Portraits – Page 2 – Forever Photos: Pullman Portrait Photography

Destiny | WSU Cougar Graduate Photography

April 30, 2016 No Comments

Destiny | Beauty, Brains, the Full Package

Destiny was a pleasure to work with from the moment I met her! Not only did we share common interests/careers in teaching and childcare, but her light-hearted, pleasant nature and desire for a quality photo experience made for a most excellent experience for us both! Her best friend tagged along for her session to make her feel comfortable and relaxed, but Destiny rocked her grad photo session all on her own! See for yourself…

Contact Tiffany at tiffany@4ever-photos.com to book your photo session. XOXO – Forever Photos Photography serving Pullman WA, Moscow ID and the greater Palouse

Gravel Family and How to Get Good Pictures of Your Kids

October 12, 2015 No Comments

Meet the Gravel Family! and read on to see how you can prep your kids for your family photo session.

I’ve known this beautiful family for a while and it has been a pleasure watching their beautiful girls grow from babies to beautiful little ladies. We decided to do this family session before Mom started showing her baby-bump (Surprise! It’s a boy!) and to get beautiful photos of the family before their new addition. Working with the Gravels was easy and filled with lots of laughs. These high energy girls are full of bold personality, and while this can prove challenging to photographing a family, the Gravels came prepared and made this session super successful! Because of that, we can offer you a FEW TIPS ON HOW TO PREP YOUR KIDS FOR YOUR FAMILY PHOTO SESSION: (See below)

Tip #1

Mom and Dad got the girls excited for their session! Tell your kids how awesome it is to get your photo taken and how awesome they will look in the photos! Tell them you can’t wait to have great photos of them and have them in your home! WARNING: If you aren’t excited for your session, your kids will likely pick up on this and have trouble moving past those emotions.

Tip #2

Prepare them to pose for a “stranger.” And by stranger I mean, not a stranger at all. While I had an advantage here by knowing this family, it can really help to introduce kiddos to the photographer before the session. Having an in-person consultation with the photographer is great for this, especially if it is done in a fun environment. It really makes the difference if the day of your session isn’t the first time your photographer meets the kids. It is also very important that you choose a photographer who is great with kids and will speak and laugh with them during this first encounter and during the session.

If you have no chance to do this, prep your kids by saying something like, “We are going to get our pictures taken today and it will be so much fun!! There will be a nice lady (or gent) with a camera and our job is to do what she says and look at the camera! This person cares about our family and wants us to get great photos. It would mean a lot to us if you would smile for your photos!”

Tip #3

PLEASE don’t hesitate to bribe your kids! Some of you may be against this as parents, but I don’t mean this as something to spoil your kids or give them a reward for bad behavior; there are plenty of ways to offer your kids an incentive in a great way.

Offer to take them out for ice cream or to the park afterward if they are cooperative and helpful during their session. Remind them of this throughout the session.
Use positive reinforcement all throughout the session: “You have such a beautiful smile!” “You look great!” “You are so good at this!” “Thank you for being so helpful!”
- or offer them a skittle for each new photo moment 😉

WARNING: Whatever you do, don’t get negative during your session or your kids will pick up on this and fixate on their failures and not their successes.

Tip #4

Demonstrate the photographer’s instructions for your child by being a model. Help them to pose by example!

Thank you Gravel’s for helping your family rock your photo session!!

Jason & Sami | Photography by Forever Photos | Washington Engagement Photographer

May 26, 2015 No Comments

I’m so excited for Sami and Jason as their wedding quickly approaches (the middle of next month!! oh my!). These two are so great together and it was so good to get to know them during their engagement photo session in Cle Elum, WA. The country was a perfect setting for these two as they regularly contribute by working at the family stables, which is also the location of their country wedding. I loved how laid-back, fun, and adventurous these two were and their willingness to play with creative pose ideas and come to my family’s property for some marshmallows over the campfire to end the evening.

There was wind, there was laughter, and there was lots of love from barn and field to forest and fire.

Reuben & Krysten | Photography by Forever Photos | Moscow ID Engagement Photography

May 19, 2015 No Comments

Karolina | by Forever Photos | Issaquah Portrait Photographer

March 31, 2015 No Comments

Karolina

Beautiful Karolina of Issaquah, Wa came out to model ad-midst a fading golden sun and many signs of Spring. She proved to be a beautiful and skilled model, having experience with photography herself and a great eye for capturing beauty through her own lens, evidenced by her Instagram photos @karolinashirokova. The pleasure was mine as we found several beautiful backdrops in North Bend, WA that showed the perfect signs of spring.