What to wear to a family portrait session
Have you ever seen a family photograph where ever person is wearing the exact same white shirts and jeans or khaki pants? Like they went to the same store and all bought the same polo shirt and chinos? To each his own, however most families don't want to match exactly. That being said, you want to coordinate with your family so that everyone isn't clashing.
Below are 4 different ideas on how to coordinate without matching perfectly.
1. Same But Different
Yes, I know I just hit on the khaki pants and white shirts, but this is best for the people who like the idea of matching, but don't want to look exactly the same. Tell your whole family "white top, khaki bottoms," and let everyone choose their own clothes. This way everyone can adhere to their preferred fashion choices, within the set parameters. As you can see in the photo above, you have some pants, shorts, and skirts in various fabrics and lengths, but all in khaki. There are also tank tops, button-downs, t-shirts, and polos. They all match, but they don't look like they shopped at the same store and bought the exact same clothes. This is perfect for those people who like the matching look, but don't want to look back at their photos years later and say, "what was I thinking?!"
2. Spot Color
In this one, you choose one single color that everyone has to have as part of their outfit, but the rest of the clothing choice is just left to neutrals (black, white, brown, khaki, or denim). Here, they chose a forest green, but the rest of the outfits could be customized. This means that you are guaranteed a coordinating photograph, without micro-managing the entire group.
3. Split Colors
In this option, you would choose two complimenting colors, and dress part of your group in one color and part in the other. Don't just leave the colors up to chance, though. As you can see in the above photograph, they chose pink for the girls and blue for the boys. Sometimes large families will choose to dress each smaller family in their own color so that they can be separated but coordinating. Another way to do it is to have the kids wear one color and the parents wear another, or even just split it along the middle in whatever way the group wants, as long as you don't end up with 5 family members in blue and the one random kid wearing hot pink, because then it will look accidental.
4. Theme
As you can see in the photo above, this family chose the theme of Clemson! Clemson's colors are orange and purple, so the family dressed in one or both of each of those colors. It's similar to choosing a spot color, but instead of just one item in the chosen color, you can mix and match tops and bottoms in the specified colors. This is a good way to coordinate everyone and have everyone in the exact same colors, but it still has a nice variety in the look of the outfits.
Bonus: Nice Neutrals
If all else fails, but dress everyone in neutral colors! Grey, white, black, navy blue, and brown will pretty much always look good together! That being said, don't go crazy with patterns, because the patters could clash, but you know the colors will work with whatever background you may have.
When choosing your family's clothing, you should also make sure to dress for your surroundings. If you are going to the beach, wear something light and flowy. If you are going to a downtown shoot, wear something more fashion-forward. If you will be in a park, try to wear colors that compliment your surroundings, like bright greens, pinks, and blues. I'm not saying that you can't wear your formalwear to the beach or a sundress in an industrial setting, if you like the contrast, but take your background into consideration when dressing to create the best possible outcome.
Below are 4 different ideas on how to coordinate without matching perfectly.
1. Same But Different
Yes, I know I just hit on the khaki pants and white shirts, but this is best for the people who like the idea of matching, but don't want to look exactly the same. Tell your whole family "white top, khaki bottoms," and let everyone choose their own clothes. This way everyone can adhere to their preferred fashion choices, within the set parameters. As you can see in the photo above, you have some pants, shorts, and skirts in various fabrics and lengths, but all in khaki. There are also tank tops, button-downs, t-shirts, and polos. They all match, but they don't look like they shopped at the same store and bought the exact same clothes. This is perfect for those people who like the matching look, but don't want to look back at their photos years later and say, "what was I thinking?!"
2. Spot Color
In this one, you choose one single color that everyone has to have as part of their outfit, but the rest of the clothing choice is just left to neutrals (black, white, brown, khaki, or denim). Here, they chose a forest green, but the rest of the outfits could be customized. This means that you are guaranteed a coordinating photograph, without micro-managing the entire group.
3. Split Colors
In this option, you would choose two complimenting colors, and dress part of your group in one color and part in the other. Don't just leave the colors up to chance, though. As you can see in the above photograph, they chose pink for the girls and blue for the boys. Sometimes large families will choose to dress each smaller family in their own color so that they can be separated but coordinating. Another way to do it is to have the kids wear one color and the parents wear another, or even just split it along the middle in whatever way the group wants, as long as you don't end up with 5 family members in blue and the one random kid wearing hot pink, because then it will look accidental.
4. Theme
As you can see in the photo above, this family chose the theme of Clemson! Clemson's colors are orange and purple, so the family dressed in one or both of each of those colors. It's similar to choosing a spot color, but instead of just one item in the chosen color, you can mix and match tops and bottoms in the specified colors. This is a good way to coordinate everyone and have everyone in the exact same colors, but it still has a nice variety in the look of the outfits.
Bonus: Nice Neutrals
If all else fails, but dress everyone in neutral colors! Grey, white, black, navy blue, and brown will pretty much always look good together! That being said, don't go crazy with patterns, because the patters could clash, but you know the colors will work with whatever background you may have.
When choosing your family's clothing, you should also make sure to dress for your surroundings. If you are going to the beach, wear something light and flowy. If you are going to a downtown shoot, wear something more fashion-forward. If you will be in a park, try to wear colors that compliment your surroundings, like bright greens, pinks, and blues. I'm not saying that you can't wear your formalwear to the beach or a sundress in an industrial setting, if you like the contrast, but take your background into consideration when dressing to create the best possible outcome.
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