I had a couple of Clients  talking to me about having their family portraits made this spring.  I have access to a cherry orchard near my Utah residential gallery.  The blossoms are beautiful in the spring and it is a wonderful location to in which to create portraits.  Just one problem as of late; the weather here in Utah during the spring.  There is no telling what is going to happen and cherry blossoms don’t last forever.  To further complicate scheduling, the Intermountain Professional Photographer’s Association held their annual convention this last week, and then I’m leaving tomorrow for Idaho to get some more photographic education followed by a day at the Republican Convention next Saturday where I will be representing my district as a delegate.  Whew!  Having said all that, I was bound and determined to get the portraits done for my clients – after all they come first.  Last Saturday the blossoms were well on there way and the weather was warm so I thought it would be a great day to photograph family “A”, but we had to reschedule so I set the session for Wednesday after the convention.  As I watched the weather, it became apparent that Wednesday wasn’t going to work so I called dad on Monday morning to see it we could shoot that evening – nothing like the last minute.  I left the convention in the afternoon and photographed this beautiful family.  It was a good thing – the next day the wind blew in one heck of a dust storm and by Wednesday we had rain and snow.  Thursday I ran up to the orchard and was surprised to find the flowers still on the trees so I called my other family to schedule their portrait session.  They could only come on Saturday morning so that’s what we planned on.  The weather report called for mostly cloudy so I was hoping it would work.  I got out of bed about 6:00 am and found a thick cloud cover.  By 7:00 am there were breaks in the clouds and blue sky starting to appear here and there.  At nine when the clients showed up it was cloudy again.  Not wanting to give up we drove to the orchard and setup for the portraits.  As I started to shoot a small break in the clouds appeared giving  just a bit of directional light and I was able to get some nice images.  A short time later the family five-year-old began to shiver in the cold and shortly there after it started to rain.  This morning’s shoot was the shortest family session I’ve had todate!  A Utah photographer creating outdoor  portraits in the spring has to be extremely flexible (and so do the families).  I’m happy with the results and despite the weather everyone involved passed the Utah Spring Weather Challenge!