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Family session · Dresden
In short
Family session in Dresden — from €240. 75 min on location with a vetted local photographer and 40 edited photos (private gallery within 48 to 72 hours). The price is agreed before you book and does not move.
Why choose Family session in Dresden?
Dresden has a great deal of green space that does not look staged, which makes things easy for a family photographer in Dresden. A family session here has no need of the baroque skyline. What it needs is room for children to run and light that suits the hour, and the city has both: the Elbe meadows, green and wide in May and June, and the Großer Garten, large enough to find a quiet corner even on a Sunday. The package includes one location chosen for where you live, so Radebeul with its vineyards, Moritzburg or Pirna are equally possible. What matters is that nobody spends half an hour in the car first, because children’s patience does not survive that.
The Elbe meadows are at their best in May and June, and the light is clearest in September and October. High summer gets hot in Dresden, so a morning or a late afternoon in the shade of the Großer Garten is wiser. In winter the session sits around midday. For spring and autumn weekends, ask a few weeks ahead.
What does the session in Dresden look like?
We meet at a place that suits where you live. The one posed group photograph comes first, while everyone is fresh. After that the children play and run, and the camera follows them. On the Elbe meadows paddle steamers pass behind; in the Großer Garten there are long avenues and lawns. If you would like the Radebeul vineyards, we keep to the public paths. We stop after 75 minutes; forty edited frames from the park or riverbank are in your gallery two to three days later.
What does the package include?
The Family session package in Dresden covers: 40 edited photographs; One outdoor location, chosen for where you live; One posed group photograph; the rest observed; Private gallery within 48 to 72 hours. Nothing is added to the price after the session. Permits worth knowing about: Zwingerhof — Courtyard freely accessible. Commercial photography and interiors: permission from the SKD, chargeable; Kunsthofpassage, Äußere Neustadt — Private courtyards with public access — residents live here; Schloss und Park Pillnitz — Park: admission per person. Commercial photography by prior permission only.
FAQ — Family session in Dresden
Which Dresden location suits small children?
The Großer Garten, because it is spacious, shady and well away from traffic. The Elbe meadows are good too, as long as nobody makes a run for the water. We are reluctant to suggest the old town for toddlers, since the crowds mean someone is always walking into the frame.
We moved to Dresden recently. Can the session be in English?
Yes, entirely. The planning, the session itself and every message can be in English. Tell us which district you live in when you enquire and we will suggest a couple of nearby locations, since the package is built around somewhere close to home.
Can we do the session at Pillnitz Palace?
Yes, with two caveats. The park charges admission per person, and commercial photography needs permission in advance, which we obtain. For something simpler, the public riverbank outside the park works well too and needs no permission.