If you’re looking for something a little bit different to celebrate a birthday that’s coming up, and you have a teen or preteen who loves the camera, then you can marry the two with a birthday party photo shoot!
It’s a great way to celebrate and also the memories are all built in with each session including all the images for the birthday girl and her besties to print, love and share.
Each session is suitable for groups of up to four girls and they have the studio for two full hours to fully explore their model skills with up to four outfit changes. No experience is necessary to get the most out of these sessions as I will gently guide the girls through all sorts of poses both as a group and individually and coach them on posing down to the last detail. To be honest though, they’re usually modelling pros by about half way through the session and if that’s the case, then I give them the chance to add their own input and style to the occasion.
All the time, the emphasis isn’t on being a model or being some idealised standard – but on having fun, celebrating their friendships and building confidence in front of the camera. Although each image that makes it into their gallery is edited, I’ll never use any face changing or body altering techniques – they’re perfect as they are and they should definitely know it.
These parties are suitable for girls as young as 8 but I do find that pre-teens and teens are the ones who really get a kick out of the sessions. We work to create all sorts of images with different backdrops and lighting but I always keep the posing age appropriate!
Party Planning
Part of the fun of these sessions is the birthday girl getting together with her friends to plan what outfits they are going to wear. I’m always amazed by the creativity of some of the ideas that they come up with and there’s no limit to their imaginations! There’s no need to buy anything specially for the session as I find the girls normally come up with the ideas based on what they already have – here’s some of the ideas that I’ve seen in the past
- jeans and t-shirts
- leggings and crop tops
- neon tutus
- black and white
- photo booth props
- coats, hats and wellies
- onesies and teddies (this is probably the most popular one!)
- sportswear
- school uniforms
- party dresses
Party Photo Shoots
A party photo shoot is the perfect way to celebrate those special birthdays. Suitable for the birthday girl up and up to three friends, these sessions include two hours in the studio and four outfit changes.
Party photo shoots have the happy memories all built in as they include all of the images at print resolution. Sessions take place in my studio in Crawley Down and cost £195.