For parents, a family photo session is such a treasured gift! It allows you and your favorite people to take time out of your busy lives to have quality time together, and in the process, it gives you beautiful photos that you can display, reminisce with, and enjoy. Sometimes kids aren’t quite as enthusiastic about it as you are, but luckily, there are ways to turn a frown upside-down. As a Seattle area family photographer, I’m happy to share these tips for getting your kids genuinely excited for your next family photography session.

Let’s have a chat, mom to mom. To every mom, family portraits are incredibly precious because we all know that these moments with our kids will be only a memory in the blink of an eye, and photos can take you back to the precious moments in an instant. At the same time, the idea of getting young kids together, looking nice and behaving well enough to take photos sounds exhausting and stressful. Because of that worry, too many families miss out on portraits they would have cherished in later years, and they regret it after the opportunity has passed.

Well, I’m here to give you some good news: family photo sessions don’t have to be as stressful as you think they are! There are a few things you can do to make the experience easier so that you can put the anxiety aside and just enjoy this amazing experience with your family.