it can be done but it'll wear everybody out! Well maybe it wasn't all that bad but it was hard! My baby brother and his family were out for the weekend, celebrating their son's gaduation in my backyard as a family graduation pool party. The next day I wanted to take a family portrait for them and they brought clothes to wear (mom brought an assortment of outfits...so fun).
I had hoped to get them up early while the morning overcast was still around but not only would they not get up, they had a hard time getting going as well. I didn't want their mom to stress out at them because I probably wouldn't get a happy family picture that way so we just worked with what they gave us. That's the real Chavez family anyway, we don't sit still well and we don't go until we are good and ready.
This is one of three places I photographed them. Before I took this one, I had them jump around, kick like ninjas and wrestle a little. The boys love this one and I am happy with the attitude mom has, just going with it even though she wanted to strangle them all morning. The session took about an hour and I am tempted to make a stop motion of all their shenanigans it took to get the shots. I wish we didn't have the harsh summer morning sun but it is what it is. What do you think?
