I love an excuse to visit my friend and her family over at the coast, so when she asked if I’d do her family portraits again this year, I leapt at the chance to pack up my family and go for visit. Our girls adore each other and love to play. They live in the country and have chickens, my girls love getting to chase them and hunt for eggs.
We shot their family portraits just down the road from their home. With one lane roads, old wooden fences, wild grass and overgrown trees, we had a wonderful location for their photos. I made sure we moved around in our environment to capture a few different looks for their session and a wide variety of images.
I think one of my personal favorites is the first image of all five of them together looking at the youngest in the center. Being the baby of the family has it’s perks! I also always try to squeeze in a shot or two of just mom and dad, it’s so rare that they get a photo of just the two of them together. Their love is what made all of this family possible so it should be celebrated!
I also try to get at least one of each child alone. It’s nice to have the individual images of each of your children. While every parent loves the group photos of their beautiful children together, one of each is always a bonus.
Trying to keep all three children interested in the session can be a bit challenging, maybe more so since my kids where waiting for them to be done so they could play together again. We made it quick and let them get back to all their fun.
These smiling faces probably look familiar, they are featured on my website in the almond orchards a few years ago. I love getting to help her update her family’s portraits each year.