Back To School Sessions
Whether your child is starting their first year of school or their 10th, a Back To School photoshoot is the perfect way to freeze this moment in time and keep them little for as long as possible!
Never again will those shoes be so clean, their face will never look this young again, their uniform won’t ever be so neat…celebrate it all before they even step foot in their new classroom or school and make sure you have some gorgeous photos ready to share on their first day…and for the rest of the year!
We’ve all been there, the school photos come home and your child is not only doing a smile so fake you’ve never even seen it before but their hair looks like they spent the morning upside-down and they might not even be wearing their own uniform if their photos happened to be after lunch! I can’t lie, the worse the school photos are the more likely I am to buy them…call it a rite of passage, but I desperately want those perfectly dressed, hair as intended, natural smile photos to treasure too!
Your child’s school years will keep going by faster every single year, which is why coming to Mama Bear Photography for a Back To School session really is so important. Not only will you receive gorgeous portraits of your child about to embark on a new school year, or starting school for the first time, but I also provide a personalised, digital chalkboard image so you can remember those all important details about what and who they love at the start of a new year. The best bit? The more sessions you have, the more chalkboards you will receive so you can look back fondly over what has changed, and what stays the same, year after year!
I love using my vintage school desk for some truly classic portraits too. I love seeing how your child holds a pencil, their concentrating face as I give them a little task, using it to show your child getting bigger every year and it really helps settle your child into their session by giving them something to do first. Children that come back to me every year know that we use this first too and will eagerly open it to find the book and pencil within!
Another great thing about booking a dedicated Back To School session outside of the school setting is you can ensure you have gorgeous group photos of your children that may be in different schools, or siblings that haven’t started school yet which really helps follow all of your childrens’ journeys through their school years.
Starting school for the first time, changing schools and going into a new school year is often a combination of excitement, nerves and overwhelm...for parents as much as children! By encouraging them to try their uniform on early (we do these sessions mid-late August) it can help with those first day nerves if they’ve already left the house in their uniform and spent some time in The Cabin where we will make sure they have a lot of fun! It also gives parents a safe-space to shed a tear or two seeing them in their uniform before the rush of the first day and we will be sure to have tissues on hand!
I really hope you will join us for your child’s Back To School session this year. These sessions get busier every year with parents wanting to create as many positive school memories as possible during the short time they will happily let you bring them so please keep your eye out on social media for when these sessions go live to book as they really are something special!
