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.

LET’S BE HONEST, HERE.

I could tell you that I’m *so* busy shooting kids that I don’t have a moment to myself, but umm…it’s 17 degrees outside, and I am a big giant WUSS who doesn’t love running around in the frostbitten air.

Instead, let’s talk about my other, much warmer post: being Radvocate-in-Chief. Yep, Radvocate. When I wanted a faster way to Photoshop my photos than to hit up each and every one with my own methods at the rate of 15 minutes a photo, I looked into actions. I bought them all. (Seriously! And at about $100 a pop, times infinity, my bank account took a beating.)

And *then* I found the Totally Rad Actions, and found my action-soulmate. We get along like pumpkin pie and Cool Whip. (Yah, I said it. Forget the whipped cream!) Like Philadelphia and cheesesteak. Like beer and karaoke.

Thus, it was with great pride that I accepted the role of Radvocate-in-Chief, and agreed to take care of all those with questions and feedback about The Boutwell’s product. If you don’t have ‘em, what are you waiting for? Your frozen little behind will be happy to have something to do, right about now…

And uh, Phoenix looks something like this right about now, minus Photoshop, as this was rockin’ the iPhone camera. (A Pennsylvania sky *never* looks like that, ever!)