Getting a family of 6 to cooperate on a group picture is not easy. Which is why I'm so happy about this latest family picture. When we went to Boise for my brother-in-law's wedding, we made sure we took the kids to see and walk around the Boise Temple. I brought my tripod since they were still dressed in their dressy clothes for church. I set it up and we got it on the first try! I took a few more to try and get a better one, but that one was a winner. Wow, surprise, surprise. I like this one below the best, but alas and alack, Jacqueline is not looking in the right direction. If I was better with Photoshop, maybe . . . .
I'd also like to start a family picture tradition. Have one posed and then let everyone do their own thing and have a crazy one. And then frame them side by side. I'll have to do that next time we have one!I also tried to get the kids into formation and get a good one. We eventually did. Though it's a long process as you can see.
Final product, i.e. the best of the bunch, meaning no arms up or sneezing and everyone with a mostly pleasant look.
A surprising spontaneous snap
5 comments:
We took our first family photo in 11 years when i was home this spring. Photos like these are great memories to hang on to. :)
I love the pics every year--its great torture for the kids.
One of my most favs of our family was the first shot taken and then it went downhill from there. But hey, when you send them out no one knows that but you.
Getting all kids to cooperate at all times is a job for sure. Your little family looks very nice--they all have such pretty smiles.
What lovely photos! I agree that getting everyone smiling in the right direction at the same time is a real chore! Thank goodness for digital where you can just keep snapping away :)
CUTE! You all look great. Eliza looks so grown up! Hope you are having some fun out East.
I do love that top picture...but if you really like the other one, turning heads in photoshop is easy-peasy.
Let me see if I can think of an easy way to explain how to do it, if not, you can send them on over and I can give it a try.
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