families

I recently photographed a Family Lifestyle Photo Session for the Van Til Family in Windermere, Florida.  I occasionally post images from these sessions on my site, but not always.  Maybe I will start to post more of these images on the site since I seem to be getting more commissions to do these sessions.

Family Lifestyle Photo Sessions are different from my studio sessions in that I will spend two or three hours with the family and just document their every day life with my camera in their own, comfortable environments.  Sometimes we'll travel to a park close to their home... sometimes we will shoot inside the home.  Sometimes we'll go somewhere that has special meaning to the family.  I enjoy these sessions because of the unpredictable nature of the shoot.  You never know what will happen so you've always got to have the camera ready.

Even though on this day we had a beautiful day for the shoot and a gorgeous late-morning light that made the color pictures pop, I thought these images looked even better in black and white.  I'm a huge fan of black and white photography!  Maybe it's the timelessness of a monochrome moment, which is emphasized when there's no color present.  I don't know.  Anyway, we were able to capture many precious moments during our short time together.

The kids started out a little shy, but that only lasted a few minutes.  Obviously, they all know how to "turn it on" for the camera.  Even the youngest, Arden.

Here's a small sampling of the images we captured on our day together... oh, and the first three (3) people to book me for a Family Lifestyle Photo Session and mention this post get 15% off of their session fee!  Whoot!  Happy New Year!

BF