Family Photos in April

I met with this lovely family late afternoon on Saturday to create some family images. We hiked a bit and looked for places to photograph along the way. I loved seeing the different personalities of the two girls. Here are some of my favorites!

Meet Henry!

I met with this energetic loving family on Sunday, to create some images of them with their newest. Henry was a day shy of two weeks and so content! He seemed quite relaxed with all the noise and excitement around him. His big siblings all are in love with him, each one such a sweetheart and such an individual. This family loves and plays hockey! The three year old even plays. Actually, the five year old is the only one who has chosen not to. We had to include that in the photos!

Mom and Daughters

Sunday I had the chance to take photos of a friend and her daughters. They live in Arizona and were here for just a short time, visiting family. Her husband couldn't come this trip, so we just took photos of the three of them this time. Kara is also a photographer! We had fun taking photos.

The weather was intermittently slightly cloudy with sunny. When I am working with a lot of sun, and with moving targets (children, or even large groups), since I don't have an assistant to hold lights or reflectors, I mainly work to put the sun behind my subjects and light their faces with the open sky. If we can find a nice shady place, even better, but that isn't always possible. With the sun behind, I know my background (and sky) will have to be blown out in order to get their faces lit enough. I over-expose in camera and also adjust it after the fact when I'm processing the photos.

Here are some of my favorites: