. Where the bedroom makes for laid back loungewear, the living room is the space for utilizing the furniture and really bringing out your family’s sense of expression. If your living room is super modern, you can glam out.
If your couch is kind of comfy, throw on a pair of jeans with a sweater and keep the color palette of the room the fun part.
There’s always a way to really pull the entire look together. Tie in elements of the decor with color accents, shoes, accessories, and more props.
3. Candid in the Kitchen
During a lot of my sessions the kids are running around and being bribed to smile with snacks, so I’ll snap some shots for some fun candids of them zipping in and out of the kitchen with every candy or chip they can reach from the snack shelf.
The kitchen becomes a location in itself where we let the kids run wild and climb up on the counter. They’re more willing to give mommy a small smoosh on the lips if they can chow down something sweet right after. It’s fun for the kids!
4. Make an entrance
It’s really the subtle details like a table in the foyer or color of your front door that might bring out the matching undertones of someones accessories or totally match the family color palette. Design is crucial to curating a space for a session, but it’s always the slightest details that go the furthest.
5. Feet Up on the Front Porch
Stepping right outside, whether it’s June or January, I find myself on the front porch of homes quite often. The front steps add nice dimension like the seating in your living room- plus, natural lighting is always beautiful. Each home has its own personal touch, from mini gardens to pretty cacti, these moments help tell your story in a truly authentic way.
… and the open space allows for larger groups too!
6. Also around but not IN the house
Making the most of your home means using the outside too. Like the front porch, the front yard, backyard and little spots around your house can be so pretty but so subtle they go unrealized for their potential for a photo op.
7. Not into your decor at all? We can bring the Studio to you!
Sometimes less really is more, and if you aren’t into the idea of shooting around your decor I can bring my studio to your home and put up a backdrop and lighting for an open canvas!
