I love families who come here to vacation together and make time to get family photos done together. It really is so special to document your vacations on our gorgeous Florida beaches, but it is a whole different level when you take time to do a family photo session on the beach with your whole family. This family was staying on Treasure Island Beach. I don’t get to that specific area as much as Indian Rocks Beach and south in areas like Pass-a-Grille Beach or Anna Maria Island but man, Treasure Island was super pretty!

I just adore when families get together and want to document this time together with a photo session. Celebrating this gorgeous mama of this family, we got together to celebrate her 70th birthday. I honestly don’t believe she is 70! Can I have her skin when I am 70? But I digress. I just had the most fun documenting this family at the gorgeous Medard Park in Plant City. The mossy trees, beautiful sunlight, gorgeous huge trees that look prehistoric and so unique, yes please!

This session right here just goes to to show you that fancy dresses, extra costly outfits that match perfectly are not neccessary to get great family photos. If your family is a jeans and t-shirt kind of family, of course that is cool in my book. I won’t make you wear anything you don’t love. I don’t make you pick from a client closet of fancy dresses. No, you can be yourselves. Of course I am here for some guidance but generally there is something in your closet that can work. You don’t all have to match. But rather coordinate is better. However, being authentically you and documenting that in lovely photos is always my goal. No matter what your wardrobe is.

A good moody sky to go with this Treasure Island family vacation beach pictures. It isn’t all sunshine in the sunshine state and sometimes when you are on vacation you just have to go with it. These timeless family beach photos will stand the test of time.

You guys, this is it, this is THE blog post when you are looking for what to wear for family beach photos! I am pretty sold on soft pastels or neutrals for the beach. This extended family photo session on Indian Shores really helps solidify that. As a Tampa Bay photographer I get to meet so many families coming here for vacation family pictures. Big families, small families, it doesn’t matter to me. I love to document your family at the beach while you are spending quality time together.

Vacation family photos from Indian Rocks Beach the week of Christmas and guess who came to see us? Santa! This gorgeous extended family photo session from Christmas week is up on the blog on Valentine’s Day. Makes total sense to me!

Extended family portraits are just the best to be part of as a photographer. I love being able to deliver both traditional portraits and more relaxed moments that fit each individual family unit’s personality as well. This large family photo session at John Chesnut Sr Park was a casual and pretty backdrop for this vacationing family to Tampa Bay.

Extended family photo session tips and a blog post sharing this gorgeous and fun family while vacationing at the TradeWinds Resort on St. Pete Beach, Florida. Read more for some practical and honest tips about how to best prepare for an extended family photo session!

This lovely family session celebrating their parents 40th wedding anniversary at a local park is just the inspiration you need for your own extended family photo session.

Indian Rocks Beach for an extended family photo session full of fun, laughs, beautiful light and wonderful people. This family photo session set at the gorgeous Gulf beaches for a family in town on vacation could not have been more fun or lovely! Going on vacation to our gorgeous Gulf beaches surrounding Tampa and St. Petersburg, Florida? Let me document your family fun with an family beach photo session.

Extended family sessions will always have my heart. Families getting together, especially after time apart during the pandemic, make me even more sappy. This lovely extended family photo session in Largo while this family vacationed together was full of love, beautiful light and real connections!