Secrets To Having A Successful Family Photo Session (Tip #5): By Nashville Family Photographer Dolly DeLong

It’s Wednesday which means I get to share some tips and secrets to best serving and working with children in family photography sessions! You all, I have been loving sharing these helpful tips with you all for the past several weeks, and I genuinely hope these posts are serving as a great resource guide for you as you begin planning out your family sessions for any upcoming events! I am excited about Tip #5 because it involves something my own son LOVES, which is MUSIC!

Missed out on Tips #1-#4? Read Tip #1 HERE, Tip #2 HERE, and Tip #3 HERE , and Tip #4 HERE (great now you are all caught up!)

Make a playlist of your children’s favorite music (tip #5) 

Make a playlist of your children’s favorite music and bring that along so we can play it. There will always be a time where children need to stop and refresh themselves with some snacks, some water, and why not add a little dance party to their break as well? They can rock out to the best of Sesame Street while stuffing their tiny mouths with fruit leathers, and if your family photographer is smart, they will be taking photos of this as well – because what parent doesn’t love laughing at ridiculous photos of their kids eating? Bringing a playlist can also add a fun element of movement to some of your photos. You can swing and sway, and lots of smiles and cheer come organically from movement photos. Just remember – keep the music clean for your little one’s ears.

You could also bring an instrument along to your session as well and during your child’s break from the photos, you can play them some of their favorite songs that you normally sing to them at home!

Music is one of the most soothing experiences for (most) children, so think about how you would want to incorporate music into your session in the event you are worried that your children will not cooperate for photos.

  As always, thank you so much for keeping up with my family & photography adventures! I love serving you all through photography and I love sharing my stories with you! Have a wonderful week! Tune in next week for tip #6 on how to work with children for a family photography session!

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DOLLY DELONG IS A WIFE TO A SUPER CUTE COMPUTER NERD, MAMA TO A LITTLE DROOL MACHINE, AND A DESTINATION WEDDING AND FAMILY PHOTOGRAPHER BASED OUT OF NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE. EVEN THOUGH SHE LOVES ALL THINGS SOCIAL MEDIA,  DOLLY WAS BORN IN THE MID-80S, SO SHE LIKES TO STRESS TO PEOPLE SHE IS NOT A COOL MILLENNIAL, AND SHE REMEMBERS DIAL-UP INTERNET FROM WHEN SHE WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL. WHENEVER SHE HAS A SPARE MOMENT, SHE ENJOYS WATCHING TV (I.E. SURVIVOR), SHE EATS WAY TOO MANY SWEETS AND LISTENS TO PODCASTS WHILE RUNNING OR WALKING. TO WORK WITH DOLLY DELONG PHOTOGRAPHY LLC, PLEASE EMAIL HER AT THEDOLLYDELONG@GMAIL.COMOR FILL OUT HER CONTACT FORM HERE