On Sunday I made my way to Winston-Salem, NC to capture some precious memories of the Ricciardi family.  Before the shoot I felt that it was important to ask the following question: “Do you want this to be a serious/formal shoot or do you want to have fun?”.  The mom told me that she wanted to have fun and that was all that I needed to hear.  The purpose for this shoot was to capture a formal portrait of the entire family to hang on their wall.  To make the session more interesting we did a few formal poses and the rest of the time we just  let loose and played.