families

This means that typically, summer sessions start around 8pm , fall session around 5:30pm, winter sessions around 3pm, and spring sessions around 7:30pm. If you have little kids, this may very well mean that a session can start when they’re supposed to be in bed. Let me assure you that most families manage to make an exception to this for just this one day by creatively shuffling the day’s schedule and adding an extra late nap. Because sessions are play-based, your little ones won’t even notice that it is past their bedtimes when we are having fun and running around. If this is absolutely impossible for your family, then consider a morning sunrise session, or a session later in the year when sunset is earlier.

It’s all about the light! When the sun is positioned overhead in the sky, the light is very harsh, and it creates very hard shadows everywhere, including your face. When photos are taken during the day with sun overhead, you will see dark circles under your eyes (think raccoon eyes!), and people will be squinting because it is so bright. There is nothing flattering about this . As a Vancouver family photographer who is not willing to compromise on the quality and consistency of my work (and what you pay for), I only shoot during golden hour, when the sun is low in the sky, and bathes everyone in beautiful flattering soft swaths of light. Golden hour is the hour before sunset, and the hour after sunrise.