Family Photographer in France - An Autumnal woodland photo-shoot in Normandy
Family Photographer in France - An Autumnal woodland photo-shoot in Normandy
This weekend is full of surprises. It's the beginning of the school holidays and I'd been thinking about going out to capture the wonderful autumn colours that are just appearing on the leaves here in Normandy. The cloudy Saturday started with my 13 year old son asking me for a different style of haircut as he hadn't had a change in many years. So I happily obliged and thought it looked good so I suggested a photo shoot. He's just received a gorgeous new coat that I thought really suited him and his new haircut.
It was a dreary and overcast day so I thought it would be an ideal opportunity to do a photo shoot in the local forest to help explain why professional photographers like me love overcast weather as it creates a wonderful soft light that is ideal for portrait photos. Most people imagine that as photographers we're searching for blue skies and sunshine but actually it's about light and shade for softer more flattering images.
So he and I (with his younger sister and our dog) headed off on the ten minute drive to the forest where I've done photo shoots before, only to be faced with numerous signs indicating that the local hunt was taking place all over the forest. Well I was going to take any risks obviously so we drove away from the forest on our own hunt for a wooded area were I could capture the autumn colours.
For photo-shoots in the forest with autumn colours you'll see that even on very overcast days it's all about using the available light.
I'll leave you to have a look at the images and if you're interested in an { Autumn photo shoot } for your children or whole family in the coming two weeks of the holidays please get in touch. I've created a mini-photo-shoot price for those with a tighter budget who'd love to have images taken in the autumn scenery in the Forest of Saint Sever Calvados starting from 100,00€.
Right, I'm heading off for my final surprise of the weekend. I've just had a call from a couple who are marrying in the area next year who've just rung and asked if we could meet this afternoon to talk about their wedding photography. So off I go.
