27 October, 2009

Jorgensen Family: Hawaii Family Photographer.

I love the Jorgensen family. They're bright, they're happy, they're sassy (at least the Mrs. . . ), they're my cup of tea. I'm not gonna lie though folks, this was one of the most challenging shoots of my career. It was DARK DARK DARK when we started shooting. The light dropped so fast that my auto focus was even struggling catching my focal point so I was forced into manual focus a few times. . . try that with active kiddos. Sheesh! We had a blast nonetheless and got some awesome memories for this AWESOME family! Enjoy.

















This is the first in a series of mini shoots I did for friends of mine from our local playgroup. Each shoot was appx 20 min (usually a little less).

14 comments:

carrie said...

once again, a beautiful session!

I have been meaning to email you for months but life happen (kiddo extrememly sick) and i have been dragging the guilt of not emailyou around. so I am stopping righ tnow to drop you a line.

I email you awhile back (actually you and three local photographers) with a questions, just one little questions. and you answered (no one else did but I can't be sad since I have not emailed back)you answered my little question and I so appreciated it! (*and i hope to set up a consultaion as soon as life settles down and I get back in the swing of things)

i love that you said how challenging this session was, it reminds me that every photog has a hard days - thank you for being open and sharing your work with us here on this blog. thank you for answering emails.

* i dream of bringing my little family to hawaii and schedule a session with you...it's on my someday list :)

stef j. said...

oh. my. gosh.

LOVE them!! how do you do it... seriously, it was so dark and these totally rock!

thanks SO SO much Nat!!

shelly said...

Well, no one would have known it was dark! These are beautiful! You are GOOD. Great pictures! I love that b&w of their little girl...

liko said...

love them. so happy-looking, despite the troubles you had with lighting!

Stephanie said...

yeah- you wouldn't even know you had trouble cuz you did such a great job!

Trisha said...

Natalie!! These turned out fantastic!! The lighting was difficult, but does that stop the amazing Natalie Norton? No!! You are amazing! I LOVE these photo's! What a beautiful family!!! :)

.From Her. said...

Yay!! We love the J-fam.

Stef, you look hott-t-t-t-t-t. NAT! AMAZING work.

I love you. All.


But seriously Natalie... No Gavin pictures? URRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHH.

apryl said...

so adorable, love the last few of mom & dad!

M Crew said...

I adore the photos of just the parents!

Unknown said...

Hi. I have been checking back at your cute little blog for a little while. Yep Im comin out in the open! haha anyways I love these pictures...where did you take them? p.s. thanks for makin me laugh...some of your posts are too funny. (i.e. the scissor one!)

Natalie. said...

AaReAn,

These were taken in Laie up toward Laie Falls.

Thanks for saying hi!!!

Amelia Kate said...

Ok, so I enlarged these expecting to find a bunch of noise, and didn't see any!
Beyond your creative talent, your technical skills are amazing.
Please, tell me. How in the world are these so clear and crisp without noise! They are absolutely beautiful!

Natalie. said...

Millie,

Even enlarged these images are still pretty small. I wish I could say there was no noise at all when they're viewed full res full size. . . :) HOWEVER, obviously a good camera with good iso capacities is a GREAT friend in this kind of a situation. :)

I also reduced the noise a little in photoshop.

Wish I could just say, "yes I'm amazing!" But alas. . .

N

Unknown said...

What a great shoot. The kids are adorable and I love the parents too : ) They look spunky : ) and so much fun!