Family portrait at the Sand Dunes

We have some sand dunes a couple of miles away from where I live. Lately, I've seen some portraits taken there. My daughter and her family wanted to go there for a family portrait. The conditions were really nice.

The only problem was the twins did not want to sit for pictures. They just wanted to play in the sand. So, the photos of them are not great, but we knew they would be difficult and felt that if they were in the picture it was about all we could expect.

I used the sb800 on a lightstand that was to my right. I didn't use any light modifiers for the flash other than the diffuser that came with the flash. The light was constantly changing as there were a few clouds to the west that the sun kept moving in and out of.

Also, we took some photos of the family playing in the sand after the more formal portraits. I will post some of those in the people forum.

Here are their favorites.

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Thanks Charles. The twins were so naughty about getting their photos taken. I know they weren't looking at the camera, but in almost every other one they were crying. Maybe in a year or so they will be better about it!!

Thanks, LeeAnn and Anthony.

 

Thank you.

They are really happy with the photos so it makes me glad to have been able to do it for them.

Actually, the light was very easy to work with. Wish it was always that nice.

 

I've actually never been to the St. Anthony Sand Dunes. This is just a small dune near Idaho Falls. It took a few minutes for me to get there, so I will probably shoot there again.