Doug’s Extended Family Portraits at Brookside Gardens
Doug reached out to me back in March. He was hoping to do an extended family session with his family, his sister’s family, and his parents while they were all in town from up north. They wanted to shoot at Brookside Gardens, and for good reason. I used to shoot at Brookside Gardens quite a lot many, many years ago during the Groupon days, but as the location became more and more popular with photographers (and novice photographers in particular who don’t yet know how to behave themselves), they eventually introduced a permitting process, and then later a permitting fee. With a lot of alternative options out there, the permitting fee naturally cut down on the demand, and I don’t