A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of joining a woman called Jane and her family (three generations of it) at a local hotel, where they were celebrating her father's 70th birthday. They called me in to do a group portrait of their 25-strong gathering - a group ranging in age from 3 weeks to 70 years old, including 13 grandchildren! We spent just over an hour working through a large number of different configurations, and I took individual portraits of Jane and her siblings, their children and father, as well as couples, family groups, and the group as a whole. It was good fun and it left me with a huge number of photos to edit, as they went off to enjoy a big cake. These are a few of my favourites from the day (I have not included photos of everyone, as that would just be too many pictures). I feel the pictures of Grandad with small groups of his grandchildren sitting in the alcove are particularly successful.
Hope it was a brilliant 70th birthday - what a beautiful family!
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| The birthday boy |
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| Daughter and mother |
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| A favourite picture of one of his four sons |
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| Another son |
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| Youngest of the group at only 3 weeks - welcome to the world Roisin! |
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| I really love this one - a hint of the self-consciousness that comes with teenage years, but there's a quiet bravery in those eyes |
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| Beautiful eyes - one of many lovely granddaughters |
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| Can you see the family resemblance between siblings and cousins? Something that is great fun about family shoots. Again, I love this one - a very open and relaxed smile (especially considering I was looming above him with my camera!) |
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| Beautifully unselfconscious - lovely to see |
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| I love the way little people prepare for a photo |
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| Sisters |
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| Proud grandad |
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| I felt these smaller group shots of grandad and grandchildren worked particularly well - love the leaves on the ground |
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| Three generations of boys - this series seemed to also work nicely with low saturation |
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| Lovely family group |
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| Little Roisin |
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| Proud father and siblings |
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| Nice in black and white |
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| 13 grandchildren - I have not photoshopped this picture as I enjoy the different expressions - it captures a genuine moment and shows the kids as they are (I could still edit this however to reduce the glare of the white shirts a little) |
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| The whole family (with white shirts edited to reduce glare in the centre of the picture). I will also now be working on putting together a version of this using the 30 I took of the same group to create one final shot where everyone looks perfect!- but again, I enjoy keeping a copy as is, at it shows the life of the moment. |
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