Fish Creek Airbnb | Just Hanging Out With Family

I like to think I’ve got a pretty good system when photographing extended families; we always start with images of everyone together, we break into smaller groups and work with each family/couple, then we hang out and capture candids with extra time. If I’m speaking candidly, I’m not hired for the extra candid photographs, but it’s those shots that families often love the most.

At the end of the day, you don’t drive up from Chicago, fly in from Kansas, or travel from Europe for a photograph of your family “existing together”. Instead, it’s the moments like tossing a football with your cousins, competing to see who’s truly the best “Uncle John,” or watching your grandkids play with rubber lizards in the bed of your truck that make the journey worth it.