• 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.

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A BABY IN THE HOUSE!

You may or may not know that I hosted 20 of my new bestest photographer friends for a get-together this past Tuesday.  (It wasn’t a ::shudder:: workshop, just a get-together, in which everyone was responsible for contributing knowledge and worth to the day’s events.)  Of course, people came in from New York, New Jersey, Maryland, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Montana, and Texas, so it kind of felt like a workshop, lol…it rocked!  Thanks for coming, ladies!

The lovely and talented Alicia (of Alicia Caine Photography and Easy as Pie) got the privilege(ish) of staying with MattMatt and myself. Allie and I snuck secret shoots while Alicia was in the shower, or getting a snack, or generally not in the room, so she could have happy little surprise portraits of her chicadee.

That fuzzy hair!  I love it!

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I swear, I didn’t tell her to look angelic and then look away…if only I had that sort of power over babies…
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Lisa T - i love these! allie is the cutest!

Janna - I LOVE the fuzzy hair…great shot! :)

maggie - You absolutely captured the sweet spirit of little A. Her big blues just suck everyone right in — I just want to reach out and smooch her from the computer screen. :)

Ooohh…and the mom/baby one is sooo tender.

Love these, girlie! :)

kimbrali - i looooove her! she IS so angelic looking with her fuzzy head and big round eyes.
i cant even explain to you ow sad i am that i missed out on the party :(
please let there be a next time!

and that last one is KILLA!

Alicia - Happy little surprise indeed!!! :puffyheart: these shots you got of our Lollie!

Thank you again for letting us stay with you- the trip was amazing from start to finish— we love you!!! XOXO

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