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Planning a Story-Telling Portrait Session - part 2 of 1 2 3

by Alison Carlino Published 01/01/2014

Ask about their hobbies outside work. If they are sports fans, consider heading to a stadium with jerseys, sports balls and other gear that screams who they are rooting for. If they love the outdoors, discuss activities such as camping, hunting, four-wheeler riding, biking or climbing that will naturally lead you to the locations needed for those moments.

Next, discuss locations. Meaningful locations come out of a successful conversation about their careers and hobbies so this part could be quite easy. Getting access to some places may not! Always call ahead and find out about fees, permits or waivers that need to be signed. Some locations will work with you on fees if you're willing to trade images for them to market with. Nothing wrong with a little networking to build a relationship at a great venue! Ask the family about the places they hang out together when free time comes around. For families with younger children, it could be as simple as taking their children to a local park to push them on the swing or spreading a blanket out under a tree to have a picnic and read books or play a guitar. You could shoot at a state or national park, open ranchland, hunting leases or dirt-bike tracks. If they are more of a fashionable family and enjoy the city scenes/shopping, consider downtown city environments with bold colours and modern architecture. A new way to story-board ideas is through Pinterest. By browsing through the images your client has pinned, you can get a sense of his/her style and desired colour schemes. If they have pinned favourite books or movies or places around the world, that's a clue inside their soul. Some families will start a new tradition just because someone actually sat down and planned out the details with them!

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