Urban Kin is an online photography course inside Unraveled Academy that teaches photographers how to document families in real city environments — with movement, connection, and authenticity at the center.

In this course, photographer Frankie Krusen takes you behind the scenes of a full urban family session, sharing how she guides families naturally through busy city spaces while creating images that feel expressive, honest, and alive.

This isn’t about finding the perfect location or forcing a moment.
It’s about learning how to work with the city — not against it.

Why Urban Family Photography Matters

Family life doesn’t stop when you leave the house.

It unfolds on sidewalks.
In crosswalks.
Over slices of pizza.
Between buildings and traffic and motion.

Urban family photography embraces this reality — using the city as a living, breathing backdrop for connection and storytelling.

In Urban Kin, Frankie shows how urban environments can enhance emotion rather than distract from it, helping photographers move beyond traditional posing into something more natural and modern.

What You’ll Learn Inside the Urban Kin Course

This course offers full behind-the-scenes access to a real city family session, including:

How to guide families naturally in busy, unpredictable environments
How to anticipate movement instead of controlling it
How to use urban spaces as storytelling tools
How to photograph connection without forced posing
How Frankie edits urban images to preserve mood, grit, and honesty

You’ll see how decisions are made in real time — not just hear about them after the fact.

Behind the Scenes: Photographing Families in the City

Rather than isolating subjects from their surroundings, Frankie invites families to interact with the environment.

Walking together.
Crossing streets.
Eating, laughing, existing.

The result is family photography that feels lived-in — images that hold movement, energy, and emotional truth.

This behind-the-scenes approach helps photographers build confidence shooting in cities, where variables can’t be controlled — only observed and responded to.

Who This Urban Family Photography Course Is For

Urban Kin is designed for photographers who:

Feel limited by traditional family photography settings
Want their work to feel more documentary and expressive
Are curious about photographing families in cities
Crave behind-the-scenes education instead of rigid formulas

Whether you’re new to documentary family photography or looking to push your work further, this course offers practical insight paired with creative freedom.