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. 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.

CHRYSQ ALBUM SLIPCOVERS

ChrysQ is a company offering fabulous album slipcovers for professional photographers. My Fine Art Albums now come wrapped in this gorgeous ditty, aptly named The Essential. Think a lovely tweed, sunny stripes, and an oh-so-fashionable belt closure.

Album slipcovers keep your album free from grime and dust, and there’s a special pocket for the safekeeping of your portrait session’s digital negatives! Yes, that’s right…the digital negatives live with the album and the album lives with the digital negatives. No more trying to dig up a CD from that giant pile that lives in your office!

I urge pro photographers to check out the Standard or limited-edition Luxe slipcovers ChrysQ offers — the quality is amazing, the service is out of this world, and ChrysQ herself is downright spiffy.

And now, my photos of the slipcover-y goodness. Remember that I’m by no means a product photographer!