Family photos have definitely evolved since I had them taken and some of my favorite jobs are getting mom’s ready for family photos. I have been loving the up-styles I’ve been doing for them lately. Here’s some photos I grabbed (with Angie’s camera 😉 ) before Angie and Chloe left to go take their family photos. I did little fishtail pig tails for Chloe’s hair and I feel like they looked so cute with Angie’s updo.Not sure if you want to totally commit to an updo for your photos? Here’s an idea! (I recently tried this with my client Brittany and I loved how it turned out.) I curled her hair and styled it all down. Then I sent her with a hair tie and told her to pull her hair up into a pony tail half way through the photos, just to switch it up. I love how they both turned out!Aren’t they the cutest!?! These photos were taken by Simplicity Photography 

Doing a hair change (even a really simple one) might be easier said than done, depending on how the shoot is going 😕 ha. Sometimes getting just one photo without someone crying, is all one can hope for (or at least I’ve been told!)

You can’t go wrong with a really pretty down hairstyle like this one from Angie’s photos last year ↓Photo by Blush Photography 

If you’re doing interactive, candid type family photos it can be nice to have something keeping your hair and your little ones hair out of your face. This flower crown is adorable! ↓

Photo by Blue Lily

I’m also a big fan of headbands. Here’s a cute one from Urban Outfitters and I love that it ties because it will look cute from all angles and you can make it smaller or bigger so it will fit perfectly.

I love getting families ready!