A couple of weeks back we  were able to make a weekend trip back to Tacoma and while we were there I had the opportunity to take some family photos of my wife’s brother and his family.

Of course western Washington decided to set all kinds of rain records that weekend so we had to just go for it and hope for the best. I spent the morning drooling (and buying) at Glazer’s Camera Store in Seattle (the likes of which Spokane will never know). While my brother Travis & I were in Seattle, it was beautiful—unfortunately it was the only sun we saw all weekend.

Once we got started with the session we were driving around the south Puget Sound trying to chase the lighter color clouds so we could attempt to stay dry for some outside photos. We ended up at a park street corner with trees. We got some great shots before the cold got to be too much for the little ones and headed to the cars. As soon as our doors closed the downpour started skies emptied like a fire hose trying to put out a forest fire.

Then we headed back to their home for the “studio-type” photos. We had fun playing around and getting the kids’ personalities captured. It was much more relaxed for everyone since the likelihood of death by drowning was far smaller.