Family Portrait Do's And Don'ts

“Aww, how precious!” Years ago, taking heart-warming family portraits was easy. Now, professional photogs compete with billions of others who display their work online, hundreds of other studios and self-proclaimed digital gurus and social media addicts.

That’s why, in the age of Instagram, it’s important to take a step back and go back to basics. Zeina Abdalla, founder of videography, photography and social media solutions concept ‘fishfayce’, shares some family portrait do’s and don’ts:

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In sync

Try to complement each other by choosing colours and patterns which subtly go together; coordinating outfits doesn’t necessarily mean matching a wife’s dress pattern with her husband’s tie. Avoid large logos and emblems to shift the focus to faces and emotions.

The small details