Beautiful family....no rain!!!!

You'll recognize one of the girls in this post as a senior I shot for a week ago....well, we scheduled two sessions in order to get plenty of family shots as well! You might also remember that we got rained on last week. :( Not fun, but we got one of the most beautiful days ever on the day we shot these! I actually pulled out short sleeves and a skort, might have been a tad optimistic for the day, but it was such a gorgeous day.
We wandered near the park where we intended to shoot and found this adorable neighborhood. The owner of this home was very kind to allow us to use his doorway for some photographs. People are usually so very kind and allow me to use their beautiful spaces if I just ask!

There were a couple of neighborhood kitties that really wanted to be in this shot, but somehow we missed them.
I made sure to take some extra time with M, just to be sure that we had her senior shoot covered, considering all the rain we had to deal with the first time.
This may be my very favorite shot of the day. I love it.

And let me take this opportunity to comment on clothing. I get a lot of questions about how to dress your family for a photo shoot. Some people like to have everyone wear the same color, but I actually prefer something along the lines of what this family wore. They coordinate, but it's not so matchy-matchy.

If you compare the clothing that the family will wear to one single outfit, I think you're going down the right path. In a single outfit, I might wear jeans, a cream colored top, brown sweater, maybe shades of tan and beige as well. So as long as they're in a coordinating color family, I think that looks great. I might even put one person in light stripes, or texture on one. And sometimes we add a little color to our outfits through shoes or jewelry, so a complimentary color can really go nicely. Just think of every family member as a part of one outfit and you will look great, without clashing colors and fabrics.

They brought their sweet golden to the shoot, he was a ham!
Very loving siblings.
My other favorite!
Just the girls.
Younger sister (also an M) is actually in my son's class, so I've known her for a long time, she has a very gentle spirit and I loved seeing her with her older siblings, she was such a sweetie! Here's a chocolate black & white conversion.

Thanks so much guys, it was so fun!