This family session was a great mix of documentary style shooting and relaxed portraits. This is definitely one of my favorite ways to photograph families as it allows life and personality to shine through, while also leaving room, as the photographer, to give suggestions.
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Documentary Photographer | Philadelphia Photographer | Family Christmas 2017

2017 Christmas with the Stepanian, McKenna, White, Huckin, McGroarty, and Straub Families.
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"Imperfection is beauty. Madness is genius. It is better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring."Colleen Stepanian Photography Blog. Personal thoughts and a mix of documentary and portrait images.
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We can all acknowledge that having a creative profession is not easy, right? Someone or something is always out to turn us down, to make us feel like a failure, not worthy and inferior. Oh wait, that's just my own head! Silly me. Yes, those outside influences do exist and they always will. We just get to decide when to cut the emotional guilt cord in our brains that wants so badly to be the boss. Yes it's hard, yes it's terrifying, and yes it's the most rewarding thing I've ever experienced. Who knew the biggest culprit of our fear would turn out to be ourselves?
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