Planning An Extended Family Portrait – This Is What You Should Know

Planning An Extended Family Portrait – Why?

An extended family photoshoot is a wonderful opportunity to bring your entire family together and capture memories that will last a lifetime. There are many reasons why you should plan for an extended family photoshoot, including:

  1. Capturing precious memories: An extended family photoshoot is a chance to capture memories with family members you may not see often or may not see again. These photographs will be treasured for years to come and will serve as a reminder of the love and bond that exists within your family.
  2. Celebrating milestones: An extended family photoshoot is a perfect way to celebrate milestones such as birthdays, anniversaries, and other special occasions. These photos will capture the joy and excitement of these milestones and will serve as a reminder of the happy times you shared together.
  3. Creating family heirlooms: An extended family photoshoot will produce images that can be passed down from generation to generation. These photographs will become family heirlooms that will be cherished for years to come.
  4. Fun and bonding experience: An extended family photoshoot is a fun and bonding experience that brings family members closer together. It’s a chance to laugh, reminisce, and create new memories with the people you love.

In conclusion, an extended family photoshoot is a wonderful investment in preserving your family’s memories and creating lasting family heirlooms. It’s a chance to celebrate milestones, bond with loved ones, and capture precious memories that will be treasured for generations to come.

Here are a few things to consider and take note of in order to make the process go smoothly. when planning an extended family portrait.

1. Set A Date For Your Extended Family Portrait

Give everyone plenty of notice: Depending on the size of your family and how spread out they live, it can take some time to organise everyone’s schedules. So, it’s important to give everyone as much notice as possible to increase the chances that everyone will be able to make it.

We understand it can be challenging when coordinating an optimum timing for everyone in the family, however, if this shoot is important, people will make time, rearrange their usual schedules and try their best to make it for this photoshoot. Afterall, most families only do extended family photoshoots once every couple of years.

Contingency Plan

Best case scenario is definitely a time when everyone can gather in-person to complete this photoshoot. In the event when one family is down with flu and can’t make it; and the shoot must go on because one of the family member will be leaving the country that very night, this is where the possibility of composite family portraits can be explored. This option requires the photographer to possess highly technical lighting, posing and photoshop ability and advanced planning to pull it off. That said, photographers aren’t magicians but can certainly make it happen IF clients let us know in advanced before the shoot. Below is one of the composite extended family portrait done recently.

2. Choose A Family Photographer Experienced in Taking Extended Family Portraits

When it comes time to choose a photographer, you’ll want one who is experienced and knows how important your family’s portraits are. Make sure they have the capabilities needed for an extended family shoot with lots of people, different ages in tow – from babies in arms to seniors in wheelchair and anything in between. 

3. Photo Studio – Suitable for Extended Family Portrait

With extended family portrait, apart from selecting a studio that is spacious enough to accommodate your big group, it is inevitable that we may encounter family members who have mobility issues. 

Multiple change rooms and spacious washrooms with wheelchair accessibility would therefore be convenient, plenty of parking is also very important. Our studio can easily fit 25 pax comfortably and have photographed 36 pax like the image above.

Alternatively, home shoots are also possible. Learn more about Where to do your professional family portrait  and the  15 Tips on how to select the best family photo studio for your family shoot

4. Scheduling Flexibility

At times, we get clients telling us that a family member was admitted/re-admitted to the hospital. In times like these, we understand and will reschedule the session to another day.

At other times, there is only a small window of opportunity to get an extended family portrait done and its a last minute and urgent shoot. Whenever possible, we will try our best to make it happen for your family. We have done last minute late night shoot for a family at home right after one of the family member returned home from hospital. 

5. Rates

Whilst we all plan to have memories of the extended family preserved, the topic of rates will definitely come up tops. It is very important that the family members are fully aligned on the fees and charges of the photoshoot and its inclusions or product prices. Different studio, different business models. Learn more on  15 Tips on how to select the best family photo studio for your family shoot

6. Turnaround Time

If you are like us who always want our things done yesterday and don’t like waiting for things to happen, we get it! 

Most clients love to see their photos as quickly as they can after the shoot; and receive the final products quickly. At Tomato Photo, you get to see your edited photos online within 24-48 hours from shoot; and products delivered within 1-2 weeks from your order and approval.

Speed of product deliverables will depend on how quickly you place your order.

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Eileen Lee
February 22, 2023.
Thank you Hart for the wonderful job done! Despite our tight schedule, you managed to capture all our beautiful moments together. Making us feel relaxed and comfortable, your cool calm personality was great! We enjoyed it and will come back! Highly recommended. (1st photoshoot taken 2yrs ago). Thank you Hart for the wonderful sessions with you. This is our second time coming back to you and we fully enjoyed it. As always, you make us comfortable, at ease and bring out the best in us. Truly professional, caring, patient and easy going. Hart delivers his works promptly and he goes the extra mile to ensure things are in order. We would highly recommend Hart's services to anyone looking for a remarkable piece of work, capturing the great moments and memories of a life time. Thank you for everything Hart!
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Rosalind Ng
February 21, 2023.
Top 3 things: 1. Engaging fun and stress free session with Hart taking lead 2. Top quality and fast production with flexible packages 3. Personalised artistic direction
Thein Min
Thein Min
February 20, 2023.
Photographer is skilful and professional. Expect a little bit costly, overall is satisfied.
Amelia Yee
Amelia Yee
February 19, 2023.
Read about good review of Tomato Photo Studio online and have recently engaged their services for our 3-generation family shoot. Love the professionalism and photography skills of Hart. We are a big group of 17 people, with elderlies of 70+ years (one in wheelchair) to toddlers of 3 & 4 years old. Hart skillfully arranged the shoot of our family under 2 hours, especially in taming my ultra active niece, who can't stay still for long. Great customer service by Hart too as he is very accommodative to our changing requests in photos selection for our family album! Would recommend Hart if you are looking for a pleasant family photo shoot experience!
Jeslyn Chua
Jeslyn Chua
February 9, 2023.
A very delightful experience with Hart. He’s super patient with our baby. He was a little cranky at the initial stage of the shoot and Hart even fed and burped him. I can see that he’s super experience in handling newborns. Probably more experience than my nanny! Throughout the shoot, Hart ensured my baby felt comfortable and he was also quick in taking the shots, wasting no time in case the little one wakes up. Hart also shared some tips in handling newborns with us, which was super useful especially when we are first time parents. Last but not least, the photos turned out well and I really love his style. Probably would psycho my family to do a family shoot with him next time!
Angela Huang
Angela Huang
January 26, 2023.
Great place for taking family photos. Nice ambience and the photographer (Hart) is very professional and friendly with young toddler and elderly. The deliverables are of high quality too.
Constance Lee
Constance Lee
January 16, 2023.
My family had our photos taken and Hart has made our experience so memorable and fun. Hart has a warm and lively nature which made the photo shoot so dynamic and fun. The photos turned out amazing and my family and I could not recommend Hart more!
Cherie Chua
Cherie Chua
January 6, 2023.
Hart was the perfect photographer for our family portrait. He has so much patience with our young kids and we were impressed that he could bond with them in such a short time and keep them cheerful throughout the process. Not only the kids, he made the shoot enjoyable for us as parents too! What we also appreciate was his professional skills and versatile personality which produced many natural moments we loved! The photos say it all. Thanks to Hart!
Joan Choo
Joan Choo
January 6, 2023.
Hart came highly recommended by a friend and overall we had a great experience! Our newborn photoshoot was arranged at very short notice and the whole process was efficient and fuss-free. Hart handled our baby well and managed to capture some of the transient cheeky expressions she made! Editing of photos was also very prompt and we received the photos the next day!

    If you’re like me who don’t take family studio shots often, you’ll want to pick one where everything will turn out beautiful. Not all studios are the same. The lighting at Tomato is SO MAGICAL. There are interesting shadow details that gives the photos so much depth. Plus Hart (the only photographer) is great with kids. The combination of these are priceless. Your family deserves the best. Pay a bit more. You’ll be happy you did when you see the results.

    JP Liew
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    My family had really fantastic experience with Hart. He is amazing with the kid, knows how to make us smile and laughing all the time. I’ve also been thrilled with the results of each shoot, our photos are really beautiful. We will be back again for sure!

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