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A light-filled at-home session, part 1: Film | Charlottesville Family Photographer

Writer: Laura Richards
Laura Richards
Jan 27, 2024
1 min read

Welcome to part one of my recent Model Call for an at-home family session! I shot a ton of 35 film during this session (Portra 400 for color stock and 400TX for black-and-white), so this blog post is just the film photography portion! What a dream they turned out to be! In fact, this entire session felt like a dream. A mix of tender and playful, but all light-soaked and joyful — a stark contrast to the below-freezing temperature and snow outside.


Why did I want to do an at-home session?  As a Charlottesville family photographer, home is where my work feels most authentic. Toward the end of last year, I started feeling an enormous tug to shift my work from mostly outdoor to mostly at-home. It's where you and your kids are most comfortable — a place where you're surrounded by the warmth you know so well. 


The family I chose for the session lives in an old farm house in Charlottesville, full of its own quirks and imperfections. It's not the family's forever home, but their memories there will live with them forever; I wanted to capture the essence of those memories. The warmth, the light, and the joy of living in the moment as a young family.


I can't wait to weave more at-home sessions into my work this year, and I hope you'll come along for the fun! Stay tuned for the digital portion!



  • mom and two kids look out a sunny window
  • dad joyfully snuggles on a bed with his son and daughter
  • little boy places a hand on his mom's pregnant belly
  • husband and wife sit lovingly near a sunny window
  • little girl look out a sunny window
  • dad playfully holds his daughter out to his wife
  • a dad teaches his daughter how to play a banjo while sitting on a quilt-covered bed
  • little boy strums a banjo while sitting on a bed
  • dad and son sit together while playing the guitar and banjo
  • mom in a green dress holds and dances with her small daughter
  • a mom hold her daughter while looking down smiling
  • mom rests her head on her son's head while they sit on a sunny bed
  • little girl lays her head on a white bedspread while mom and brother laugh in the background
  • mom gazes and smiles next to her son, who is playing with a toy car
  • mom sits next to her young son while he runs a toy car over her pregnant belly
  • young boy looks directly at the camera while mom kisses his head
  • a family of four sits on a bed and reads a book
  • a boy holding his foot looks out a sunny window
  • a boy laughs while playing with his dad on a bed
  • a little girlleans upside down on a bed with her parents, smiling
  • a brother and sister look out a sunny window
  • little girl leans upside down playfully on a bed
  • a husband kissing his wife's cheek while their hands rest on her pregnant belly
  • husband and wife look lovingly down at her pregant belly
  • black and white image of a woman laying on a bed holding her pregnant belly
  • a woman rests her hand on her pregnant belly while laying on a bed
  • little girl brushing her blond hair
  • husband and wife look at each other while resting their hands on her pregnant belly
  • mother and son look at a cookbook while sitting at a wooden kitchen table
  • mother and son with their faces together, framed in a mirror
  • a mom and son's sun-soaked feet next to a wooden kitchen table
  • a dad gives his kids a kiss through the window
  • woman in a green dress next to a sunny window looks down at her pregnant belly
  • woman in a green dress stands next to a sunny window while holding her pregnant belly
  • close-up of a woman holding her pregnant belly
  • a pwoman closing her eyes while tilting her dead toward the sun coming through the window
  • a mother and son smile and rest their heads together while dad and daughter play the guitar in the foreground
  • a family of four sit together on a bed while dad plays the guitar
  • black and white portrait of a boy sitting holding a banjo

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