A winter beach session with the Lyson family. {La Jolla Shores, San Diego}

I've shown you what you get with a mini session. Now I want to show you what can get with a full session. Full sessions last at least an hour and allow for so much variety. It gives kiddos time to warm up a bit and allows for lots of play time which almost always yields adorable candid photos of kids at their best. As you'll see in this session we were able to do lots of different groupings - the whole family, Mom with each kiddo, Dad with each kiddo, sibling photos, couple photos and individual photos of each child. We were also able to move around quite a bit to get photos with the cliffs, the pier and of course the ocean. Mini sessions can be great but I love having enough time to get to know my families a bit better and to really capture those candid expressions that parents love so much. 

To see an example of a mini session you can go here.

Valentines Day Mini Sessions {Villa Norte Park, San Diego}

I often get asked what a mini session looks like and how it's different from a full session. 

A mini session moves fast - typically 20 minutes verses a full session that lasts an hour. Mini session images are almost exclusively made up of posed shots where as a full session includes many candid images and more variety. In every photo session I try to get photos of the whole group (family, siblings, etc.) as well as individual photos. Mini sessions go quickly which is often a good thing when you have young children with short attention spans. Are you worried about getting good photos of your children? Don't be, even in a short session you can definitely capture some beautiful images.

This is a mini session I captured of my own kiddos with my Valentines Day set up - I hope it helps to give you an idea of what to expect from your own mini session! 

To see what a full session looks like go here.