Like a lot of mothers I like to take photos of my kids each
Christmas to send out with my Christmas cards to close friends and family. To
keep this tradition going, at the end of last week I hung a large beige sheet from
my dining room window pulled out our Christmas box which is full of
decorations, lights and tinsel to create a make shift photo booth. Excited at
the sight of all the pretty things both of my children were eager to have their
faces cleaned, hair done and get changed into something nice so that they could
play with it all. While they played I took lots of photos and said every now
and then I would chime in with a ‘cheese’ or ‘wow look at this’ to get their
attention. Despite my efforts they weren’t very good at taking directions as
Tahlia is 20 months old and Logan is 3 and a half so I found it easier and less
stressful just trying to capture them enjoying the new things to play with.
This approach did mean that I managed to get quite a few terrible and blurry
photos but luckily modern technology allows us to take hundreds of photos and
we only need to keep the good ones, and fortunately there were a few that I was
really happy with. It also didn’t help that my camera was broken and the next
best things I had was my mobile phone. It wasn’t long before they became
distracted and began to wander away so I took that as my cue to finish deciding
no one wants photos of crying grumpy children for Christmas.
Of course you could save yourself the trouble and have professional
photos taken but for me I enjoy knowing that each year I take them myself and
it has become one of our family traditions, also I am a tight ass and couldn’t
justify to myself spending that much money on photos when Christmas is just
around the corner. So, if you can’t afford to pay a photographer for Christmas
photos or you are like me and just don’t want to, this is a great way to
capture some pictures of them having fun to send away to family and friends in
their Christmas cards this year. Let’s face it, family and friends don’t care
how professional your photos look, they just like to receive a memento of how
much your children have grown in the past year. Especially those who don’t get
to see them as often as they would like. So pull out your decorations and a
large sheet and see where you imagination and camera can take you!
Here are some photos that I have taken over the years, they
aren’t professional but I like that it is one of our family traditions.
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