Do you get your family picture taken professionally every year? We don’t. We tend to go to churches that have a church directory. We’ll get it every couple of years, when we go for that. Other than that, we tend to do it at Easter, when we’re all dressed up nicely. Last year we had a fun photo shoot with our new camera, however, we didn’t get any with all of us together. Here’s some of our pictures that we came away with. I was about 7 months pregnant.
- Make sure everyone is well fed before you leave. A hungry child makes for a grumpy child!
- Make sure everyone uses the bathroom before you leave, too! No need for a potty break in the middle of a photo shoot!
- To avoid blinking, have everyone close their eyes, count to three and have then open their eyes and smile at the same time. Of course, that may not work for the littlest ones (like mine), but if you have some cooperative children, it could work!
- If you’re taking your own photos, take lots of the same pose, one extra click on the camera could’ve been that perfect shot! Now that we’re in the digital age, you can just delete what you don’t want.
- If your photo is going to be outside, avoid the brightest time, from 11 to 3.
- Don’t tell the photographer that you’re not getting individual pictures of each kid (if you’re in a studio type setting where they have a certain quota they must get before they let you go). We did that, and I think that’s when he decided not to try. We would have bought something had it been good enough, but we were definitely not impressed!
- Don’t wear clashing colors, but don’t worry about everyone being in matching shirts either. Pick colors that work well with each other.