"Meet The Swaringens"

BigBoyDrums (www.hectorcruzphoto.com) has added a photo to the pool:

Nikon SB900 in Softlighter CL
Nikon SB900 Behind CR
Nikon D300s
Tokina 12-24mm f4
Cybersyncs

Wow, it has been a long time since I posted here on flickr, so I thought I would post a new picture that I took of my friends. A lot has changed and happened since I last uploaded. I moved to Nashville, TN and I am loving it here, I have met many new amazing people and although I miss Southern California and my family, I know this is where I am suppose to be right now.

Now on to the photo, this is a photo of my good friend Greg and Erica Swaringen and their 5 kids. They live on post at Ft. Campbell, KY and they have one chaotic house at times! Greg is a Chaplain's Assistant in the Army and Erica is a housewife that homeschools all 5 kids. They are all a crazy bunch with so many personalities, that I wanted to capture them all individually and make a fun family portrait at the same time.

I had to shoot each person individually and composite them all together as trying to position and keep 5 kids sitting and cooperating at the same time is a challenge. So Dad and baby were shot first, then we did a photo of each kid and mom was last. I also did a shot of just the room by itself and the table and then used photoshop to put it all together.

Enjoy,
Hector