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The everyday matters VI

Our job as documentary family and newborn photographers is not (always) to make flattering, bright, and happy pictures of smiling faces. Our job is to freeze a moment in time, to make images that make you feel something, and to make keepsakes that you and your family can keep going back to. Our job is […]

It’s time to fill our cups too – by Kelsey Smith

Yesterday I started to read a book. Not a parenting book, not a book my kids picked out, not a photography book but an honest-to-Buddha-can’t-put-it-down book. In the midst of a massive to-do list that always seems to multiply exponentially by the amount of time I don’t have, I picked up a book. For me.

From one hot mess to another – by Kelsey Smith

The family environment I was raised in was entirely more concerned with the projection of a happy household rather than actually being happy. We were a fake smile kind of family.

5 reasons you really MUST include your pets in your next family photo session: Documentary Family Photographers

We LOVE getting pets in the frame. Afterall, the whole point of a documentary family session is to document your family’s life, and that includes your pet(s). Here are the DFP community’s top 5 reasons why you should absolutely include your pets in your next family photo session.

Daddy Cool | Documentary Family Photographers

Anyone can be a Father, but it takes special kind of guy to make an awesome Dad! So this Father’s Day seemed like a great excuse to showcase some cool dads that

Featured Documentary Session: A Spring Afternoon with a Family of 5, by Julia Erz

Today, we are thrilled to feature a recent documentary photography session by Julia Erz, one our talented Listed Photographers based in Freiburg, Germany. Julia told us:

“Navigating these murky waters”: Thoughts on parenthood by Kelsey Smith

Navigating these murky waters is not for the faint of heart. Sometimes. Sometimes, I am the captain my kids need. The house is clean. Like actually clean. My kids are happy. They are full of laughter and love. The weekly menu is planned, the weekly calendar is filled out. Clothes are washed. We have time […]

The story behind THAT shot by Daniel Freitas

When Daniel Freitas, documentary family photographer based in São Paulo, Brazil, posted THIS shot to the DFP photographer group, unsurprisingly everyone went nuts for it, and the question on everyone’s lips was

Grandparents have a photoshoot with their grandsons… and the results leave them speechless

WORDS AND IMAGES BY SANDRA STOKMANS, UTRECHT NETHERLANDS DOCUMENTARY FAMILY PHOTOGRAPHER “I am at a loss for words” was Bernadette’s response. “Such gorgeous pictures of such intense precious moments”. I thought that was the most wonderful response on this emotion-filled documentary shoot. I was very moved by it. Not in the least because I knew Grandpa had received […]

7 Creative Ways to Display your Family Photos

Did you know that having photos of you and your children on display in your home can boost their self esteem? Yes, that’s right. By seeing pictures of themselves displayed on the wall within the context of their family and friends, it gives them a sense of belonging. They understand that they are not on […]

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