Family Shoot

"Call it a clan, call it a network, call it a tribe, call it a family. Whatever you call it, whoever you are, you need one."

Author: Jane Howard

Today I was privileged enough to be asked to capture a family photo of a wonderful but large family...22 people in fact!!! What a lovely family they were as well which makes my session so much more fun..and yes with all those people I meant fun.

10 adults and 12 kids and 9 of those kids were probably under the age of 6!!!! Oh my goodness lets just say with these types of shoots anything can happen.....With so many little people its impossible to guarantee that everyone will be looking at the same spot for any length of time. I have to be honest I never stress about sessions but with this one well let's just say I was more then a little stressed...

I am very happy to report that somehow out of all that kaos I managed to pull a rabbit out of my hat and captured a few awesome family group shots...not sure how but maybe karma had something to do with it!!!
I hope you enjoy the sneak peak guys.

now I never put any bloopers up but just to give you an idea of what a shoot like this entails here is a glimpse at 12 kids and trying to get them all seated together, looking at the camera and most importantly smiling....yep your thinking never going to happen from this shot..but take another look at the first image and that was from the resulting shot......aaahhhh I love my job....

I also have to say that the three girls in front of the playground equipment did  a fantastic job. They stood there patiently waiting for everyone else to get into position and didn't complain once....as you can see sometimes the shots that don't go to plan are actually the best....