If you`ve been quietly thinking "I really need to get good photos of my kids" — this is your sign.
Not next year. Not when things slow down. This summer.
Our country turns 250 this year, and something about that number made me stop and think about legacy. About the portraits that get passed down. About the ones that make your grandchildren say, "Wow, look at who you were."
That`s exactly why I`m offering Heirloom Portraits this July — including for my own four kids. Simple. Timeless. Completely focused on who your child is right now.
July 12th spots are filling fast. If this is something you`ve been wanting, link in bio has everything you need.
This sweet boy, his adoring parents, and extra love from ones who love like family. What a blessed baby boy. ❤️
`Just be yourselves!`
Great advice.
Except when you`re standing there, staring at a camera, and your husband looks at you and mouths `what does that mean` while your kid has already asked for snacks twice and you`re all just kind of... waiting.
What I actually do instead is give people specific things to do. Real prompts, actual activities, things that are designed to make at least one person break into a genuine laugh - because once that happens, everything else follows.
These photos refuse to be cropped into a 4:3 or 1:1 Instagram ratio…swipe to see them the way I saw them in the moment! Which one stopped you mid-swipe? I’d love to know.
The part of the vacation session no one talks about enough: outfits.
I`ve seen both ends of this, and honestly, both can trip things up before we even start.
The first version: everyone travels from different cities, nobody coordinates ahead of time, and things end up looking scattered in photos - especially when you can`t lay it all out together before the day.
The second version: matching outfits. I know the intention is good. But coordinating everyone in the exact same thing - jeans and white shirts being the classic example - tends to look flat in photos. A little stiff. Less like your family and more like a catalog.
The fix is simpler than most people expect.
Lean into neutrals and denim tones. These photograph beautifully in natural light, they work together without being matchy, and they hold up in a timeless way that won`t look dated in five years.
And when you book with me, I send you Pinterest boards I`ve put together specifically for this - coordinated looks that feel cohesive and genuinely beautiful without anyone having to stress about it.
One of the simplest things you can do to make sure your images look as good as the moments they`re capturing.
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Sarah Gray creates timeless and joyful images that are designed for living room walls and photo albums. A tallahassee photographer, Sarah Gray also serves Thomasville, Crawfordville, St. Marks, Gainesville and throughout the panhandle of north Florida and south Georgia.
email us | sarah@sarahgray.com
telephone (850) 321-0208
located in tallahassee, florida
