What to expect on the day of your shoot!

First things first: you don't have to know how to pose.

Seriously!

You don't need to practice smiles in the mirror, memorize Pinterest poses, or worry about whether your kids are going to cooperate, that's my job.

Your job is just to show up and be yourselves.

Before we meet

Once your session is booked, I'll send you everything you need to know, where we're meeting, what time to arrive, what to wear, and anything else specific to your session.

If you have questions, ideas, outfit options or you're just thinking..Kyla, what the hell am I supposed to wear? Send them my way. I'd much rather you ask than stress about it!

When you arrive

We'll start easy, no rushing everyone into position and immediately shouting “SMILE!”

We'll take a few minutes to settle in, chat, and let everyone get comfortable with me and the camera.

Then we'll start moving!

During your session

I'll give you direction, but I won't spend the whole session posing you. We'll walk, play, cuddle, explore, talk, laugh and interact with each other.

Sometimes I'll give you a little prompt.

Sometimes I'll ask you to look at each other.

Sometimes I'll ask you to forget I'm even there.

It's a mix of guided portraits and the moments that happen in between

That's where the magic usually lives.

What if your kids don't cooperate? They don't have to!

Kids get bored. They run away. They make weird faces. They need snacks. They decide they suddenly hate holding hands.

That's normal.

We're not trying to manufacture perfect behaviour for an hour.

I'll work with their personalities and let them move.

Some of my favourite photographs happen because a child didn't do what we planned.

You don't need to know what to do with your hands or where to look. I'll guide you when you need it, and I'll give you space when you don't.

I'll give you room to just be together while I watch for the little things: the way your child reaches for your hand, the way your partner looks at you, the belly laughs, the quiet moments, the chaos, the connection.

Those are the photographs I want you to remember.

After your session

I'll take your images home and start the editing process.

I'll carefully select and edit your final gallery so that everything feels cohesive and unmistakably Wildlight!.

When your gallery is ready, you'll receive a private online gallery where you can view, download and share your photographs.

And then you get to relive the whole thing.

So, what do you actually need to do?

Show up.

Wear something you feel good in.

Bring your people.

And let me take care of the rest!

You don't need to be perfect.