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.

PORTRAIT V. PURSE: THE MADONNA EDITION

Another installment of the Portrait v. Purse series. It’s so short that telling you any more will just ruin it.

Watch the video, lovely person. Don’t try sneaking down here without watching it, or the sneaky police will get you. And steal your purse.

When I say buying portraits will support local businesses and Haunani says “And buying a purse will allow us to get Madonna for our next ad campaign” — the ad campaign photo is below. Portraits support local business & local families, while purses allow Louis Vuitton to spend millions on famous people for their images. (Just responding to e-mail questions about this, folks…it’s obviously not a very funny joke if you didn’t get it. If you did get it, hugs upon you.)