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Q: When should you schedule your newborn photos?A: Ideally in your second trimester to give your photographer of choice enough time to fit you in their schedule, and to save up for your portraits. When should you schedule your newborn photos? If you’re searching this, you must be pregnant! Congratulations! Are you ever wondering when […]

When Should You Schedule Your Newborn Photos?

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April 8, 2024

Designing Art for Your Home Designing art for you home. When I was growing up, while all my friends were watching Lizzie McGuire and Hannah Montana, you could find me, gaze fixated on our TV watching Property Brothers (cream of the crop in home design TV if I do say so myself – at least, […]

Designing Art for Your Home – How To

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July 26, 2023

How to Be Photogenic Do you wanna know a secret? I’m not very Photogenic. As a photographer, I typically don’t like photos of myself. Even after all I’ve learned with posing, lighting, wardrobe, how to do my hair and makeup, and even with high self-esteem, I just don’t think I photograph how I think I […]

How to Be Photogenic

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July 18, 2023

5 Favorite Family Photo Prompts Hello and welcome to the blog today! I’m sharing with you some of my tried and true family photo prompts today that I break out at a family session to incorporate some movement, laughter, creative posing, and most importantly… fun! This style of “posing” if you will is something I […]

5 Favorite Family Photo Prompts

July 10, 2023

One of the most common questions I get from clients is, “What do I wear?!”. I know picking out outfits can be daunting, and frustrating. Between the endless online shopping, in person shopping, returns, shipping, etc, it can just be a lot.

What to Wear for Family Photos | Summer 2023

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June 26, 2023

Have you ever ….. dreaded family picture day? Or do you look forward to it? Have you ever shown up to a session and became completely overwhelmed when your child cried the whole time, or tucked their face away anytime the photographer came near? Or maybe this is your first time taking family photos with small children.

Preparing Kids for a Stress – Free Photo Session

June 22, 2023

The Secret Formula for Jaw-Dropping Family Photos Have you ever been scrolling Instagram and come across some absolutely stunning photos… that took you totally by surprise, but you couldn’t help stop and look at them? Maybe you even went to their profile and got sucked down the rabbit hole of ooh-ing and ahhh-ing at their […]

The Secret Formula for Jaw-Dropping Family Photos

June 13, 2023

When Should You Take Maternity Photos? Welcome to the world, little baby! If you are pregnant and reading this, congratulations! You may be wondering when you should be planning to take your maternity photos. I suggest taking maternity photos between 32 weeks and 36 weeks pregnant. This gives you and your baby lots of time […]

When Should You Take Maternity Photos?

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May 6, 2023

Fall Photoshoot Outfits for Girls size 2T – 10 Hello! Today I am sharing with you a short post with some links for great girls’ dresses to help your daughter dress for your fall photoshoot. 1 – striped cotton dress 2 – yellow button down dress 3. Rust flounce sleeve dress 4. purple balloon sleeve […]

Fall Photoshoot Outfits| – Girls 2T – 10 | H&M

October 10, 2022

Little Ways to Look Your Best at Your Family Photo Session As a photographer, I have the privilege of helping and advising a lot of people on how to look their best – for their photos! Your family photos are an investment (worthwhile) that will stay with you for your whole life if you let […]

Little Ways to Look Your Best at Your Family Photo Session

Helena Schwartz Photography Little Ways to Look your best at your family photo session mom dad baby girl toddler sitting on grass

March 11, 2022