Ah, Summer. The magical, long, hot days, the cool, breezy nights, and everything in between. It's time for get-aways, games, special meals with special people in your life, and all the memories.
Now, it may seem that taking photos during all of summer, especially vacation time, may seem obvious, but there are some photos that later on, you'll wish you'd remembered to take. Here are my top 6 photos you don't want to miss this summer.
1. Getting in front of your child while they are running away from Dad or Grandma. Too often, when we are chasing our kids and all we see is the back of their heads, we hear them laughing, but we can't see their expression. Let me tell you... those expressions are so sweet and so gleeful, because while to us, we're thinking, "My darling child, Mommy doesn't have time to chase you down", they think it's a game and it's so much fun. So... set yourself up to be in front of your child, while your partner plays chase, so you can capture that beautiful moment, that I know you'll treasure forever.
2. Eating a big smiley slice of watermelon. Nothing is cuter than cutting a cold, juicy slice of sweet watermelon, handing it to your three year old, and getting some adorable photos while she enjoys it. Her smile will be the same shape as that slice, and imagine juice on her chin, and her eyes shining brightly as she enjoys one of life's simple pleasures.
3. Photos of you with your furbabies. Make sure that you get someone to take photos of you with your sweet furbaby, because all too often, we moms get our kids and the dog, our partner with the cat, but we don't get photographs of us with our sweet furbabies. Selfies are fun, but there's only so much you can get with that. Hand over your cell phone to a friend and ask her to take photos of you with your baby... our fur babies are only around for a short while.
4. Use light to your advantage on detail photos. Backlighting things like fruity drinks will make the glass sparkle. For fabulous photos at family reunions, set yourselves up so you can use open shade without harsh sunlight to get the very best photos that are well lit. You can also use sunshine to your advantage to sculpt your subject in flattering ways.
5. Get the grandparents with each individual child. It's awesome to get all the grandchildren together with your mom and dad. That's always a fun and memorable time! However, the oldest child always gets those individual photos, and as more offspring and cousins come along, it's usually group photos of everyone with grandma. Each child will feel special having their very own photo with their grandma and grandpa, and it becomes a legacy to treasure in the future.
6. Finally, be in the photos with your kids. They aren't going to care that you don't have makeup on, or that you feel you need to lose 20 pounds before you allow photos of yourself... The most photographed generation will end up not having photos with their moms because of these reasons. Be in photos with your kids. They will treasure them in years to come.
My final pro tip is to print your photographs. This is the only way to preserve your memories. Having your photos in the cloud is great, but you need to turn on a device in order view them... and it's easy to forget about them, too. Remember going through albums as a kid and enjoying those photos of you and your family when you were young? Don't deprive your children of that joy! Print what you want to preserve.
If these ideas sound wonderful, and you'd love to explore having your very own experience and artwork to treasure forever, call Megan today at 240-766-8966.
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