This is probably the hardest I've worked for a photo in this series. It involved climbing a mountain. Okay, not a big mountain. Certainly not one that required any special gear to ascend. But still, it involved a mile long hike up a mountain with little kids. But the view was certainly worth it.
I took many other shots from the top of the mountain, some of which feature better views than this one. But this was my favorite shot because it included my family sitting back and taking in the beauty of that view. That gives it a lot more emotional resonance for me. Maybe not for you, because you don't know these people, but for me it makes it a lot better.
I used one of my favorite photographic techniques for this shot. I adjust the camera for the sky primarily and then used the flash to light up the people in the foreground. Usually if you adjust for the sky, anything in the foreground becomes a silhouette. But using the flash corrects for that, usually resulting in a pretty dramatic image.
