Why Book a Portrait Session with a Professional Photographer

Family is a supremely beautiful thing, and any parent will tell you that as their children grow older, they come to appreciate their family photos more than ever. However, while anyone can snap a picture with a digital camera, it really takes a great deal of skill and artistry to make a family photograph something that can be hung on the walls like art for years to come. Many times, a family photo looks stiff, formal and perhaps a little unnatural. However, Gretchen Adams Photography is a studio that's able to provide the on location shooting option where the family has memories of happiness to surround them, and so the photographs actually reflect that. Although there is no doubt that digital photography advancements have made huge inroads with improving the overall quality of family portraits, it still takes a lot more than just snapping a quick shot, editing it and printing it off. A good photographer can ensure that every bit of the photo and setting is perfect and can work with you until you're fully satisfied with the results.

Whether you want to display your family photos on the wall of your home or want digital copies to go onto your family blog or website, you still need to be sure that they're perfect down to the last detail. When you think about your family photos, think about more than today. Picture grandchildren and great grandchildren looking at these tangible memories. To that end, why wouldn’t you want the very best pictures that are humanly possible to help ensure that your future generations and relatives in the future can truly see the loving and totally adoring family they have. Think about tomorrow as well as today and contact Gretchen Adams Photography to begin working with a photographer who's got the same dedication and the same integrity and care for the final results as you. "Picture perfect" is more than just a simple phrase to us here at Gretchen Adams Photography.

A day at the beach | Half Moon Bay, CA

I love beach shoots, especially in the fall. The weather is so nice and mild along the coast and you just could not ask for a better landscape to photograph in than Half Moon Bay. I’m blogging a handful of images from this session to showcase a bit of what a typical beach photo shoot includes…a bit of family poses, a bit of individual poses, some groupings, and a lot of play time. Notice how the clothes go from bone dry to sopping wet? Yeah, that’s pretty typical. We always start off with the posed family shots and individual shots fresh out of the car, while everyone is looking their best and sand/surf free. After that’s in the bag, we head down to the water and grab more family poses, some interaction, and then turn the kiddos loose to play and do their thing. In my opinion, this is when the magic happens. Clean, perfectly posed children’s portraits have their place in holiday cards and gifts for family members. But the fun, sand everywhere, jeans wet, laughing kiddos are the shots that create the memories and make you smile as you walk past them in the home. It just wouldn’t be a beach shoot without it. So here’s just a small sampling to hopefully illustrate my point. Thanks Jason and Hae, for rounding up the kids, pulling together wonderful outfits, and spending the evening playing at the beach with us! Buck and I had a good time and I hope your family did as well!