Lifestyle photography is about being less posed, less stiff and having more natural expressions and movement.  Your kids will be asked to play without worrying about hitting a certain pose or getting their clothes dirty. We all interact and the result are natural responses and genuine reactions. I use natural light and work on location exclusively which is also a large part of lifestyle portraiture. The images are rich and vibrant in colour and black and whites are deep and usually colour tinted slightly.

Ultimately lifestyle photography is about anticipating the coming moments and capturing genuine emotion. I am always letting my clients know that I aim to capture them and their personalities rather than simply what they look like.

The other component of this style of photography is in the displaying of it. Lifestyle portraiture is about storytelling and when you have just one single image it doesn’t tell the story as well as a series of images does. Sure there are times when one single image is a great impact but I am always so pleased when my clients order a book, a series of images to display or as of lately, a storyboard portrait as it helps to tell their story and better document their relationships and connections from the session.

I thought I would share a couple of storyboards created (note the web address is simply for copyright here and is not on the actual storyboards).

One of my favourites from Olivia and Mark’s session (you’ll notice I said “one of”, there were so many)

A small storyboard I created for our own wall display from Phoebe’s conceptual session last year.

A sequence series from a recent family session

Lastly, a favourite from Rodney’s collection. Rodney’s mum actually ordered this recently and I can’t wait to see it in print.

Ultimately

Yet another project I am working on is getting some artwork on our walls. Yes, its a case of the shoemakers kids not having shoes in my home as we have big, white blank walls just waiting for some art. I have so many ideas, but its a matter of finding which ones work with the art I want to display and the space available and our decor. Ah, but that is another post a little later on

So here is some inspiration for your Friday for your own walls.

Lastly, if framed artwork is not your cup of tea, make the entire wall a piece of art. This image on the right reminds me of Ben’s room that I decorated a few years ago from scratch. I would take a picture and show you but you can imagine the state of a 12 year old boy’s room.