The Craig family has been coming to the Outer Banks for sometime with their wonderful friends. We have had the joy of photographing them for the past 2 years. I can’t wait to see how the kids have grown up next year. It is so touching to feel a part of such a wonderful group of people.
Thank you! We will see you next year!
We had a great family beach portrait photo shoot for two wonderful families in Corolla, NC during a morning session. It had rained most of the week but we were able to get everyone’s photo sessions in that week. We had a lot of fun!
These videos are wonderful to have made as Christmas presents. We set your family portrait to music so that you can share your memories with family and friends.
Some kind words from a recent 2012 customer. Thank you so much! Remember returning customers receive 10% off. Dates are booking up quickly. We are already 50% booked so call us as soon as you can to secure your date!
April 17, 2012
Michelle,
The pictures are incredible!!! You did an awesome job!!!
Thanks so much!!!
Rene’ D.
April 15, 2012
Michelle,
I wanted to send you a thank you for a great ending memory to our vacation. When I suggested doing the family picture everyone was a little reluctant about doing it but where going to go along with it anyway! That night everyone said is was a lot fun and you were very easy to work with. Thank you for capturing our families memories! Can you imagine what I will say when I actually see the pictures!! I look forward to seeing the finish product!!
Take Care,
Becky M.
April 17, 2012
I am not sure what to say.. The pictures are priceless!! Fantastic job! Some I even got a little teary eyed! Thank you so much for capturing our memories!!! Becky M.
We have great tips, ideas and lots of photos of what to wear for your Outer Banks family portrait session! As a photographer, we get a lot of questions about family portraits. What should we wear? What should we bring and what should we expect? We often say bring laughter and happiness, wear what’s comfortable and a smile and expect to have fun! Sometimes that isn’t enough of an answer. I have some great tips below to make your beach portrait experience amazing and fun!
What to wear:
Often khaki pants or blue jeans with a white or blue shirt look great. But you are not limited to this. It is ok to be creative. Keep the size of your group in mind when choosing what to wear.
Here are some ideas for what to wear:
-Have a different color for each family. This is great for group photos that involve more than one family.
-Females wear one color and the males wear another.
-Just coordinate the shirt color and wear the bottoms you would like.
-Coordinate the men in the family and allow the women to dress in dresses or outfits that compliment them.
-Wear a special family vacation shirt.
-Bring a change of clothes for the individual family portraits sessions. You can change after the group photo is taken. Make sure it is something that you can quick change into in case there are no places to change at the shoot and so you don’t lose a lot of time.
-Dress in your best casual wear (try to avoid competing patterns). Wear colors that look good on you. Choose colors from the same color palette. Example choose from blues or greens but don’t state a specific tone. Also choose something easy to pose in.
– Wear the same colors
-Not all the pictures need to be formal. Add some fun to your shots. Cowboy hats, sunglasses, feather boas and funny glasses are a few suggestions.
-Wear Santa hats for that Christmas card in the winter 🙂
-Bring props- football, musical instrument, surfboards, etc…
-Bring a change of clothes. Large groups should try to be as efficient as possible so you don’t lose a lot of time.
Babies and children:
Change of clothes- dressy and casual or a princess outfit, costumes, etc…
Blanket- for hot sand and those who don’t like sand as well as for infants.
Babies/infants- Cute baskets to sit in (large), sit on toys (rocking horse, etc…)
*Toys- shovel & bucket, dump truck, special toys, etc… Also, bring a small toy for a family member or the photographer to shake for the small children so they will focus in the direction of the camera.
A favorite teddy bear or stuffed animal
Beach chair-kid size
Hat and sunglasses
Santa hats
Be creative!
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This is a group shot of several families that all decided to show each family with its own beautiful colors.
This family decided to go for simple and comfortable.
Although patterns are not always recommended, this family really found a happy mix and found patterns that were rather large and easy to photograph.
Just a fun head ornament and a simple stuffed animal made this shot an instant classic.
We do not see this very often but this family decided to use color to make a wonderful portrait!
This group works together. The shirts and hats are from their company. They then changed clothing for their individual family portraits.
A perfect example of classic family portrait attire! And they were very happy to change and get back into their bathing suits!
If you are really casual, here is a great example of what to wear.
You just can’t go wrong with super fun and beachy colors!
Hat, $10.00. Blanket, $15.00, photo on the beach with seagulls too? Priceless!
Classic is classic for a reason. You just can never go wrong with this clothing scheme.
You tell me how cool the surfboard prop is?
This creative family went with a lighter blue for the men and navy blue for the women. The children had white with blue accents and this was a perfect portrait!
A simple hat, vest-like top, and good old teddy bear.
Child portrait with an adorable hat.
Do you now agree that a hat can change everything?
This is the way to go when the subjects are classy and casual!
With some really good thought, this family went with a mix of colors and accented the youngest children. Totally beautiful and timeless!
This family went above and beyond and brought out an Adirondack chair to the beach for a simple and loving portrait.
Classic white family portrait.
This group did it so simple and it turned out wonderful!
This is a multi-family group wanted a group photo on the stairs of the house and a repeat on the beach. They were color coordinated per family.
You just can’t go wrong with white for family portraits!
If you have young children, bring nice, new colorful props. You won’t regret it!
If you have young children, bring nice, new colorful props. You won’t regret it!
If you have young children, bring nice, new colorful props. You won’t regret it!
If you have young children, bring nice, new colorful props. You won’t regret it!
This family added the blue bow-ties for fun. They took them off and then took more images without the blue accents.
This family had fun bringing hats. Yeehaw!!!
This couple had their images done in the winter. They both enjoy the outdoors. They were able to coordinate colors very nicely.
It was such a pleasure to work with such a great family! We were able to capture some great family moments and we even got a picture of the new Subway rep at the end of the photo shoot. 🙂
Look below for some wonderful kudos from our wonderful clients!
“OH MY GOSH MICHELLE!!!!!! These are absolutely FABULOUS!!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!! We may never be able to go on vacation again because I may just spend all the money I’ll ever have on pictures!!! I can’t imagine how I will ever decide which ones to get. I must say – we could not have had a better photographer – you definitely captured everything I was hoping for. Thank you – thank you – thank you.” The Parker family
“Hi Michelle!
Just wanted to let you know I received the rest of my picutres & they were fabulous! Matt said I was going to get tired of all my beach pictures but I don’t think that’s gonna happen!:-) Thank you again for everything.” -Suzie
Good morning Michelle,
I just want to thank you for the surprise box I received yesterday – I LOVE
the key rings!!! Thank you so much! It was a wonderful surprise and so
thoughtful of you to send us those. I will share one with Alicia – and mine
is already on my keys. You definitely have given us treasures to share from
our family vacation for years to come. Thank you again for everything you
did. I will keep your contact info and will definitely recommend Outer
Banks Productions to everyone I can! And hopefully someday when our family
is even larger I’ll be able to convince them to share my dream once again!
: )
When I tracked the photos I should get them on Monday. I can hardly wait!
I’ll look through them and make sure everything is OK and will let you know
if it isn’t. My home and my office will look completely different with all
new family pictures!
Thank you again for everything.
Wishing you and your family a blessed day.
Suzie Parker
