In spite of the fact that my husband is a professional photographer with two high-end cameras, we find it very difficult to take a family picture. Our dilemma: who is going to push the button? We just can't bring ourselves to pay someone else to take our picture, so we put it off.
This Christmas, though, I was determined to get a picture in our Christmas clothes, so I told everybody, "Don't change after church - we're taking a picture!" We got the camera and everyone all set up and took several shots using the timer. How this works: We all get in our spots and David focuses the camera, repeating over and over "Don't move! Don't move!" We emphasize the spot on the camera where we're all going to look (right below the "Nikon" lettering). Then he pushes the button and the light starts flashing and we are all counting down from 10 and he is running to his spot and I am saying, "Get ready! Look at the right spot. Hold still. Smile everyone!" David barely makes it in time, the camera flashes, and I walk over and check out the image to see how we did.
We had to take this shot 7 or 8 times and there's still a few things I'd fix, but it's pretty good for doing it on our own.
1 comment:
Great picture! You all look perfect. Baila has the same skirt that Alyssa? is wearing. It's the red one. She wore it in our Christmas photo too. Which is turning into a New Years photo card at this point. :) Lets hope I can get it sent out by this week. Our little Busy Izzy has kept me from getting anything done.
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