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During the summer when I’m doing lots of family pictures I don’t have time to blog about them, most of my posts are about weddings and the occasional engagement session. But since it’s my slow time now I thought I would put up a post about a couple of recent family sessions.

The first was a family session I did up in the Cherry Grove area of North Myrtle Beach. They had the idea to bring out a bench which made for some cute shots. It wasn’t the greatest weather that day, but the happy family made the pictures work great anyway. It’s nice when brothers and sisters of that age will have fun with the pictures and not just act like their parents are forcing them. I do my best to make the pictures relaxed and easy, but if everyone in a family can just be positive it sure makes my job easier.

The second session was a cute large family I photographed at the Myrtle Beach State Park. We actually got about a 20 minute late start from when I wanted to begin, so I was in my rapid fire wedding mode where I’m shooting as fast as I can. But we pretty much got everything we needed, and it worked out so some of the last pictures were right at an amazing sunset. It was cold that evening, but this time of the year also brings really beautiful sunsets, you just don’t get anything that looks quite like this in the summer. Let me know if you enjoy the pictures below, getting likes or comments really makes it easier to go through the work of posting.

Read post and view pictures Fall family pictures in North Myrtle Beach and the State Park

I haven’t posted to the blog in a while, I’ve just been really busy. I’ve got two weddings this weekend and have been working on albums and things. I just thought I would quickly put up some of my favorites from the last week or so. I’ve had some pretty grumpy kids recently but it seems like if I just give them enough time I can always get some good shots. I always try to tell parents not to get upset with the kids when we first start, it seems like in a large group someone is going to be acting up. But usually if you let the kids just play some you can at least get some nice candid pictures. And usually they will eventually sit still for some more posed shots. Every once in a while nothing you do will work, but that is just going to happen. I just think you have a much better chance of getting good pictures on the beach then in a studio, it’s just a lot more fun and relaxed.

Read post and view pictures Busy time of the year

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