Recently due to a short Christmas break I could invade studio and fill it with familiar faces smaller and bigger. family members enjoy the bonding in a small space and I as e result have more images to work on or learn from depends on the point of view. in my case it is always either viewfinder and a monitor. honestly I prefer the first one as in portrait photography that is the shooting that gives the mere thrill. and the moment you almost as close as you thought was possible. then re-inventing on the monitor is only checking if the thrill was aimed correctly. but when photographing family especially -the one that you created is about something much more important. it is about observing. and seeing things that are not usually there-or seeing them for the first time even. and that might be shocking.:)