If you wish for your child to be changed for photographs, please coordinate this with a centre staff member. Note however, it is not always practical for clothing to be changed to coincide with your child being photographed, as this may interrupt the activity that we are attempting to photograph(naturally). It is reasonable to expect to see your child in a mixture of settings and this may also include their usual clothes as well as their ‘special outfit’.

We do ask however, that during photo week, that you consider neutral tones, colours that compliment your child’s complexion will ultimately enhance the photographs produced. Colours such as Navy, Dark red, sage greens, tans & browns & Beiges are always complimentary. Avoid clothing with large or bold logos that detract from your Childs face, super bright colours also can create colour casts on your child’s skin making colour matching quite tricky for printing.

During colder months, it is reasonable to expect children to be outside wearing a jacket. As we always shoot a variety of indoor and outdoor photographs, there is likelihood that your child will be photographed in their jacket whilst outside, unless it is mild enough to remove it temporarily. 

Similarly, centre guidelines require that hats are worn during Term 3 & Term 4, hats may be removed temporarily for photo’s and if so, we’ll do our best to smooth out ‘hat hair’ beforehand too.

During warmer months when sunblock is a requirement, we coordinate with the centre as best we can to photograph children before any sun screen is applied. Where this is not possible, we do our best to ensure the suncream is given time to ‘sink in’ before we photograph your child to reduce the likelihood of shiny skin. Note however, that unfortunately, zinc based creams can lead to the skin looking purple or blue under flash or in bright natural light which is very hard to avoid.

Let’s talk reality, kids are hard to keep clean & tidy, whether it’s painting wars, snotty noses, scabs on ouchies, or saving breakfast on the cheek for a midmorning snack. We do our best to photograph your children looking their best, but that doesn’t always mean their happiest and we can tell you, they are not always happiest after a good wipe down, so we prioritise smiles! 

We do however, offer retouching on any photograph to either remove something you find unsightly for $15 per photograph.

We stick to a schedule arriving at the centre most days before 9am, we work through the rooms starting with the babies and working our way up through the ages. We attempt to finish in the kinder room right before lunch time, otherwise we hang around until just after lunch. Before we leave, we usually pop back into the baby room to catch any little ones who may have been sleeping or grumpy in the morning. 

Late arrivals: If your child has not arrived by 10am, we cannot guarantee that they will be photographed if we have already left the room they are in.

We like to break tradition, but we also do offer group photo’s for centres that like to stick to tradition.

The logistics in ensuring that a group photo is taken everyday is not always practical and inevitably someone always misses out.

Therefore, we prefer offering composite group photo’s as this also helps reduce the feeling of being left out by the children who have not registered, as they will also be asked to sit out of the group shot.

Group composite shots are only offered to the Kinder Graduates at each centre. 

In our years of experience, parents tend not to purchase group photo’s for younger children and instead opt for the ‘special friends’ portrait.

We understand that sometimes children are unwell or on holiday during photo week. We do have a full schedule, however, if the stars align and give is a day to catch up, then return visits for catch ups require pre-purchased purchases ahead of attendance.