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Family portrait at golden hour
Max Sydko Photography
What matters most

Family, above all

Golden hour downtown, a family of four, and about an hour of walking, laughing, and one very patient dad carrying a kid on his shoulders. No forced smiles here — just the in-between moments: a hand held crossing the street, a quiet lean on dad's shoulder, brothers being brothers against a rusted steel wall. This is what a family session with me looks like when everyone just shows up as themselves.

Max Sydko, photographer
The photographer

Hi, I'm Max Sydko

I've spent 17 years behind the camera, and family sessions are some of my favorite work — no posed stiffness, just real people being themselves for an hour. I've now photographed more than 1,000 families, and the sessions that turn out best are always the ones where everyone forgets I'm there.

17+years experience
1,000+family sessions
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Investment

Family session pricing

$400

1 hour photo session

50 edited photos in the author's unique stylization

Permission to print photos

$500

1 hour 30 min photo session

70 edited photos in the author's unique stylization

Permission to print photos

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