LIFESTYLE Family portraits
Limited Locations & Dates
SAN DIEGo, ca
+ Thursday, November 5th, 2026 - Afternoon
Location: Carlsbad
Dates may open up based on demand. Inquire if you would like to book a new date or location.
If you'd like a custom session longer than 20 minutes, please inquire, and I'd be happy to provide a customized session.
DATES AND LOCATIONS
ORANGE COUNTy, ca
Saturday, November 7th, 2026 - Morning
Location: Newport Beach, California
Dates may open up based on demand. Inquire if you would like to book a new date or location.
If you'd like a custom session longer than 20 minutes, please inquire, and I'd be happy to provide a customized session.
FRANKLIN, TN
+ Sunday, October 11th, 2026
Location: To Be Determined
Available to the public
Dates may open up based on demand. Inquire if you would like to book a new date or location.
If you'd like a custom session longer than 20 minutes, please inquire, and I'd be happy to provide a customized session.
+ Sunday, October 18th, 2026
Location: Franklin
Only available to Grove members
+ Monday, October 20th, 2026
Location: The Grove
Only available to Grove members
+ Sunday, October 25th, 2026
Location: To Be Determined
Available to the public
+ Saturday, November 14th, 2026
Location: The Grove
Available to the public
rosemary beach, florida
+ TBD Oct 15th & 16th, 2026
+ Wednesday, October 28th, 2026
Sunset | Exact Location: TBD
+ Sunday, November 1st, 2026
Sunset | Exact Location: TBD
Dates may open up based on demand. Inquire if you would like to book a new date or location.
If you'd like a custom session longer than 20 minutes, please inquire, and I'd be happy to provide a customized session.
your PORTRAIT SESSION
INCLUDED
+ Twenty-minute session with Garrett as your photographer at one location.
+ Custom clothing inspiration board tailored to our shoot location
+ Included: Up to fifty high-resolution, unwatermarked images available for download.
+ $50 Store Credit: Use toward print products, digital downloads, or photo albums.
AFTER YOUR SESSION
+ After your session, your images will be available on your online gallery for viewing. From there, you can download your images directly from the gallery, make prints, and share the images with family and friends.
+ Heirloom album and wall art consults will be available after receiving your online gallery to help ensure your images live intentionally beyond your devices.
If you'd like a custom session longer than 20 minutes, please inquire and I'd love to provide a custom quote.
from the artist | a HUSBANd & FATHER OF Four
With Joy,
Garrett Richardson
GARRETT RICHARDSON
Since 2011, my passion has been crafting a tailored experience in every step of the photography journey.
With me as your photographer, the experience will feel effortless - with each of you truly in the moment.
Rooted in a candid approach, you'll turn the pages of your photo albums years down the road, cherishing the candid shots, and reliving the joy of each season of life.
My ultimate goal is to deliver photos that set the foundation for your FAMILY to GROW.
“I can’t thank you enough, these photos are gorgeous and perfectly capture this season of life. We are so grateful you continue to share your talent with our family!”
- KELSEY & LEE
"It is hard to put to words just how wonderful it was to work with Garrett ..."
He made my husband and I feel comfortable and able to be ourselves during our photoshoots. We loved all the direction he provided us and were blown away with our photos. We hope that Garrett will continue to be a part of our journey as a couple and take ALL our photos in years to come!
- REBECCA & Michael
This is actually my favorite kind of session.
Your family doesn't have to stand in a field and smile at a camera for an hour.
Go surfing. Make pancakes. Take the boat out. Play in the backyard. Have a pool day. Walk to your favorite ice cream shop. Build a fort. Do the things you actually love doing together.
I'll be there to photograph the portraits and everything that happens around them.
Some families love the convenience of a quick 20-minute session, while others want me to document their family’s lifestyle in a location that tells their story best. That might mean surfing at the beach, spending the afternoon on a boat, playing catch in the backyard, or making your family’s favorite meal together at home.
I even offer Porch Portraits—a quick 5-minute session right at home for families who want something simple and beautiful without making an event of it.
However you want to document your family, I have a portrait experience to fit.
To move forward, the full payment is due at booking time to lock in your date. If you'd like to break up payments in half, we can definitely do so. Once you sign the online agreement and send your payment via credit card or Venmo, your shoot will be locked in.
I don’t believe in limiting your family’s story to an arbitrary number of images. Your final gallery will include a thoughtfully curated collection of the best photographs from our time together—beautiful portraits, genuine interactions, and the little in-between moments that make your family yours.
The number of images varies depending on the session length and experience, but my goal is always quality and variety.
The goal isn't to make everyone look like they're wearing a uniform. I want your photographs to feel like your family.
I'll help you think through colors, textures, layers, and how everything works together without becoming overly coordinated. Once your session is booked, you'll receive guidance to make getting everyone dressed much easier.
Click here to read a What To Wear Guide!
I genuinely care about each family I get to photograph. I want their experience with me as their photographer to feel seamless from start to finish. The relationship we build during our time together is so much more than a transaction, it's about showcasing the gold in your family. It's such a privilege to be trusted in preserving this story and I would be honored to tell yours.
Absolutely. From newborns and toddlers to teenagers and grown children, I love photographing every stage of family life.
In fact, some of my favorite photographs happen when everyone is old enough to have their own personality, opinions, and sense of humor. You don't have to wait for your family to be in a particular season to document it.
Yes! In fact, I highly encourage it when it makes sense for your family.
We can photograph the entire group together and then break off into smaller combinations so you walk away with both the big family photograph and the intimate moments between grandparents, parents, siblings, and cousins.
For larger families over 12, I may recommend additional time so we can capture both the full group and meaningful smaller combinations.
Yes. but my approach to newborn photography is a little different.
Rather than creating a highly posed studio session, I love documenting the realness of those first months—your baby at home, siblings meeting their new brother or sister, parents figuring out this new rhythm, tiny details, and all the beautiful chaos in between.
Yes! Senior sessions can be completely personalized to the person you're celebrating.
We can create classic portraits, but I'm especially interested in incorporating who they actually are—their favorite places, hobbies, sports, interests, or the things that make this season of their life uniquely theirs.
We keep an eye on the forecast leading up to your session and make a decision based on what's best for your family and the photographs we're creating.
If weather makes the session impractical or unsafe, we'll reschedule for another available date at no additional cost. Cloudy or imperfect weather doesn't necessarily mean we need to cancel—it can actually create some incredible light.
I understand that life happens, especially when you're coordinating an entire family.
Your session is reserved specifically for you, so cancellations and rescheduling are subject to the terms outlined in your booking agreement. If something unexpected comes up, communicate with me as soon as possible and I'll do my best to find a solution.
For weather-related cancellations, I'll always work with you to reschedule.
It depends on the type of shoot. If it's the 20-minute pre-selected location, your location will be determined before your shoot.
But if you've chosen an individual shoot, the it's wherever your family's story makes the most sense.
That could be the beach, your backyard, a favorite park, your home, on a boat, or somewhere completely personal to your family. The location doesn't have to be beautiful just for the sake of being beautiful—it should mean something to you.
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Porch Portraits
Questions?
📞 619.800.0559
📧 studio@garrettrichardson.co
Franklin, tennessee
Hosting Thanksgiving This Year? Make this holiday one to remember with a Porch Portrait — a simple, 5-minute photo session that captures your family right at home.
If you want Garrett to come to your neighborhood, he'd like to book at least three homes in each area on the same day: November 25th, 26th, or 29th.
Once your neighborhood is selected, you will receive a payment link and a message with your shoot date and time slot options to confirm your shoot.
What’s Included:
+A 5-minute portrait session with Garrett
+5 high-resolution, unwatermarked images
+A private online gallery to view, download, print, and share your photos
Investment: $350 per home
LET'S PRESERVE YOUR LEGACY.
ALBUMs & wall art
After your session, life can get busy. My team will help minimize the effort for you and your family by creating timeless albums and wall art. Once your design is approved, your physical pieces will be shipped directly to your home.
Album sizes: 8x8 | 10x10 | 12x12
Covers: Italian leather
and FINE linen
Our albums are durable and built to last. Hand-made in the USA using archival paper with thick layflat pages, your album will preserve your family legacy for generations.
