Family Photos

Family Photos Keep You Connected

November 8, 2011

We have lots of relatives and there is sort of an agreement between us that once a year we’ll send family photos or holiday cards with our families’ pictures on them.  It’s our way of keeping up with everyone’s changes and growth.  Some of us live quite a distance away from each other so we [...]

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Family Photos: What makes a Family?

August 2, 2011

I love the idea of family photos on Christmas cards but my family at the moment consists of me and my 12 year old daughter. Each year my daughter and I love to get photo Christmas cards from our friends and my sisters and their families and I can see that she gets sad thinking [...]

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Family Photos Equal a Lifetime of Memories!

April 12, 2011

I come from a large family – three sisters and a brother. Taking family photos throughout the years was a bit difficult. There was always someone who did not want to take the picture or wear the matching outfit.  I don’t know how my parents got all five of us to sit down long enough [...]

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The Best Christmas Photo Cards with some Help from my Dog

April 20, 2010

I am the go-to photographer for my family and friends (as a matter of fact, one of my friends would have no family photos of her children if it weren’t for me), and I had just recently gotten my first really good camera. My reason for buying this camera was to take a good family [...]

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Christmas Photo Cards – Use What you’ve Got

March 30, 2010

In my opinion, digital cameras trump most other technology as one of the best inventions in a long time, though I do really love my DVR. I enjoy taking family photos and viewing them either on the TV, computer or Nintendo Wii system which is also very cool! My children love to make puzzles out [...]

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Photo Christmas Cards of your Kids as a Form of Blackmail

January 28, 2010

What does reaching an age of reason have to do with taking photos of your kids for photo Christmas cards? Well, when your children are very young, you can jolly them and then maybe bribe them to sit still and smile. Once they are old enough to understand and believe your threats, you can blackmail [...]

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How to Make your Digital Photo Holiday Cards a Little Less Boring

July 28, 2009

Stop it! Stop it right now and let’s get creative! No more lining people up like glazed-over mannequins for the annual group photo! Life is beautiful and so is your family, your friends, and even your coworkers. With a little forethought and a few simple steps you too can bring forth award-winning digital photo holiday [...]

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Family Photos to Last a Lifetime

April 14, 2009

Has anyone else gone through the experience of a family wedding? When my son Sean starting dating Kim, I thought to myself, “She seems like a nice girl.” But with my son’s dating history, I really didn’t think the relationship would last. But last it did! I think my first clue was when Sean wanted [...]

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The Joy of Restoring Old Family Photos

March 10, 2009

For the past couple of years, my wife Susan has really been into the studying and tracing of her family history. Genealogical research is a complex process that involves more than affixing a collection of names on a pedigree chart. Genealogy involves identifying ancestral or descendant families by using historical records to establish biological, genetic, [...]

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Christmas Photo Cards – Fun for the Whole Family

February 24, 2009

Every family has one – a mother, cousin, grandparent or aunt who obsessively shoves the camera in everyone’s face at family functions.  This special family photographer is always around for opportunities for family photos, no matter how unflattering they may be. You can run, but you can never hide from the unforgiving lens. As a [...]

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