The Shah Family

It was great to see the Shah family again.  I did their photos years ago when their girls were a little younger and I was still a "rookie" building my portfolio of natural light portrait photography.  I learn something new each time I have a session or make images of my own family.  All types of photography are challenging whether using natural light or strobes.  I prefer natural light frankly because I was never any good at the set up studio lighting.  Natural light is constantly changing and a spot that had good light one second could be caught with bright direct sunlight the next.  I guess I'm saying all of this, because I love to look back on the photos that I did years ago and see that I have in fact grown as a photographer and will continue to do so.  I don't think I will ever see myself as having mastered the art.  My advice to myself and anyone pursing photography is to keep it simple, just because we have the technology to over edit our images, doesn't mean that we need to use it.  Less is more.

Here are some images from the Shah's session last weekend.