Thursday, January 26, 2012

How To Shoot Family Portraits

By Abby Cruz


Our shots with our family during joyful moments and taken when we least expect it are the best shots that we have. And we have a lot of them already since we can all shoot with our camera phones and digital cameras nowadays. But we need something more official this time to show the next generation. perhaps it is time that we have a professionally shot family photograph.

The subsequent generation will benefit from the family photograph as much as we will. As the supreme family remembrance, it is a little that will inform the children of our children their family history. It is a commemoration of our achievements as family. Every candle we blow on our cake and every member born is deserving of a family photograph. It's also a tradition. We may have a lot of family photos already, but we also need family portraits with a more professional treatment.

Naturally, every family photograph involves the whole family. And if you have a family with small children, it's almost assured that the picture take won't finish in just a few minutes. children will always act as kids so make sure that you have candies and toys to induce them to behave as sitting still for a few minutes isn't their strong suit. Make them comfortable as much as possible. The same goes for the older family members. Bring their medicines as a precautionary measure. The heat from the photographer's lights or the sunlight, if the photo take takes place outdoors, can wear them down so allocate a room or shade area for them to cool down.

You can have an al fresco photo or you can take it indoors. Talk about where you would like to hold it with your family. Go for the most prevalent suggestion. Vote on the options if you must so everyone will feel included. Just avoid taking it with a renowned landmark as backgrounds because the emphasis of the picture will switch to the background. Traditional family photographs are usually very formal, although you could make it fun and have a theme like all-red motif or mafia-themed shot where everybody wears mafia-like suits and attires. Then inform your photographer what your family selected and let him run the show from then on.

Finally, accept the fact that not everybody has a perfect smile. You might expect your family to have flawless Barbie and Ken smiles, but realize that if some might smirk or others might refuse to smile at all then it is just okay. You would want to present to each one's personality more than to incorporate a small formality in the picture because nothing is more depressing than a family photograph featuring members sporting false smiles.




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