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Never stand behind your camera wondering
“What do I say now?”

Steal the exact prompts I use to get families moving, laughing and connecting naturally without relying on stiff poses or telling everyone to “look at me and smile.”

Prompts you can use at your very next family session
Get genuine reactions instead of forced smiles
Know what to say when kids, dads or couples feel awkward
Create more variety without needing more poses
14+ years photographing families Real prompts I actually use 100% free
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Family
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Natural movement
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candid moments

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Why prompts work

Stop trying to make families
“act natural.”

Give them something to react to instead. The best candid photos usually aren’t accidental. They happen because the photographer knows how to create the moment without making it feel forced.

01

Dad relaxes.

Instead of asking him to smile on command, give him something to do that creates a real reaction.

02

The kids engage.

Children don’t need to be perfectly behaved. They need direction that feels more like play than posing.

03

You stop freezing.

Instead of standing behind your camera trying to invent something on the spot, you have prompts ready to use.

Created by Codie Murray

These aren’t prompts I found on Pinterest.

They’re built from more than 14 years of photographing real families, real children and real parents who often arrive telling me they feel awkward in front of the camera. They’re the kinds of prompts I use to create movement, connection and natural reactions during an actual session.

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