Diede Portraits

I shot these individual portraits of my nephews and niece last Sunday, the same day I took the family shot. I shot the boys before church at about 12:30 pm. The light was horrible so I used the shade of the trees to my advantage, all the while avoiding sun spots like the plague. For Austin and Nathan I actually had my sister stand to the side of them and shade them with a patio seat cushion.

Austin Tyler

Nathan John

Mitchell Scott

Maya McKenna

This shot of Maya was taken at the same time as the family portrait that I posted below. As I stated before, Maya is so camera shy that we couldn't even get her to sit by herself! We bribed her with gum, we tried to get her to "show" us some flowers, I tried to have her take a picture of me and I would take a picture of her, all to no avail. Finally my sister told me to shoot her on her dad's lap while I took the group shot and that's where I came up with this. I edited Mark's shirt to look like clouds as a background. It worked and now my sister Catherine has 4 new pictures ready to frame.