SO STUDIOS
Family Photography
As a professional family photographer in Essex, my approach is natural, relaxed, and timeless. I offer both studio family photography in Epping and location sessions across Essex and surrounding areas, creating honest images that reflect real connection rather than staged posing.
Sessions are kept simple and unforced, allowing your family to interact naturally. I focus on movement, connection, and genuine moments — the small interactions that often mean the most over time.
Parents are included throughout the session in a relaxed way, with an emphasis on connection rather than formal posing. The aim is to capture how your family feels together, not just how you look.
I use neutral tones and minimal direction, keeping everything clean and understated so the focus remains on expression, relationship, and presence. Whether in the studio or outdoors, the style stays consistent: natural, timeless family photography that won’t date.
Family Photography Packages
A family session is about capturing the connections, personalities, and small moments that define your family right now. These stages pass quickly, and natural, honest photographs help preserve them in a way that feels relaxed and unforced.
Sessions take place at our studio in Epping or on location across Essex, Hertfordshire, and London. Outdoor sessions are ideal for relaxed, natural light imagery, while the studio offers a simple, timeless setting focused entirely on connection and expression.
During your session, I use a mix of gentle posing and relaxed, candid moments to create a natural flow throughout the shoot. This allows me to guide you when needed, while also stepping back to capture more unposed, authentic interactions as they unfold. I vary the combinations to include individual portraits of the children, sibling photographs together, each child with each parent, parents together, and natural family groupings, ensuring everyone is photographed in different ways.
Here you’ll find details on the best time for your session, package options, and pricing. To book your family photography session and secure a date, please contact Sarah directly.
Mini Family
£200
A simple, beautifully natural session designed to capture your family as they are right now. This package focuses on relaxed family portraits in a calm studio setting.
- Up to 30 minutes of studio time
- 10 professionally edited digital images
- Just 1 Household
Classic Family
£350
A relaxed studio session designed to capture your family naturally, with a mix of individual portraits, sibling photographs, and images together. There's plenty of time to settle in, with the option for outfit changes to give you a varied gallery.
- Up to 1 hour of studio time
- Outfit changes welcome
- 25 professionally edited digital images via download
- Just 1 household
Timeless Family
£495
Our most comprehensive family experience, perfect for larger family groups or when you'd like to include more than one household. Whether you're bringing grandparents, adult children, cousins, or multiple generations together, this session allows plenty of time to create a varied collection of natural, timeless portraits.
The session includes a mixture of full group photographs, individual family units, sibling portraits, grandparents with grandchildren, and natural images of everyone together. With time for outfit changes, you'll receive a beautifully varied gallery that captures every important connection.
- Up to 90 minutes of studio time
- Outfit changes welcome
- 50 professionally edited digital images via download
- Luxury USB presentation box with a beautiful print set
- Can include more then 1 household
This session is perfect for updating your family photographs, celebrating a milestone, or simply capturing this chapter of your lives in a natural, timeless way.
Pets are welcome
Natural family sessions that include your pets
Your pets are part of the family too, so they're always welcome to join your session. If you'd like them included, simply let me know when you book and we'll make sure there's time to capture some beautiful photographs together.