How do I capture your life right now in a Documentary Photoshoot?
…it’s THE most authentic way
A Documentary Style Photoshoots will give you the MOST genuine record of your life right now.
These are images that will increase in value for you over time.
When your life no longer looks like this, these images will likely make you weep (SORRY!!)
What happens during a Documentary Family Photoshoot?
All of my sessions aim to capture real connections. But in a documentary session, I have zero input into what those connections and moments actually are, and where and how they happen.
It’s all about YOU…
I just rock up, with my storytelling and my camera skills, and shine an artistic light on your beautiful, ordinary family life.
Capturing the beauty that is there already, but maybe you can’t see.
“While there is perhaps a province in which the photograph can tell us nothing more than what we see with our own eyes, there is another in which it proves to us how little our eyes permit us to see.”
Dorothea Lange
Is a documentary family photoshoot right for me?
- I value genuine connection over perfection
- I think my life as it is is worth remembering
- I want my kids to think they are good enough just as they are
- I’m the kind of person who doesn’t need to tidy up excessively if friends are popping round
- I don’t take myself too seriously
- I have a feeling I will miss the chaos and mess when the house is quieter
- I give very few ****s about what others think of me
If most of these resonate with you, then it sounds like it just might be….
“It didn’t matter how tidy our house was; it mattered that there was love in it.”
WHAT TO EXPECT
For Documentary style shoots, the pre-consultation part is really important. We will have a longer chat about your daily schedule, activities that you like to do as a family and about the light in your home at various parts of the day.
Importantly, we’ll talk about the documentary process, so that you understand it fully. Lots more info can be found in my FAQ page here.
On the day of the shoot, I will basically hang out with you as part of the family, and artfully capture whatever it is that you get up to.
Anything goes on these shoots – from normal family life at home or even documenting days out.
You might even want an entire day documented.
These sessions lend themselves really well to a photobook, and there are typically LOTS of gorgeous images. So you should probably expect to be budgeting for my top collection for one of these shoots.
Documentary Session Fee - from £200
for a 3 hour shoot – we can chat about pricing for longer shoots.
Image packages are purchased after you have seen your gallery
These can be all day or as little as 3 hours
Costs will vary depending on the length of the shoot
You can choose and purchase your packages from an online gallery after you have seen your images
We can include trips out, a party... whatever is happening in your day. Any tickets or extra travel expenses will be chargeable.
If have a newborn and you just want a documentary session to capture the reality of it all, that's fine. There'll be no wrapping, and normal shoot rates apply.
Not ready to book yet?
I sometimes post client images on Instagram, but I mainly use it to let you get to know me a bit better.
(you need to know if you like me if I’m going to be hanging round your house for a while!)
So I post a lot of images of my own family on there – and most of these are in a documentary style.
Follow me to keep in touch and get more of an idea if this style is for you!
I’ve also written about documentary family photography in my blog
Here are the links!
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