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The first family portrait with swapped heads of the baby & Halle.
Overall, I'd position a little differently, but it works, right? |
Wellll let me tell you. No one really wants to get 5 children & 10 adults all together for a photo, but about half of us (mostly women) appreciate having captured moments to remember because we get old and our faces change, more people get added to the photo or less depending on who is able to get together that year. Life happens and it is nice when we capture everyone together OR SO ONE MIGHT THINK. Grandpa didn't want to change his attire. Mr Smith didn't want to be there period so his attitude was awesome. The other men tolerated the chaos, but no one knows how to tame the children and show off their best side at the same time. It is hard when you want the tripod to get the kids attention. Maybe next time we will hire a clown IF THERE IS A NEXT TIME. I could have been a little more prepared, but I knew it would be a fight either way. I cropped many heads and ta-da let's pretend we are all one big, giant happy go-lucky family all at once. I would still like to get an outdoors shot one of these days, even if it is snowy, but I thought it wasn't worth the added weather issues and whiney factors so we moved the dining room table and tried to use what light we had.
I think we're all beautiful, but I wanted to share the sequence of edits to give you an idea . . .
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| This is essentially the RAW file, including my pulsating vein. Danny & I found humor in it all. |
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| I edited 4 heads so that everyone (minus the baby who never looked) was looking + adjusted lighting |
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| I removed the phone from Lisa's hand (don't look too hard) & calmed Danny's laughter and let Lance sit up taller. |
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| I chose a photo where my laughter was calmed, Eric was more direct & Andrew was more centered in the back and shopped that in. |
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| I removed the words from Glenn's shirt. |
Ta-da! That's why once a year is apparently too much trouble. Moving on!
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| We tried for the grandparents + grandkids shot and it went swell. Alexis is eating a chip. Turns out Halle had something itching her foot |
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| I told Eric to suck up the siblings shot since they rarely happen |
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| The Clarks tried for a family shot, Mr Smith couldn't handle the idea & the Sharon had some done recently so the effort wasn't as needed. |
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But these adults don't have moody spouses or kids and have no excuse but to have their model shoot.
If interested or have interested friends, contact me pronto. |
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The 7 month old Abigail was in a chipper mood so we had to capture her smiles.
Her sisters were not so eager. |
BUT HOLD THE PHONE because we got this picture and it is by far my favorite. Can't wait to see these girlies grow in the years to come. I love all of their personalities. Alexis was just letting you know she has a voice because she loves every bit of their affection (and is obsessed with the baby), Eve is awaiting a treat for being the well-behaved, oldest cousin, Maren is surprised she was able to sit still for that long, Abigail is the dreamer who doesn't ever sleep & Halle is the sweetheart who comes together anytime you ask her to give hugs.
And that's us.
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