Full sun in Detroit

Saturday afternoon in Detroit with the Huntley crew.  An easy going, very sunny shoot.  A moment on full sun...  oiy!  Taking portrait pictures in full sun stinks...  in the harsh autumn sun, forget about it.  However, we had a day that would work for them and we forged ahead to see what we could get.  There is quite a bit of fiddling going on here in the sunny shots.  Lots of layers and taking down the harsh highlights and then more layers and perking up the deep shadows. 

The nice part was that this family never blinks.  Well, I am sure they do - but it was lovely to cruise through my shots and nary a shut eye.  amazing.  They are also easy going - the youngest was silly as all get out - he kept us laughing.  He reminded me of my Finn - they are the same age... must have been some extra silliness in the cosmos.

The tops two are at Belle Isle (which was just made a State Park - WOOOOT!) and the bottom was under the fist of Joe Louis.