Generations | Utah Family Photographer
August 25, 2010It started and stopped raining four times on my way to this session. The weather report was uncertain, the sky was ominous, the light was fading fast. What to do? Pray. (Seriously). The window of opportunity for this session to happen was narrow, and extensive preparations had already been put forth, including hand-sewn ties for all of the grandsons and dresses for the granddaughters. The entire family was in Utah for their reunion. The stars had already been lined up. With calm confidence my client told me over the phone that she knew it would work out, so we proceeded as planned. I think this wise mother of 10 surely has experience in keeping things calm. An incredible rainbow appeared just as I was minutes from arriving. A good sign?
Then, “lights, camera, action!” We moved through the main group shots rather quickly and smoothly.
Within moments of wrapping up the grandparents- grandchildren shots, the rain came back, the lightening and thunder popped and my hair began to frizz out because of the humidity. We hustled to move our equipment to the protection of the porch. We set up a “mock studio” inside the home, and finished the session with out a major hitch. The kids were darling as they worked hard for chocolate doughnuts. We did it, rain and shine!
So with a group of this size we opted to photograph each smaller group separately inside the house with the plan of putting together a composite image that will likely be printed as a panoramic canvas. Here is a screen shot of my work in progress:.
And more images from part 2 of our photo session . . .
{Baby needs his long awaited chocolate doughnut!! 
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{I can’t help but thinking, “. . . All because two people fell in love.”}
Thank you to the amazing S. family for a great session! I am so honored to have been entrusted with creating these portraits. I can’t wait to present the whole collection of portraits to you!
~Amy
