What is a Legacy Video?

By Christina Paolucci Wednesday, November 28, 2018 No tags Permalink 0

A Legacy Video is a Life Interview A legacy video is a recording of a loved one highlighting family history, their real-life experiences and insights to the past. It is an opportunity to document stories to share with future generations. It entails recording audio and visuals while incorporating family archival photos and genealogy documents. Above: My ...

Five Tips for Family Photography Locations

By Christina Paolucci Tuesday, November 20, 2018 No tags Permalink 0

How to Pick a Location There are many possibilities for choosing a family photography location. It can be overwhelming to know where to begin. As a professional photographer, I have learned family portrait sessions can be done anywhere from using your own backyard to popular local parks. If you want to maximize your options for the ...

Tips for Dressing For a Family Portrait

By Christina Paolucci Sunday, November 11, 2018 No tags Permalink 0

Here are a few key tips that I recommend as a photographer for dressing your family for a portrait. However, you know your family best, but consider the following to get started.   Search Pinterest Pinterest is a great place to start for inspiration. Search ‘family photos’ because nothing is better than to look at examples than ...

What You Can Expect From a Family Photography Session

By Christina Paolucci Tuesday, November 6, 2018 No tags Permalink 0

Documentary Style Portraits My experience as photojournalist has left an indelible style to my photography. It is what you can expect from my family photo sessions.  I capture a lot of candid photos in the mix of posed family portraits.  Each portrait session begins with many directed and posed images within a documentary aesthetic.  We ...

What is a Legacy Portrait?

By Christina Paolucci Tuesday, October 16, 2018 No tags Permalink 0

Your Family History in Pictures My mother and grandmother. The only professional portrait of them together. What is a legacy portrait? It is a portrait documenting your family through the photograph. Hopefully, photographs you having hanging on your wall and they did not fall into the box of the family archive.  I remember as a child ...

What is Second Spring Media?

Second Spring Meaning So what is the meaning of second spring? Autumn sometimes is refers to the second spring. It can mean your second career, or the second half of your life. You might even here people say, “my second spring.” Whether you are 30, 50 or a 100-years old, my goal is to capture your ...