At Austin's Uptown Studio, we believe in having FUN with family portraits! No stiff poses, no frozen expressions, just family groups that enjoy being together. If that means getting down on the floor and piling on each other, then that's just what we'll do! It always means being close together, hands ON each other, while being relaxed and natural. An important aspect of any family portrait is the clothing that you are all wearing. It must look like you are a family unit, NOT a motley collection of stray individuals!

That's why we give you suggestions on how to dress--we even have a helpful brochure with examples of right and wrong combinations. The mall studios don't care what you wear, and the pictures show it. But a dedicated professional photographer really CARES about how the image looks, not just here and now, but for the generations to come as well. There's a sense of pride in a job well done that you get from someone who has studied for years with some of the biggest names in the industry.