A family of three enjoys a playful moment in an urban alleyway adorned with red lanterns

Family sessions

Family Photoshoot in Kuala Lumpur: One Hour, Iconically KL

By Jon Low


This is how a family photoshoot in Kuala Lumpur runs.

Family sessions are about an hour, in the morning, for the light, and it gets warm quickly.


In this story

01

Who books a family session in KL

02

Iconically KL

03

Small children

04

What to wear

05

Why a photographer

01

Who books a family session in KL

Both, mostly visiting families wanting KL memories.

Young family hiring a photographer to document their daily life, exploring our own city is a great weekend activity. Just 3 or 4 of them doing the usual Malaysian thing. A Batu Caves hike up. A weekend hiking trail.

A father carries his daughter on his shoulders in front of the Petronas Twin Towers
A family of three plays in a street hung with red lanterns

02

Iconically KL

These are iconically unique KL experiences, iconically KL.

A family of three walks hand in hand past an old photo studio shopfront
A family of three stands in front of an old photo studio shopfront with its painted sign

03

Small children

Take photo with her, show her the frame, parents interacting with her as she would when travelling.

When all fails, bribe.

A young girl sits on a red suitcase against a graffiti wall while her father photographs her
A young girl smiles in a quiet alleyway with graffiti on the pillars
A family of three in matching red and white stands in front of a shop with a striped awning

04

What to wear

Something matching, a reflection of the family. Doesn’t need to be uniformed. Same idea. Like warm colors, or all colorful.

05

Why a photographer

Well for one, a photographer could be the one taking the photos and not the mom or the dads. So all of them in a family unit are photographed.

A photographer’s trained eyes, good compositions, more produced yet, timeless and believable. Natural, posed, and unposed.

If you want me along for the whole trip, see family travel photography.

A family of three stands together in a sunny street market
A family of three walks together past old shophouses and market stalls
A family of three walks hand in hand through an old market square

Questions we get asked

What is the plan if it rains?

We plan again, we try in the evening, or the day after.

What do we get, and when?

Good photos from the session, within a month. They are curated and color graded.

What time of day do you recommend?

Morning, for the light, and it gets warm quickly.

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