Our most popular mountain family photography session choice for families visiting Rocky Mountain National Park is our Classic Mountain Vacation Family Photography Session. Classic Mountain Vacation Family Photography Sessions are great for groups up to twenty five people and are our best option for families with older and younger members since they are often be photographed in easy to walk locations in Estes Park and Rocky Mountain National Park. Classic sessions also offer the flexibility of having one of our experienced Estes Park photographers meet you at your preferred location or a beautiful mountain home or cabin. Classic Mountain Vacation Family Photography Sessions feature a variety of beautiful backgrounds and include a combination of fun, spontaneous shots mixed with timeless, classic poses. Classic Mountain Family Photography Sessions can last as long as two hours including travel and session time and are most often photographed in mid morning and late afternoon which are considered the most beautiful natural light of the day in Estes Park and Rocky Mountain National Park. Classic sessions are also photographed at other times of day if we are shooting in a shaded mountain valley, clouds are present, weather is a challenge, or another time of day fits your group best. Classic Mountain Vacation Family Photography Sessions typically include 75 edited images depending on group composition, group interests, and overall level of cooperation. .

​During a typical Classic Mountain Vacation Family Photography Session our Estes Park photographer will take several hundred total photos. Each photograph taken is done so in a format called "RAW". According to Adobe, the maker of top grade professional editing software Lightroom and Photoshop, "a RAW file is lossless, meaning it captures uncompressed data from your camera sensor. Sometimes referred to as a digital negative, you can think of a RAW file as the raw “ingredients” of a photo that will need to be processed in order to bring out the picture’s full potential. Most professional photographers shoot in RAW because it gives them more information to work with in the post-processing phase." The Estes Park Family Photographers team believe the advantage of shooting in RAW is we get the opportunity to access the most information possible in order create the best possible images for our clients.

Once your family photography session has been completed and you go back to your relaxing vacation vibe the real work begins for our team. We begin by importing all of the raw images taken and begin the painstaking process of selecting the best of the best to undergo hours of editing and retouching. We take the time to touch each and every photo to ensure we deliver the most expressive images possible. We enhance each photo by adjusting standard professional elements such as color, contrast, and highlights. Whenever possible, we eliminate unwanted background objects, reduce or remove hair fly-aways, slim arms and tummies, remove flash bulbs from glasses, lessen obvious pimples and blemishes, reduce perspiration or water spots, and lessen dark under eye circles. We even whiten teeth and enhance skies on a few  up close photographs. Finally, we hand-pick certain images and often add special artistic touches to chosen poses such as black and white, sepia, watercolor, and other special effects.

Once your photos are ready for the world to see we will provide you with access to a pass word protected gallery where you view your photos. There you can choose to purchase individual pictures or you can choose to purchase all of the images in digital format and download them at your convenience. Family photography clients should expect their gallery to be viewable in less than two weeks of their session date.