Staying home | Family photographer in Cranberry Township

As a family photographer in Cranberry Township, I had so many images that I wanted to share from this family photo session that I decided to break it into two blog posts! In my 1st post I shared my favorites from inside this family’s home in Cranberry and now, here are my favorites from when we headed outside!

Staying home | Family photos in the backyard

Going to a local park for your photo session can be fun, but it really loses that special and personal element that you get with taking photos at your own house and yard!

Staying home | Family photos in the backyard

They had such a cute backyard with lots of trees but I am able to make any yard or porch work for your session at your home! Please do not ever feel like your home is not photo worthy!

Staying home | Family photos in the backyard

If this family ever moves, they will always have these photos to look back on of their old home and yard and to show their daughter what her old home used to look like.

Mother and father kissing toddler girl on cheek in their backyard

I wish I had more photos of the homes that I had throughout childhood! Yes, homeS because we moved a handful of times!

part 2 Staying home | Family photos in the backyard
Mother holding smiling daughter with curly hair next to tree
part 2 Staying home | Family photos in the backyard mother kissing curly haired girl in pink shirt outside
Father dropping leaves on toddlers head next to mother in backyard
Mother and father squatted down next to toddler daughter in the yard
part 2 Staying home | Family photos in the backyard
lil girl running for part 2 Staying home | Family photos in the backyard
Little girl holding hand up smiling for photo sitting on the ground

Whenever I come to your home for photos I always ask what things or moments you would like to have captured. This mom had a few ideas and one was to have photos of them sitting in the hammock together because it is something that they actually do together!

family in hammock for part 2 Staying home | Family photos in the backyard

If your family does not normally hang out on a hammock together, then that is not something I would have you do for the sake of a photo.

Mother father and daughter laying in a hammock on their porch

I try to capture things that your family actually does together.

Mother father and daughter laying on hammock on their porch in Pittsburgh
Mom and dad kissing on hammock while little girl sticks out her tongue
Mother father and daughter on hammock laughing
No girl smiling and pushing her walker on walkway
Little girl holding her push car in the yard
Mother helping little girl in pink shirt get on her car
Mother pushing daughter on car in yard
Mother and daughter laughing together in the backyard of their Pittsburgh home
Little girl in pink shirt and pink rain boots on her mother shoulders in the backyard
Little girl with blonde curly hair has her hands covering her eyes
Little girl pulls hands away from eyes playing peekaboo
Mother with a little girl on lap sits next to her husband on their front porch
family on porch part 2 Staying home | Family photos in the backyard

I love when families choose staying home for family photos in the backyard!

Father kisses little girl with blonde curly hair on her cheek

Do you know what I love more than just photographing a family at home? It’s learning more about a family and their home! I love to know how a couple met, how long they’ve known each other, when they bought their home and if they made big changes since they bought it. I love to hear about the rose bush you planted together and the fun mailbox out front and the story behind it.

Father holding little girl will they make serious faces photographer cranberry township

And I want to photograph some of these things because these things in our life are more than just plants or inanimate objects, they have a story behind them. They are our real-life props and they also need to be photographed.

Father holding little girl while they make a funny face cranberry township

When I come to photograph your family it is not like a regular photo session. Your family gets to just relax, have fun and hang out together and I am most definitely going to chat with you during most of it. It will be more like having an old friend over for a few hours than having a stressful photo session.

dad at mailbox part 2 Staying home | Family photos in the backyard cranberry township

What moments would you want of your family photographed? When I had a photographer come to my farm to photograph my family, I made sure she captured us kayaking on the pond, hanging out with my chickens and collecting eggs and us on the big tree swing together. We often did all of these things together. I treasure those images more now than ever since we moved from the farm.

Wouldn’t you prefer a family photo session without the awkward posing and fake cheesy smiles? A photo session where you do not have to beg or bribe your children (or partner) to cooperate? A photo session where you get to relax and just be your imperfect and amazing selves right in the comfort of your home? Then get in touch today and let’s plan your session for 2021.

Are you on Instagram? I’d love to connect with you there!

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Go have a look at part one of our session!

~All images by Mary Beth Miller Photography ~
Mary Beth Miller Photography specializes in newborn and family photography in the greater Pittsburgh area and now serving Poland, Boardman and Canfield Ohio.

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    Mary Beth Miller Photography

    724.371.6575
    marybeth@marybethmillerphotography.com

    Established in 2009
    Family & Newborn Photographer serving the greater Pittsburgh area; Wexford, Mars, Cranberry Twp., and also serving Boardman, Poland, and Canfield, Ohio.

    Mary Beth Miller Photography

    best newborn photographers in Pittsburgh Expertise logo award

    Established in 2009
    Family & Newborn Photographer serving the greater Pittsburgh area; Wexford, Mars, Cranberry Twp., and also serving Boardman, Poland, and Canfield, Ohio.