Just last year, my aunt's family from Japan visited. I happened to be at home so on a whim, I decided that they needed a family portrait. Of course no one had time to dress appropriately except the Japan relatives but who cared, it was time for a family portrait.

They all got together in the backyard and luckily the light was good so we got this portrait. The oldest is either my aunt (in the middle) or her brother (right behind her) and the youngest (Arianny) is been held by her Mom (seated).

It's a good idea to do a family portrait (even if it's just a snapshot) as you'll never know when your family will be together again.

Family Reunion Portraits

Trying to get 61 people together is a major undertaking. The Kunishige family got together in August and wanted to do a family portrait.

If was a multi generational gathering and photographed at the Wahiawa Freshwater Park.



Besides the main family group, portraits were taken of the oldest generation and each of their families.












I also photographed individual family groups as requested and grandparents with their kids and their grandkids.

Once we started, the session was over in about an hour since they all had to depart for a dinner celebration.

More Family Location Portraits

I've been photographing a lot of family portraits on the beach primarily on the North Shore. The Cerna family was visiting from Maryland and the West Coast and had rented a house on the North Shore. They decided to do family portraits on the beach right outside their vacation rental.

Because we never know what the weather is going to be on a particular day, we pray a lot. If the beach is open as it was in this case, we also may have to deal with the wind. I try to take enough images of each setup so that I have options on what to do with the images in case someone has their hair in their face or may have blinked or made a funny face or something like that.

I'll do the whole group and any smaller groups that you may wish to have. I normally start about an hour before sunset as the light angle is better and if the clouds and the weather is cooperating, we may get a portrait with a great sunset.











Contact me if you'd like more information about my family portraits on location. Only one more month before the end of my summer special.