What a great looking family eh? And they did a great job. I just had the privilege of making a portrait of all forty two of them. I won’t say it was easy, but I enjoy a hearty challenge. The planning started well in advance, meeting with Mr & Mrs Chamberlain and then visiting their farm various times to layout and plan the portraits. I even chatted with a few of my mentor photo elders before photo day, discussing options and getting ideas. When the time came, I didn’t even have an assistant, but planning ahead made things come together almost perfectly.
I love a sunset portrait, but this is not a sunset and I still love it. Much of the family was coming from out of town for the weekend and due to schedules sunset simply didn’t happen. We planned for the light we expected to have and made it work using appropriate fill light in the foreground to balance the scene. After processing, the result was this beautiful portrait made round 9:30AM, followed by a few smaller ones to complement it.
I thrilled and thankful to God for this beautiful result. Mr & Mrs chamberlain were in today to make these final choices and I’ve started the final printing and framing process, preparing these for their walls. The primary portrait will be made as one of my sixty inch Heirloom Canvas pieces, and next two will be on thirty six inch canvas. I’m eager (as I’m sure they are) to get these on the wall. You can click any image for a larger view. Enjoy… Gav
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