Christmas Portraits

I spent Christmas Eve in my hometown of Colorado Springs for our christmas get together at my cousins house… I decided that it would be a great opportunity for me to take some portraits of the family… So I grabbed a black background and my canon flash fitted with a diy beauty dish and set up a makeshift portrait studio in my cousins living room… It was fun to have the family as the peanut gallery as I shot the portraits, it helped get some of them in front of the camera that otherwise wouldn’t have and also helped coax some expressions that I might not have gotten either… So check out some of my favorites-

My cousin Joe, the card trick king!

Uncle Del giving us his stern look, wouldn’t want to anger him, ever!

My cousin Hans, doing his sad santa-

Hans’ son Caden, who immediately sat in the chair and gave this expression for one frame!