Here are two sisters posing together for a family photo!

And you have to love it when there are fall leaves to toss in the air.

And how cute is this family photo of all of them together. The great thing about this is soon that little baby boy will get to join his sister at school one day.

Here are two sisters that both go to the school. Aren’t they so precious?

It’s a beautiful thing watching two sisters playing an laughing in family photos, and we would know considering that we have two little girls ourselves.

And here’s the whole family going for a stroll.

We brought a picture frame as a prop to add some fun to the family portraits. It’s a portrait of a portrait?

And here’s another family starting off the session with the whole family. Some sessions start with just the kids, while some start with the whole family. Judy tries to figure out the best way to capture the images, and timing the kids is very important (especially if it’s near a nap time)!

And here’s a brother and sister holding hands together.

Isn’t that so adorable seeing them like that. We can only imagine that he’ll be there to protect her in high school from the other boys!

And here’s the whole family together. If Judy tries to recreate this family photo in five years, I’m sure those little kids will be making funny faces.

And here’s another family with their baby boy.

Higginbotham Park Family Photography

This is a great example of how Judy can handle a large number of family photos in a short period of time. It’s stressful, but it was for a good cause and we got a lot of awesome family photos. Higginbotham park is one of those hidden local gems that was great for family photography, but also a great playground for the kids that were hanging out with their preschool classmates. These family portraits included many trees and leaves in the background, with a very natural and green backdrop.

Make sure to look around our blog for many more samples of our family photography portrait sessions, along with tags that group the sessions. This can narrow it down to a session like yours, such as only family photos done in Claremont.

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Starting Family Photos with a Picture Frame Prop

We started the session with the first family and their three daughters, using a picture frame as a fun prop for a portrait in a portrait.

Getting Portraits of the the Three Daughters

Then we got individual portraits of the three grandchildren, along with some of them all together.

Aren’t these three sisters so cute together!?

And just look at that backdrop. The trees and clumpy, natural grass with the sun coming in from above was just marvelous.

More Family Photos at Jeffrey Open Space Trail

The we did the other family and their two sons (two grandsons).

And of course we have to get more family photos of the two brothers together being cute and all.

Large Family Photos with Three Generations

After doing a quick mini-session with each of the families, and the many grandkids all being warmed up to the camera by then, we did the whole large family photo. Two grandparents, two children, two in-laws, five grandchildren, three generations.

How cute is this photo of the grandchildren playing duck-duck-goose with balloons?

And here’s the grandchildren sitting on a bench with their proud grandparents.

And here are some more family photos of the three sisters in a creek bed.

And we finished with more large Chinese family photography portraits.

Jeffrey Open Space Family Photos

This is a great example of a large family photography portrait session involving three generations and two families. There were grandparents, children, and grandchildren in many different configurations, showing just how Judy can work with a large group. Judy is a master of this, since we have over 400 weddings under our belts (and thus over 400 large family photography formals). We are also very familiar with large Asian family photos (in this case, large Chinese family photos).

This portrait session took place at Jeffrey Open Space Trail and Park in Irvine, Orange County. Irvine is home to many local parks and recreational spaces that are great for family photography.

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