Long Awaited Portrait....

Nicole, the oldest daughter of the family (who lives in California), wanted to give her mom a special birthday present, so she called and scheduled a family portrait.... We had photographed her sister's (Jackie) senior portraits a couple of years ago, so coming to us was from a satisfied experience. She told us that they haven't had a family portrait taken since she was little and since everyone was in town, a portrait was planned... I don't know when mom found out, but she knew when they drove up... The sun was in and out, it had been cloudy all day, then right when they show up, the sun continuously peeked through the clouds.... Mom was a little apprehensive about taking a portrait, because she thinks she doesn't photograph well.... one look at her children and you know where they get their good looks from (hint, hint)... We started out in the fields (frontlit, backlit, etc..), then we started to have some fun.... the youngest son felt it necessary to show the family how to move (dance) together as I instructed (the video is hilarious), in the mean time, the other son, stepped on Jackie's foot and her shoe came off... the entire family was laughing histerically (by the way, it was all caught on camera)... M had an idea to use the car, and that turned out to be one of my favorite images... I think they had a fun time, and the images turned out fantabulous... Hope they like 'em... Enjoy.....