beautiful Lisa. I am in the same boat regarding my journey into photography. A few years ago I quit taking portraits of others so I could focus more on my kids. I figured the photo equipment was paid for by then. Just a thought ...
Must be fun for the kids to have so many siblings. Just wait until the grandchildren start popping out. I always enjoy your processing and skin tones. Great family pic.
The contrasting colors of the shirts and background are great. That alone, with the blurred background draw the attention in. I think the closeness of all the subjects just shows how the family really is. All needing one another in one way. Dad could have planned it, or may have been a natural thing for them to do.
One large gorgeous family coming up. Keeping everyone ones wardrobe in the same color palette works out extremely well especially with the contrasting tones in your back ground colors.
You have beautiful family. Must be nice to have a good picture when you have so many others of your clients. Could just be because you said you had to do a lot of photoshop work, but some of the heads do look really cut and paste. I think it might be the way they sit on the necks, but it could just be my imagination. Nice pictures nonetheless, especially the one of just the kids.
As a photographer with 5 kids and 11 grandkids, I understand your challenge. Nice shots! Good color choices, great exposure - and everyone has their eyes open!