Easter is chaos. Kids in pastels sprinting through yards, chocolate fingerprints on everything, and somewhere between the egg hunt and the sugar crash, a dozen photo-worthy moments vanish.

The hunt itself

The hunt runs on pure adrenaline from start to finish. Capture the tense starting line where someone always jumps early, the discovery faces when kids find the golden egg, basket inventory disputes at the end, and the kid who finds one egg and decides that's enough.

Before they wreck the outfits

Easter clothes last about 20 minutes. Capture them fresh, before the grass stains arrive. Get family shots before someone sits in jelly beans. Those bonnets won't survive the hunt, so document the coordination while it still exists.

The gathering

Extended family means extended cameras. Grandparents film on three devices. Cousins who haven't seen each other in a year reconnect. Get the meal before everyone's exhausted, and chase the generational shots that matter later.

Collection setup

Outdoor hunts need weatherproof QR codes. Place them where parents congregate, not where kids are tearing through bushes. For indoor brunches, stick codes on tables, near the food, and at exits.

What actually matters

The kids are the show. Basket reveals carry real competitive energy, and the hunt in motion beats posed staging every time. Prioritize finding moments, especially the hard-to-find eggs, and the chocolate-covered aftermath.

Then there's everything else worth capturing: parents hiding eggs at dawn, grandma's reaction when the toddler brings her a plastic egg, table spreads before destruction, and the deviled eggs someone spent two hours on.

Hunt photography tips

Position for action. Wide shots catch the chaos; close-ups get the discovery moments. Multiple photographers mean no kid gets missed while sprinting past.

Watch for the peaks: the start signal, the first egg spotted, basket comparison at the end, and the inevitable moment someone cries.

The meal

Before the meal you have setup, arrivals, and last-minute panic. During it: grace if you do that, first bites, dishes being passed, conversation. After: food coma, dessert round two, and games if anyone has the energy.

Organizing later

Sort photos by event chunk: hunt, meal, portraits, candids. Tag by person so each family gets their kid's highlight reel. Keep year-over-year folders to show how fast they grow.

Send within 48 hours while everyone still cares. Include the relatives who couldn't make it. Keep it simple: no accounts, no apps, just upload and go.

The real value

Easter photos freeze ages. This year's three-year-old will be nine before you blink. Traditions shift. Family expands. You get one shot at this particular Easter.

Collecting from everyone gets angles you'd miss on your own: grandpa watching from the porch, the cousin who caught another cousin mid-triumph, the parent too busy refereeing to shoot.

Shoot before the sugar crash. Everything after is damage control.