Mini Family Sessions 2010 - Day 1

Well it's not life if there are no challenges, right?? Day one of this Fall's Mini Family sessions kicked off with a photographers dream.........RAIN!!! Oh wait more like nightmare!! But, I was not going to let a little rain stop us from having a great day! We were slightly more limited on locations but we worked it out!
I really enjoy available light so I use it when ever possible. Even with portraits on a backdrop I try to set up the backdrop where I can still utilize the natural light. But on a rainy day like Sunday I was left with no choice but to break out my flash and dust off my notes from Frank's "Lighting on Location" class. It ended up working out very well! Even though the portraits turned out nicely with the flash I also wanted to get a few outdoor photos with what available light I could find with out getting my camera too wet. I have a small 5ft x 5ft porch and I didn't know how great of photos I could get from such a small, plain looking space but it really turned out to be a great spot!
Here are a few photos from 2 of the 3 shoots from Sunday.