As a professional photographer, one question I hear ALL the time is, “What should we wear for our photo shoot?” Here are my tips for dressing for a photo shoot. However, these are just my suggestions and ultimately these are your photos, so do whatever will make you happy.

1. Don’t match! If you usually make sure everyone is wearing jeans and white button up shirts before walking out the door, go for it. But if you don’t do this “normally,”why do it for a photo? Unless you are looking for a more formal, posed picture…don’t do it.

2. Wear your favorite outfit. If you feel good, your pictures will look good. If you are uncomfortable, it will show. Let your kids pick their outfit. You can give them free reign, or give them some guidelines. The more comfortable they are, the more at ease they will be, and the better the pictures. After all, you want good pictures, right?

3. Leave the busy prints at home. Prints are OK, but coordinating as family can be difficult. If one person is wearing paisley, the other is wearing stripes and someone else is wearing polka-dots, your photos will look like someone threw up a material store on your photos. Not good.

4. Coordinate. Think of what your backdrop will be. Wear something that will pop. If you are going to the beach for photos, brown and sea blue are going to blend into the background, you want to stand out. If you are going to a green pasture and you wear green, you’ll look like a floating head.  You want to wear something that will stand out in a photo.

5. Accesorize. Scarves, hats, jewelry, jackets, sweaters, etc. will add so much to your photos.

6. Top Priority.  Mos importantly, HAVE FUN!!!!

Guest Blogger: Tara, a mother of 5, is also the owner of Tara Brooks Photography. Check her amazing talent out at www.tarabrooksphotography.blogspot.com. Check back next Wednesday for more blog posts by Tara.