first post here! Family Session

rccena · Jun 18, 2011

I just recently shot this famly session. It was a pretty fun session, as far as family sessions go... and I about pee'd my pants when we saw (& nearly walked over) an ENORMOUS snake which fortunately turned out to be a harmless king snake (phew!) C&C is welcome. Still editing this session, but here are a few I've made it through.

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twocolor · Jun 18, 2011

Beautiful! Such fantastic lighting!

tyler_h · Jun 18, 2011

rccena · Jun 18, 2011

twocolor said:
Beautiful! Such fantastic lighting!

Thank you! This is my FAVORITE type of light... I can't get enough of shooting backlit images lol!

Tashyd · Jun 22, 2011

These are wonderful! Great work!

camz · Jun 22, 2011

These are solid and my favorite is#3 and #4. You're edit in #4 is just vintage. I likey.

#1 the transition in the background from the tree to the shrubs/cacti is distracting IMHO.

rccena · Jun 23, 2011

Tashyd said:
These are wonderful! Great work!

Thank you!

rccena · Jun 23, 2011

camz said:
These are solid and my favorite is#3 and #4. You're edit in #4 is just vintage. I likey.

#1 the transition in the background from the tree to the shrubs/cacti is distracting IMHO.

I completely agree about the background transition being distracting. We were up on a hill & there was a wash seperating the rest of the backdrop. I probably should have tried to lighten it or something in pp... or better yet, shoot against a different backdrop. Unfortunately once this type of light hits it seems there are only 10 min. or so of PERFECT gorgeous light and we didn't have time to move around, I wasn't paying attention... SHAME on me! LOL! Thanks for your input! Was wondering if I pulled off the vintage look that I had hoped!

camz · Jun 23, 2011

rccena said:
Unfortunately once this type of light hits it seems there are only 10 min.

Yeah that's very understandable. Having a ten minute window and working with four subjects isn't easy to pull off. Working only with ambient lighting, given that, I'd be blad If I can get 2-3 keepers.