5 Tips for Selecting Outfits for Your Portrait Session

Easy ways to make preparing for your session stress-free!

I know getting pictures can taken can be intimidating and stressful, I have been in your shoes! Getting your spouse or family to agree to pictures can be a challenge, so to make it easier on you, I put together my top five tips for picking out outfits for your upcoming session!

1. Pick a color scheme! Start with thinking about what you are going to do with your final pictures. Will you print them and put them as a gallery wall in your living room? What colors are in your living room? Wear those tones! Then your pictures will complement your décor, and you’ll actually have a use for them! Don’t let them live on your phone forever.

2. Pick one item of clothing and coordinate the rest from it. Your power color is lavender? Love it. Now find a plaid button-down for your spouse that has that color in it. Plaids are awesome for this reason! One plaid shirt can have different shades of that color and other colors to incorporate for other family members. The same plaid can have lavender and seafom green—now find something seafoam green for your child to wear! When it’s all together in the final image, it is going to look amazing.

3. If you want your pictures to be light and bright, wear light and neutral colors! The soft colors will be so appealing and pleasing to the eye. Pastels, whites, greys, soft blues, oh my! I promise if you stick to neutral colors, the pictures will turn out great!

4. You don’t need to be matchy-matchy. Gone are the days where everyone in the family wears white shirts and jeans. (Not that there’s anything wrong with those pictures!) It’s best to wear coordinating outfits to give the images some depth and dimension. I mean, just think of your favorite song.  Harmony creates the depth of the chorus! That’s what different colors and patterns do to an image.

5. Dress up! Getting pictures taken is a fun opportunity to play dress up. Wear a dress, ask your fiancé/husband to wear a blazer! You will look sharp and will feel even better. How often do you get pictures taken? It’s a special occasion 🙂

Lastly, make sure you feel comfortable in what you wear. If you feel your best, you will look your best. Here’s more inspiration to help you pick the perfect outfit for your session!