Personality-Packed Portraits: Rebecca Hunnicutt’s Approach to Kids and Families for Lifestyle Family Photography

Do you ever get those moments, where you think back to your childhood, and wonder how much of your memory is accurate or if you just imagined certain details?

Rebecca Hunnicutt is in the business of capturing those memories for families and enshrining their happy moments forever, instead of leaving it up to guesswork years from now. Through her lifestyle family photography business, she captures the personalities, moods, and details that families can cherish for decades to come.

In this episode, Rebecca shares how she found her niche in lifestyle family photography, the common mistakes she sees photographers make when choosing locations to shoot, how to capture those extra details that make photographs pop, and why she loves more formal school photography sessions too.

If you’ve wanted to jump into lifestyle family photography, this episode with Rebecca will get you started!

What’s in this episode:

[00:00] Intro

[01:48] How Rebecca found her photography niche

[07:29] Common mistakes Rebecca sees when photographers choose locations to shoot

[11:47] Tips for photographers to improve their composition skills

[14:02] How Rebecca uses color to set the mood and influence the feel of her photographs

[17:22] How to manage photoshoots while respecting family dynamics

[22:18] Why Rebecca loves school photography and her advice for starting out in that niche

[27:49] How to find inspiration and avoid creative burnout as a photographer

[31:12] Rebecca’s best advice for brand new photographers

For full show notes, resources, links and to download the transcript, visit our website: https://themilkyway.ca/podcast/

Grab your spot for the 2025 Online Newborn Retreat!