Family Portraits and Overcast Skies—These are a few of my favorite things!

I love shooting in overcast skies, especially family portraits, oh and I love The Sound of Music too. I keep finding myself using lyrics from that show in blog posts. But overcast skies are where it’s at—even lighting on everyone which is super helpful in keeping up with little ones on the move, because I don’t have to put much thought into adjusting for changing light. Because of this, I don’t think I could ever move away from Pittsburgh’s overcast climate! While we have a lot of cloudy days here, you can’t count on the weather. So whenever those cloudy days coincide with my sessions, I count it as a blessing!

The sun had started setting and the skies started to clear, so it was the perfect timing for a portrait backlit by sunset.

I love seeing kids be kids and breaking up the posed shots with fun action shots can be so good for keeping kids interested!

We were on a mission to get some more fall foliage in before the sun set completely. I love how this little one is pulling her family along as a fearless leader!

We made it in time to capture a few shots before the sun went down.

I really like this one of the four of them on the blanket. What a handsome family they are!