You'd love to have a family portrait session that fully captures who you are, how you connect, and how much affection surfaces when all the members of your family are present within the camera frame.

We're happy to capture your family in our studio, complete with gorgeous light and minimal distractions, or in your comfy-cozy home full of familiar toys and routines. No matter where our session takes place, we'll delight in your delight. And we'll encourage you to pay attention to one another instead of the camera, because there's no 'add happy' button in Photoshop.

We don't care whether you're barefoot or wearing fuzzy slippers, and we won't be sending over a twenty-page list of suggestions about what to wear. (We can make you look beautiful in sweat pants if you love each other.) We just want to capture your family. Your habits, your quirks, and your love. Die-hard beach goers? World travelers? Animal lovers? Trekkies? We wanna see it. And when you view the images we've created together for the first time, we want the depth of love you feel for your family to grab you by the collar and bring tears to your eyes.

The video below provides a peek at how portrait sessions unfold. If you have questions or would like to schedule a portrait session, click on the 'Contact' link above or call 215-206-3689. Oh -- and thanks for stopping by, lovely!

-- Kristen & Haunani, Essential Imagery owners

P.S. That's Kristen up in the header -- Haunani is camera-shy.

ALLENTOWN FAMILY PHOTOGRAPHER sydney

Did you know that I’m happy to zoom up 476 from Wayne to be your Allentown family photographer? That was the case with this shoot! The fabulous Shoshana Gosselin of Designs by Shoshana has been working with Haunani and I to spiff up the loft this winter. (Painting, shelf-installing, and rearranging our wall portraits for maximum impact have been weighing on our to-do lists for the past month.) The loft is looking spiffier than ever before, thanks to her fab ideas!

Knowing how fun and stylish Shoshana is, I was super-excited to see her home and meet her family for this shoot in the Lehigh Valley. The miserable temperatures kept us inside, but Shoshana’s style and Sydney’s giggle kept the images fresh. (The gorgeous window light didn’t hurt, either.)

That super-awesome wall has been featured on Shoshana’s blog, and was created using a pizza box stencil. Seriously. Check it out. If only I could convince Matt to get pizza tonight…and then to help me paint!

Sydney and I played games, sang songs, and had a tickle battle. She shyly admitted to being proposed to last week, but the poor guy got turned down. Such is the life of a popular Kindergartner…

Oh, and I totally should have taken a few pictures of the bedroom! Shoshana uses crown molding and beachy textures to bring her master bedroom alive. It’s stunning!

I’ll end with a darling little series of father-daughter portraits. Dads are often shy about being included in our portrait shoot, but with some good old teasing, heckling, and piggyback-riding, all works out for the best.