I thought it would be fun to do something different and unique for children's photos. I titled this session in mommy's shoes. Have your clients child dress in her mothers wedding gown and all of her accessories. I recreated a mini bride from the wedding day. This is so much fun. I had the mom bring her wedding gown, jewelry, shoes and anything else that she had from her wedding. We were able to incorporate all of these items into the photos shoot this way. Also have the mother bring any photos of herself she may have. It is fun to use the daughter to recreate those same photos. Having allot of accessories was great because it gave us a chance to do a variety of different poses and photos.
We did the child models hair in the studio. We photographed two different looks for her. We did a few photos with her hair down and a few photos with her hair in a cute up do. The mother brought several accessories and we played around with those during the shoot also.
We did a few shots of the daughter wearing the mother shoes which obvious were to big but looked really cute for photos. We did a few with a veil that that the mother wore for her wedding day. The dress was way to big in the top so we took a few safety pins and pinned the top back tight so it wouldn't gap open for photos. The child model also had long hair so it was nice that is covered allot of the top that was to big.
For makeup we thought a little bit more dramatic makeup would be great. We did a heavier eye makeup with eyeliner and mascara to make her eyes pop. For the lips we did a medium pink shade that photographed lovely.
This had to have been one of the most fun shoots we have done. The daughter had so much fun dressing up in her mom wedding gown for photos. I think every little girl loves to dress up and wear a fancy gown and play with makeup. The final images were perfect.
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