Out of the darkness, came the light!

I don't even know where to start with the Crow Family! I had shot this family before helping Annya out with her family shoot in Naha almost 2 yrs ago (wow, time flies, miss you Annya!). They are a wonderfully photogenic family and so laid back, just like most of my clients I am happy to get! Early Dec had some crazy rain...It was like out of the darkness came the light!

I don't remember a crazier season full of rain and trying to shoot in it! But, the sun came out for this shoot!

So much so that we actually scheduled earlier than usual because the weather had been so cloudy, so of course, we get to the location and it is SO bright!

So, what did we do?

We took the session slllooowwwwww and we got some great shots...

and llloooonnnngggg shadows! Luckily as well, the kids are older. I know for younger kids there is a time limit and when they are done, they are DONE!

and we shot in the shade! Good looking parents...(If you're on Oki, you might recognize Jeannette as she is a boot camp instructor and fitness class teacher (a very good one I hear, I need to try a class one of these days!)

and three good looking kids...

Beautiful pensive moment...

Love the eyes...I LOVE eyes!

We did that until the sun went behind a cloud...

or two (When I saw this on the LCD, Jeannette and I knew it was a fave!)

They ordered this on a 16x24 standout which looks great and is a nice and light alternative to gallery wraps! Here's an iphone pic of it!

Finally the sun actually went down for sunset readiness!

Fisheyed of course! It was a glorious night!

I'll leave you with this image which I love in colour and also LOVE in BW x

The weather is a big part of the shooting story and it's actually fun to play with it. In fact, I will eventually blog about the full torrential downpour that I helped shoot for Mad Banana! Now, that was something else!