14-person family beach portrait on Sunset Beach Treasure Island Florida - Nikon D300 Tamron 17-50mm @ f/7.1 ISO 200 1/100th - Strobist: SB-800 @ 1/1 power in shoot-through umbrella to frame right & SB-600 same setup frame leftI was contacted by Kristen about a large family group portrait. 14-people large, with seven of them young children! She wanted just one single portrait out on Sunset Beach on Treasure Island, Florida. It went much smoother than I expected getting the shot on only about the seventh take. Also to my surprise there was basically no wind at all out on the beach so I was able to use shoot through umbrellas with my speedlights softening and expanding the light on everyone in the big portrait. Kristen wanted to shoot on the jetties and did not want the sun in the background. After setting up my two lights I found that everyone had already pretty much settled into a good spot. I gave a few suggestions for moving a bit this way or that, and then boom, 14-person family portrait made!
A silly faces version of the family portrait on Treasure Island Sunset Beach Florida - settings same as above photoThey asked if they could make silly faces after we got our more formal shot finished. I see that stretching your mouth open sideways is a popular funny face to make! I really liked how it turned out.
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