1. When picking your clothes, wear solid neutral colors,
no wild prints, stripes or plaids (your eyes will tend to look at the clothes, not
the subjects). A couple or group should be the same or complimentary in style
and color clothing. Some clothing choices that look great on the beach are black/jeans, white/khaki, and white/jeans. Also consider mixing up one or two color themes within the photo such as the men and boys light blue shirts/Khaki with the women/girls in white/khaki.
2. If at all possible, try to wear long sleeves (people in general don’t like
how their arms look in a portrait). Also try to wear Capri’s
or long pants or long skirts or dresses, unless you have really great looking
legs and want to show them off (people generally don’t like how their legs look
in a portrait either). Kids can get away with shorts and short sleeves. Little
girls look great in long flowing sundresses and so will their mothers and
aunts.
3. Try to wear a neutral toenail polish if any; you will be barefoot on the
beach (bright colors really stand out).
4. Please avoid fresh haircuts we
find that about one to two weeks post haircut is earliest time you should consider.
5. Avoid
using lotion on the skin, as it tends to attract sand and will be difficult to
brush off. You will get sandy as most poses you will probably be seated.
6. Wind and breeze on the beach are commonplace. Hair will sometimes not look
perfect or lay down straight. We suggest hair products that will keep your hair
under control under those conditions.
7. Bring Bug repellant. People
swatting flies do not photograph as well as you would
think.
8. Makeup should be kept as natural as possible, but do place emphasize on your
eyes and lips. Try not to get too sunburned; it's not the greatest look for a
portrait. A great tan photographs very warm, but once again, don’t over do that
either. White strips are great to lighten and whiten teeth. We generally will
use a fill in flash to make the eyes and teeth pop.
9. Sunset is my favorite time of day for beach portraits, and the best time to
create your beach portrait. We usually try to meet with you about an hour and a
half before sunset to make sure everyone is there and we’re ready to go. If you
have young children, try to do the best you can working around naptime, and
dinnertime for them.
10. Please brink a snack and juice
for the kids, water for the adults is OK too.
11. If inclement weather occurs, we will do our best to reschedule your session
the next available day if possible. We realize that some families are only in
town for one week and we are in a tight time frame. We therefore suggest
booking your portrait session as early in the week as possible so we have
options to reschedule if necessary.
We normally take our beach photos
in all New Jersey
beaches. We will travel up and down the Jersey shore to take your beach
portraits (i.e. Ocean City, Cape May, LBI, Wildwood, Point Pleasant, Margate, Avalon, etc...)
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