Extended family
everyone, in one frame
Extended Family Photos in Las Vegas
Grandparents, cousins, the in-laws who flew in for the week — a two-hour Las Vegas session built around a group big enough that the planning matters as much as the photographing.
An extended family photo session in Las Vegas is the same $500 two-hour family session, with unlimited family members included — grandparents, cousins, siblings and the in-laws who flew in, photographed outdoors somewhere that fits everyone.
The price does not change with the size of the group. What changes is everything around it: which locations have room, which ones need a permit, how long each setup takes, and how much walking you can reasonably ask of the oldest person coming.
What makes a big group different
A session with five people is a conversation. A session with fifteen is logistics, and pretending otherwise is how these go wrong.
Three things shift. Setups take about twice as long, because in any group over ten somebody is always blinking or looking the wrong way, and the only fix is more frames. The location has to be chosen first, not last, because half the good spots in this valley either cap group size or want a permit. And the oldest person sets the terrain, not the fittest one — if your mother-in-law uses a walker, the dry lake bed is a better answer than a sandstone outcrop, whatever the light is doing.
The two-hour length is not padding. It is what a group this size actually needs to get through a handful of configurations: everyone, then each household, then the grandparents with the grandchildren, then the kids on their own before they are finished for the day.
Where a large group actually fits in Las Vegas
Group size and permits are the same question here, and the answer is different at every venue.
| Location | Group constraint |
|---|---|
| Lake Mead | No photography permit for eight or fewer using hand-carried equipment |
| Red Rock Canyon | Capped at twelve people on trails; timed entry October through May |
| Springs Preserve | Ticketed, with its own photography rules — confirmed at booking |
| The dry lake bed | Flat, open, no cap, and you can park beside it |
| Floyd Lamb Park | Wide lawns and real shade; the City publishes no photography policy |
Every figure above was read off the relevant agency's own page rather than remembered — the full detail, with phone numbers and sources, is in the Las Vegas photography permit guide.
For a group that includes anyone with limited mobility, Springs Preserve is the most genuinely accessible ground in the valley: paved and level throughout. The dry lake bed is the other good answer — hard-packed, dead flat, and the parking is the location.
What to do about the light
Las Vegas gives you one usable hour a day outdoors for most of the year, and with a large group that hour is the whole constraint. A family visiting for three days has three one-hour windows, not three days.
Book as soon as you have their travel dates. The golden hour calendar has the actual times month by month, which is usually enough to work out which evening of their visit is the one.
What the session includes
| Session length | 2 hours |
| Location | An outdoor setting chosen around your group |
| Group size | Unlimited family members |
| Images | 20 professionally edited, high-resolution photographs |
| Delivery | A private online gallery, within 1–2 weeks |
| Price | $500 |
The deeper planning guide — how to handle relatives on a short visit, what makes it easier on grandparents, how many setups to expect — is in how to plan extended family photos in Las Vegas.
Larger groups
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Questions
About large family sessions
The $500 family session covers unlimited family members, so the price does not change with the size of the group. What changes is the location. Red Rock Canyon caps groups at twelve people on trails, Lake Mead needs no photography permit for eight or fewer using hand-carried equipment, and a few county parks require a film permit regardless of size. [The permit guide](/photo-permits/) has the specifics for every venue in the valley, verified against each agency's own pages.
No. It is the same $500 family session — two hours, twenty edited images, unlimited family members. A larger group does not change the price.
The full two hours, and you will use them. A group of fifteen needs roughly twice as long per setup as a group of five, mostly because somebody is always blinking, looking away or wandering off. The two-hour length exists for exactly this reason.
No. [The studio](/studio/) is a small room in Skye Canyon built for one or two adults and a baby. Extended family sessions are photographed outdoors, where there is room for everyone to stand.
Say so when you book and the location gets chosen around it. Springs Preserve is paved and level throughout, and the dry lake bed is flat, hard-packed ground you can park beside. Those two work when someone in the group uses a wheelchair or a walker, and neither one asks anybody to hike.
As soon as you know their dates. The constraint is rarely the calendar — it is that the good light is one hour a day, so a three-day visit really means three one-hour windows. [More on planning around a short visit](/blog/how-do-you-plan-extended-family-photos-in-las-vegas/).
Ready when you are
Book an extended family session
Tell me how many are coming, how old they are and when they are in town — the location gets chosen around the group.
Monday – Sunday, 9am – 7pm