Do you find it easy to act natural or like having something randomly fun for the family to do? "But," you say, "I'm not a model!" It's ok - neither is anyone in my family (pictured above, photographed for Dropbox.)
When a brand or agency asks me to photograph a story for them, sometimes they have very specific asks, e.g. "Asian mother with baby under 9 months," "Hispanic family, parents in their 30's, 2 kids between the ages of 4-8," "professional looking woman," "heavyset male," "2 generations, grandparents in 60-70s," etc. I usually run through my mental picture album of the 300+ families I've photographed or go through my Facebook friends list, so I decided to make a database to make things a little bit easier, and open also open up my network!
Please have ready a family photo or photos of members of your family who you are volunteering - photos on your phone are great (preferred). I am asking for DOB on this form so that I can easily reference the age of the child, even if it's a few months/years down the line.