Wardrobe Wednesday {what to wear – families}

When it comes to portrait sessions, it’s not too early to start thinking about fall and even the holidays. Lots of people want to give photos as gifts, not to mention send out  personalized one-of-a-kind custom photo cards to their friends and family. If you’re one of them, I only have a handful of openings left in September, October, and November, and they’re likely to fill fast.

This week, Jennifer Minor of Minor Impressions Photography gets in the fall mindset with some great layered looks.

Here’s what Jennifer had to say:

Here in Texas, it’s still HOT, and the thought of putting together an outfit for the fall just seemed downright dreadful! If you’re anything like me, you like to procrastinate a little bit, and you can’t help but laugh (or cry) at the thought of planning anything for the holidays already. But it’s already September, and most photographers are beginning to schedule those family sessions right now. So don’t wait too long and miss out on your chance to have the holiday card everyone is talking about!

Alright, now that you’ve scheduled your family session, what to wear? You would think that it would be easier to just have everyone wear the same color shirt and be done with it, right?! Not so fast — it is almost always inevitable that someone purchases a cream shirt instead of a white one, or maybe their black shirt is a little more faded than yours, or your idea of red is a little bit closer to maroon than cherry. It’s usually MUCH harder to match  the same color instead of coordinate around one outfit.

In the outfits below, I picked out a dress for the girl that has multiple colors. Everyone else has a shirt or sweater that compliments at least one of the colors of the dress. Add a few accessories and you have a matching ensemble without trying to “match” four shirts of the same color.
Shopping List:

Girl’s Outfit
Sweater Dress – JCPenney – $19.99
Boots – Kohls – $39.99
Headband – LovMely Accessories – $15.00

Boy’s Outfit
Polo – JCPenney – $7.99
Jeans – Kohls – $17.99
Shoes – Kohls – $34.99

Mom’s Outfit
Sweater – Old Navy – $34.50
Jeans – Old Navy – $25.00
Boots – Kohls – $28.99
Bracelet – JCPenney – $10.99
Earrings – JCPenney – $8.99

Dad’s Outfit
Shirt – Kohls – $27.99
Jeans – Kohls – $36.99
Shoes – Kohls – $39.99