Why I Recommend Booking a Session in the Spring

Many families like to book their family session in the fall, which I completely understand. Year after year it becomes something to add to your yearly “to-do” list to check off before the mad dash to the holiday season. But what if it is something you can check off your to-do list earlier in the year? Can you imagine having a holiday card filled with pretty green trees and flowers instead of browning leaves and yellow grass? Or maybe you need a new photo for your hallway with pretty white and pink flowers in the background. Of course I love fall, but Spring is also so beautiful, and it gets overlooked because of the timing in the year. Such a shame. Here are my other reasons to book a session early in the year this year!

1. Spring is beautiful and a different look for your holiday card. It would be a nice change from fall colors for a year. Hello, pretty roses and hydrangeas! (Psst: May is perfect for a rose garden session)

2. Kids grow quickly and this could be a cute stage you don’t want to miss! You could also do a Fall session and show off both! Who’s to stop you?!

3. Booking your once a year session earlier in the year frees up time in the fall, meaning less stress since everything really seems to happen in the fall.

4. By getting your pictures done earlier in the year, you will have plenty of time to order your holiday cards without having to pay for expedited shipping!

5. If you want truly fall photographs with changing leaves as the backdrop in Raleigh you will have to wait until November, and it’s usually pretty warm until mid-late October. Spring mornings actually have cool temps!

6. Summer sessions (and sessions in September) are gorgeous but be prepared to sweat! If that doesn’t sound like a fun time, book in the spring!

7. Some locations are really good for spring and not great for fall. If you only do fall sessions you will miss getting to have a photo session at some of these beautiful locations for spring.

8. Finally, you and I know things can get BUSY in the fall. Sometimes you just run out of time. If get it done earlier in the year and you run out of time, you still have a family photo with great print quality in your back pocket.

A Beautiful Summer Night at NCMA

Another family lifestyle session at sunset at the Raleigh NCMA for a family of young kids is in the books. Although our school starts on August 23rd, some schools in the area have already gone back. This family was getting ready to send their first born daughter to Kindergarten when we took these photographs a few weeks ago. Her mom wanted to mark this transition of life with a Mommy + Me session at sunset. I thought it was such a sweet idea to mark this special season a life with some photographs to look back on for a lifetime.

I am getting ready to send my daughter, Penelope to Kindergarten in a couple of weeks and I totally feel all the feelings about it right now. Excited, sad, worried, and bittersweet. She’s growing up and I can’t slow it down. If you follow me on Instagram, I just posted in my stories the other night a picture of Penelope sleeping in her Aurora costume when I checked on her before I went to bed. She had changed into the costume sometime after I had tucked her in. It was a moment when I remembered how innocent she is and how when she goes to elementary school that will slowly start to change as she is exposed to new kids and new experiences. I’m not ready for her to leave this bubble, but I am ready and excited for her at the same time. It’s very confusing. It is definitely bittersweet time for moms of Kindergartners. If you know one feel free to ask them how they are holding up. Don’t worry- I’ll be fine. I’ll just be over here crying in my wine. 😭

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