I love these pictures of the Joneses in Philadelphia… I’ve photographed some of them before but this was the first time we got the whole family in some pictures.  We met up one chilly, overcast fall morning.  The kids were great: easy smiles and mischievous grins, clearly enjoying life with mom and dad.

On a technical note, on this particular morning the sun was nowhere to be found.  It was actually fairly dark, and while I do love using natural light whenever I can, sometimes you have to be ready to use a flash, otherwise the images can end up flat and people have raccoon eyes, full of shadows.  Thankfully I always have portable gear in my trunk, and we made our own light!