Family Photo Shoot with "the" photos....We woke the day after Christmas and did NOT want to take a family photo. We knew, however, that the boys would begin work again on the 27th and we may not get a family photo at all if we didn't do it NOW......We talked about how we didn't want to spend the day doing this, we wanted fun memories....then reality set it. We are a military family. The children are INSISTING on graduating and they don't want to keep moving with us from assignment to assignment. We NEEDED to take advantage of this rare opportunity.
We set up the projector screen. We found photos to project of scenery (and then decided to go with plain). We had ladders, new queen size sheets for backdrops....::snort:: No children were harmed in the making of these images (though a couple of adults pulled a few muscles). We used a Nikon D70, a tripod, and lots of leg energy.
We ended up making a lot of family memories. It turned out to be fun (in a rather twisted, go to the dentist, sort of way)! I don't think there is one photo were EVERYONE is smiling and looking the right way - but we have the same results with less fun in a studio. ::snort::
We've scarred her for life....
We had no "wall" photos of Stacia so took about 35 of her. These are the two best ones. One of these will replace her ultra sound photo in her frame in the hallway. Yes, we have a hall of fame and I switch photos out every so often.
Then we went for group photos - egads!
All the kids
Our whole family
Our family with G'ma and G'pa
Mike with kids
De'Etta with kids
A 3 generation photo
Mike & De'Etta
I began to goof around which resulted in THIS
I thought it might be a good shot to post when new staffs begin to check us out before our next assignment. ::snort::
Or this:
This was my first experience with photo shop and I'm sure the experts will want to do a few more things to these before we send them out. I'm happy. I got rid of the split in the screen, red eye and 1/2 an inch of thyroid thighs in one photo. ::snort::
6 comments:
Wonderful! Great shots all around...even the goofy ones.
Love the pictures, De'Etta! They are fabulous. You guys did a great job. The nice thing about your white/neutral background is you can grab the whole family and put them down into another scene and it should look natural (we can hope anyway).
Wonderful pictures. I can't imagine trying to gather that large of a group together and get a cohesive, smiling picture. :)
Kathy,
Our original plan was to take the photo of US and then put us in front of outdoor scenes etc....but now there is a feeling that the more people you have in a photo the plainer you want the background. LOL
We do have much more fun (as well as work) doing it ourselves at home. The photographers don't want to take as many different groupings as we like, or let everyone have a break so Zander can get psyched to being in close proximity to the gang for a bit longer, or let Stacia have a run around the room break. ::snort::
Great job, De'Etta!!! :-)
I'm jealous! Your pictures are great! I was able to get some good kid pics on the porch with the pumpkins but, when Dad was asked to come out it all fell apart. The 2 minutes it took him to get to the porch the twins went besirk! Different props are always fun with a white background. I am working part time/as needed, with a photographer right now. If I learn any cool tricks I'll pass them along. Great job with photoshop too. I sent Audrey to a kids camp class at ASU this summer. She learned lots of cool stuff. I am now learning from her! She's 8.
I'm glad Mom is back to continue the visit. Moms and Dads are precious. Enjoy your visit with them. xoxo Amy
LOL! Looks like a TON of FUN! Our family really likes to just get it over with >VBG>
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