Digital Photo Christmas Cards – A Test of Patience
Anyone out there have kids who make it a challenge when taking pictures? Am I alone in this? You know the daunting task of taking a young child to have digital photos shot professionally at one of those photo studios that specialize in such things?
Each year, I bring my son to have digital photos taken to ensure that I have great photos of him at every age. Sometimes I also brave the trip to a photo studio to take digital photos for the photo Christmas cards I send out at the end of the year. If I were any kind of photographer, I’d skip the whole process and just take the digital photos myself, but unfortunately a photographer I’m not. Some people may think it’s exciting to go get portrait photos done…memories to last a lifetime, right? Well, if you have a child over the age of six this may be the case, but for me, it’s not.
Somehow keeping them clean, stopping the crying, teaching patience while we wait on line (didn’t I make an appointment???), getting them to look at the camera (would it be too much to hope for a smile?), and praying they don’t punch the photographer while having their photos taken is not so exciting!
Then when it all settles down, I think to myself “Why would anyone choose to do this? I don’t need to have portrait photos done, do I?” Then I realize of course I do, and that the daunting task is worth every second once the digital photos arrive. It’s true what they say, memories do last a lifetime and when the kids are little, it’s a memory you’ll want to keep forever.
So, maybe I should consider some photography classes for myself. Make my own greeting cards, create beautiful portraits and photo greeting cards for friends…why not show off my portraits? Who knows, with a little practice I might be the next Annie Leibovitz!
This post was written by Nina G.
Tags: digital photos, photo christmas cards, Photo Greeting Cards
August 16th, 2009 at 12:18 pm
You are not alone! I was spending a fun day with my two year old niece taking her to her favorite place, the big beautiful mall (her words not mine!) We passed by a one hour photo studio and I thought what a great surprise for her mom. One tantrum, several tosses of toys and a desperate attempt for one sweet smile later we did walk out with a beautiful photograph that remains displayed on my sister’s mantle.