If you have very young children, it may seem hard to get everyone together for a family portrait. But parents with adult children tell me it’s even more challenging to schedule a Portrait Session with older kids.

As increasing responsibilities tighten everyone’s schedule, the feeling of overwhelm can make you want to push off family pictures until a more convenient time. But “when things slow down” is a catchphrase for wishing thinking, and the best time is always the time you have right now in your hands.

When Covid-19 brought these grown daughters home for the summer, they asked their parents to schedule family pictures at Calotype. I have been photographing their family since the girls were very small- here are a few of the earlier images we created for them, starting in 2008:

Now the girls are grown. Here is the family in 2020, photographed in the studio.