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I disagree -- I think you are a portrait photographer. I'd like so much to paint this that I think I will, for a portfolio piece. Great triangular shape to the overall subject, nicely grounded. Such fantastic opportunities with the play of light on all features -- faces, arms, hands, clothing. Beautiful kids.
All the white is the big challenge, but I'm already not seeing very much of it as pure white, but as blues and violets and reflected greens. The few areas that are washed out from the brilliance of the sunlight will benefit from some special attention. I'm thinking that you'll need to orchestrate quite a bit of "not white" around them in order to capture the brilliance of those highest values. Judging from your other work, I'm sure you can pull it off.
I wanted to say something about the "horizon" -- the far edge of the grass -- being too close to the vertical center of the piece, and going right through the boy's head, but the more I look at it, the less that concerns me. Just keep it soft and subdued. It's kind of nice to have that bit of light grass against the dark side of the boy's neck and face, for the effect of depth.
Of course, too, the very bright light is causing the kids to squint, so you're not going to get any information about their eye color and such, but again as I look at the overall piece, I find that to be an acceptable compromise in a setting in which the squint is normal and expected.
I don't see many photo references here that make me feel like getting started immediately. I would take this on in a second. If you have a falling out with your clients, please give them my email address.
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