This is a beautiful location, and I have photographed my fair share of families and senior portraits here. Prior to this family portrait session, we had a lot of rain. In fact, this was about two weeks after the Colorado floods – so all of the colors were bold and saturated. The grass was lush and green, and the sky was super blue and partially concealed by the broken, abstract cloud cover that gave it so much drama.So, why black and white family portraits instead of color in such a beautiful outdoor setting? 
Why Black and White family portraits?
There are many things that draw us to black and white portraits. Sometimes, we will use black and white to hide distractions from an image. Distractions take away from the beauty and the essence of a family portrait. We want the eye to scan an image for faces and expressions, not to get distracted by brightly colored clothing. Black and white images also have a unique drama and power that is their’s alone. Clients are often surprised by how much they are drawn to the beauty and simplicity of the images. During the ordering appointment, we show our clients at least a few images in black and white, so that they can see what a black and white image has to offer. There are times when a client has not even considered a portrait in black and white, then falls in love with it once they see it.
I have always been a huge fan of black and white photography, so it pleases me when clients have the same love affair with black and white family portraits that I have.
“When you photograph people in color, you photograph their clothes. But when you photograph people in Black and white, you photograph their souls.”
-Ted Grant
See the slideshow below.