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I'm often asked what to wear for portrait sittings. My answer generally starts with something that you and your family are comfortable in and makes you feel good about your look. But some further tips on clothing styles and accessories: The primary goal of having professional portraits is to capture the people and their faces.

Keep the clothes simple with classic styles in medium to dark tones of brown, burgandy, green or blue. Avoid light colors blending with skin tones such as beige, tan, pink, peach, off white and yellow. Plaids,  bold stripes and prints do not photograph well. Very bright colors, such as red and orange can overpower and distract.

For group photos, coordinating is important to avoid one person completely standing out. The idea is hopefully to capture 'unique but equal'.

I hope this helps! I'm open to suggestions from other photographers. Please feel free to comment! 

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