BERNKASTEL-KUES CHRISTMAS MINI PHOTOGRAPHY

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With the popularity of this year’s Christmas market mini sessions throughout the area, we had to add extra days. The first year living in Kaiserslautern we did Christmas market mini sessions and they came out fun. We were only able to do a few sessions since we were new to the area and hadn’t gotten our name out just yet. By the time it came to year 3 living in Germany we had a fairly good client base. When we announced the Christmas market mini sessions initially we only planned on a couple of days. As soon as we posted my phone blew up and I was scheduling session after session. As the days filled up I kept needing to add more days until I eventually had to cap it.

I would have loved to continue to take on more clients but as it was I didn’t get the final session out until Christmas eve. Many of the Bernkastel-Kues Christmas mini sessions were rescheduled from other days as markets were closing. Covid 19 restrictions were slowly closing markets and we were trying to hold out. This day however was scheduled to be here and was an add on day. It ended up being our first day shooting here so I got there early to explore the area and the decorations. I ended parking on the other side of the river and walking over to the market areas. Bernkastel-Kues wasn’t acting as tightly concerning masks so we were able to walk around without a mask.

KAISERSLAUTERN CHRISTMAS MINI SESSIONS

Many of the other markets in the area were gated in and you had to have a negative test and wear a mask the whole time. This first day I had some families I’d worked with before with other mini and regular sessions. 7 of the 10 sessions this day I had already shot with before so it was nice to see some familiar faces and welcome in new ones. Throughout the day I did photos of families, children, some maternity shots/announcements (actually two families were announcing) and couples. Bernkastel-Kues is well known for their advent calendar building where every day they reveal a Disney character. With every Christmas market they serve Glühwein and each market has their own unique mug each year. With it being the first day at this market I was also scoping out which mug to get.

Some markets have multiple options and this one just had one option. We got quite a collection of unique mugs from visiting each of the markets this year and the years prior. For this first day of Bernkastel-Kues Christmas market mini photography sessions it was great to explore and find all the angles. It definitely let me plan out remaining days better. When other markets closed this was the go to because it was less busy, had less restrictions and I knew it the best. It was bitter-sweet to be able to visit these Christmas markets this year. The first year living there we got to go to a good number of markets but year 2 they were all closed. We knew this year was our last so we were trying to hit as many as we could.

CHRISTMAS MINI SESSIONS

We loved getting to shoot all these Bernkastel-Kues Christmas mini photography sessions and we’ll continue to offer Christmas mini sessions wherever we’re at. We’ll always be looking to find settings where we can shoot that showcase Christmas. We’ll also typically try to have an indoor option as well as we know this time of year can be cold, especially for kids. Shoot us a message and see where we’re shooting and if we can get you scheduled!