What a welcome back from maternity leave! There’s nothing like a huge extended family session to get you back into the groove of things. And this session was baptism by fire! Since everyone was coming from all over, we opted for a sunrise shoot! This is pretty typical for extended family shoots, but what made it such a whirlwind was that I had their ordering appointment scheduled for that evening at five! If you haven’t worked with me before, that means that all their photos are culled, edited and ready for viewing. Normally I wouldn't have taken on such a feat so soon after maternity leave, but I made an exception for family! The Vangs are Danny's cousins! (Mary is my mother in law's sister.) It was so fun catching up with everyone and I even brought all my boys with me to the ordering appointment so that they could have some family time while I showed everyone the photographs. It was the perfect set up!

     We opted to take their photos at hidden valley park, just off of wasatch. Hidden valley is a perfect sunrise location based on where the mountains are in regards to the valley. On the day of the shoot we were blessed with overcast skies. I may have had to give up my backlit shots, but I will gladly trade them for a giant cloud diffuser! With the clouds being how they were, we were able to shoot wherever we wanted and as long as we wanted. So nice to not have to worry about shadowy faces! As soon as we had the majority of the family there we started doing individual families. Once everyone was there, we cranked out the big group! The light was so good and everyone’s outfits were perfect! I’m still obsessing over these pictures and I’m sure I will continue to once their print order arrives! Especially since they ordered an album and folio box for Mike & Mary's coffee table!