Families who want pictures in their own living room book a Santa Claus in Greater St. Louis for Santa photos instead of standing in a public line.
This visit is Santa seated for the pictures you want, in your living room, with the tree you already put up as the backdrop.
Santa Photo Session at Home
Brick bungalows in St. Louis Hills and Southampton often have a front living room with a picture window, and that window is useful backdrop light for Santa pictures. Bring the outfits you already picked. A red sweater and a plain shirt both work. If a baby is in the pictures, have an adult ready to hand the baby over and take the baby back.
Santa Chair Photos
Ask about a Santa chair when you call and we can help arrange one locally.
If you want one group picture at the end, leave a little time for it. Photographers can book Santa for a day of short family sessions; tell us the town and the schedule so we can plan the drive between stops.
Seat Santa near the tree, with the window or a lamp in front of him and not behind, so faces stay visible. Babies do better in short turns with an adult right there. Pets can sit in a picture if someone holds the leash and the animal is calm around a stranger in a red suit.
A photographer who wants a full Saturday of sessions should give us the town and a rough count of families so we can hold the right stretch of the day. Short sessions back to back need a simple backdrop and a place for the next family to wait out of the frame.
Twins and cousins can sit together if you want one frame of the whole group, then split for the closer shots. Have a second adult ready to hold babies between turns so Santa’s hands are free for the next child.
Have outfits picked before he arrives so the visit is sitting and smiling, not hunting for a sweater. A plain shirt photographs as well as a red one if the tree is lit and a lamp is in front of his face.
If a baby is asleep when he arrives, we can start with the older kids and come back to the baby. That is easier than waking a child for the first frame.
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