The 5 Photographs You Don't Want to Miss Taking This Year During the Holidays!

The 5 Photographs You Don’t Want to Miss Taking This Holiday Season

Ever look at other people’s photos and think, why didn’t I think of getting that one?  Here’s a checklist of the 5 most important photographs you can take this holiday season.

___ Baking with Grandma.  These are some photographs that will be treasured for years to come by your children as they grow older, and have kids of their own some day.  Baking is a huge tradition for many families, and Grandmas have the best cookie recipes!  Perhaps creating a Grandma’s Cookie Recipe book for when your kids are older, complete with these photographs, would be a treasured keepsake.

___ All the cousins playing together.  It’s not often that cousins get together, and so to have fun photographs of these kids together, climbing at the playground, sitting on a retaining wall, cuddled up on Grandma’s couch, building legos together, eating ice cream… These are the sweet photos that they will enjoy so much when they are older.

___ Photos of you with your parents.  It’s great for you to get a photo of you with all of your siblings and your parents, but how about something sweet of you, and your mom and dad?  That’s often overlooked, and to have that kind of snapshot is priceless as you raise your own family.

___ A photograph of your mom and dad under the mistletoe, kissing.  That can never get old.

___ Photographs of you and your kids.  So many moms are the ones taking the photos… and they get cute ones of dad and the kids.  Encourage your partner to take photographs of you with the kids…  or else, 20 years from now, your kids will wonder why there are no photos of them with you in it!  Show your partner some ideas on what you’d like, and then take those photos.  And don’t worry about having those extra 20 pounds, or the roots in your hair, or the wrinkles in your face.  The photos are the important thing.  And, if taking care of those extra 20 lbs, roots, or wrinkles is super-important to you, I know some people who can help you with that.  But that’s another conversation!

Hopefully, this has helped you figure out some photographs you want from this holiday, and inspire you to take even more!  Share your holiday photos on our Facebook page, and show us what you did!  We can't wait to see!

3 Tips on Getting the Best Snapshots During December

3 Tips on Getting the Best Snapshots During December

Ever wonder why your photos during the most wonderful time of the year don’t turn out as wonderfully as you thought they would?  Here are 3 tips on getting awesome photos with the camera on your phone!

 1.  Light is everything.  If you are in a lowlight setting, chances are your photographs are going to have noise, those pesky little red-blue-green dots that are scattered everywhere like glitter, but not as pretty.  The newest phones have pretty good settings for lowlight areas, but your best bet is to be in a well lit area.  Are you looking for a pretty shot of your sweet daughter holding a battery operated candle?  You’ll want to place her in an area that has ambient lighting, like near the holiday tree with lights, to be able to get the best effect.

2.  Get on the floor.  Getting on the floor with the kids at their eye-level will give you the most interesting photographs.  Seeing the room, the decorations, and other loved ones from their angle gives you a new perspective and helps you see things differently.

3.  Relax.  If you aren’t getting the photograph you want, change things up, and come back to it later.  Snacks and a drink will help any young’un revive and take the pressure off.

We hope that these three tips help you!  Making sure that you get all of the beautiful snapshots of your family during the holiday season will help you to remember it well.  The best way to enjoy them, though, is not on your phone or on Facebook; printing them in a fun album through www.mpix.com is one of many ways to enjoy your photographs.  Holding a printed photo, an actual, tangible representation of a moment that you love, is a much different experience than viewing them on a hand-held device.

Honey Bee Photography believes in the printed photograph.  No digital photograph can replace a print.  We do not receive any payment for mentioning mpix.com or any other consumer lab.