I recently had the pleasure of photographing a portrait session with a mother and her daughter.  Interestingly enough when I was looking through the proofs, I surprised myself as only about 16% of the images were in black and white.  Now when I do portrait sessions, unless requested otherwise  by my clients, I will tend to make a larger percentage (maybe 30-40%) of the images to be in black and white because that makes the images look like instant vintage (classics)!  Perhaps this stems from my first photography class in college when all we shot in was black and white, but truth be told, I had an affinity for black and white even before that.  I remember one day back when I was in high school or my freshman year of college, I contacted my best friend and told her that I wanted to do a photo shoot of her in black and white.  It was perfect because I planned on doing some deep finger waves in her hair and making her look like she was in the 1920’s.  Well, if you would believe, my friend went and got her hair done in twists with a ponytail.  She looked nice, but it wasn’t what I wanted for my photo shoot.

Alright, I digressed… With this recent portrait session, it was not long before I realized why I left so many of the images in color:  they were wearing my favorite color!  So yes, as a photographer, I do have a little color bias – I admitted it!   But in all honesty, the shades of purple they wore were so vibrant, and they especially popped against the complimentary golden color of the fall leaves in the background!

Below I have included images from a recent family portrait session at Valley Garden Park in Greenville, DE.  By the way if you’re ever in the Wilmington, DE area, you should definitely check out this park; there are so many photo-ops!

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