I love candid beach images...

...and it's a good thing, because sometimes the weather makes it nearly impossible to get posed family portraits. The wind was a big problem on this shoot. It's a dual-edged sword - for candid photographs it can be powerful, making the viewers almost able to feel the breeze themselves, but the annoying side is when you've posed a family and finally gotten everyone to look at the camera and smile, and at the very moment the shutter clicks, a gust of wind blows hair in someone's face. Quite frustrating, and it seems to be a theme lately. The "bright" side (my mom always finds this side of life) is that the images below are why I love photography...