{"id":7033,"date":"2017-10-25T12:00:37","date_gmt":"2017-10-25T19:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/annagraf.com\/?p=7033"},"modified":"2023-07-27T14:06:59","modified_gmt":"2023-07-27T21:06:59","slug":"dont-take-your-own-family-pictures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/annagraf.com\/dont-take-your-own-family-pictures\/","title":{"rendered":"Why You Should NOT Take Your Own Family Pictures"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This weeks post is a bit humbling for me. I&#8217;m a professional photographer, I take naturally gorgeous senior pictures, real-life family pictures, and personable headshots but when it comes to taking pictures of my own family&#8230;I haven&#8217;t really taken my own advice. I tell people they should update their family photo at least once a year. Our little ones change so fast and what better way to capture those memories than with pictures? I realized in August that we haven&#8217;t had professional photos taken since my son&#8217;s newborn pictures. Eek! Last year he wasn&#8217;t moving real fast so I was able to set up the tripod and sit him down to take our own family pictures. But this year&#8230;.he is running&#8230;EVERYWHERE!<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve ever looked for a photographer, I feel you!\u00a0 It&#8217;s a lot of searching on social media.\u00a0 I searched for a few days in August but gave up because I was busy with my own photography clients.\u00a0 We had a trip to the coast planned for the weekend of my husband&#8217;s birthday in October so I thought maybe we could try to take our own photo again.\u00a0 I could bring the tripod, the remote trigger and we&#8217;d have a family picture on the beach.\u00a0 Sounds cute right?<\/p>\n<p>But in the back of my head, I knew it was a mistake.\u00a0 Liam is over 2 now and I rarely take photos of him anymore cause they tend to be a bit blurry.\u00a0 He&#8217;s constantly in motion if he isn&#8217;t strapped in a high chair, carseat, or sitting watching toons.\u00a0 I don&#8217;t know why I thought I could set up the tripod, my camera settings and then get all of us to sit and all smile at the camera?\u00a0 Nope.<\/p>\n<p>In September I stumbled across a post inside the Portland Rising Tide Society Group on Facebook.\u00a0 Photographer\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dijanaszewczyk.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dijana Szewczyk<\/a>\u00a0recently went full time with photography and was offering family minis to fill her fall calendar.\u00a0 I took all of 2 minutes to debate booking her and I&#8217;m so glad I did because this is what I got for &#8220;family pictures&#8221; at the coast this last weekend. Granted this is with my cell phone but dear god&#8230;none of these would work!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/annagraf.com\/dont-take-your-own-family-pictures\/family-selfies\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7042\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-7042 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/annagraf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/family-selfies.jpg\" alt=\"Don't take your own family pictures\" width=\"900\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/annagraf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/family-selfies.jpg 900w, https:\/\/annagraf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/family-selfies-800x222.jpg 800w, https:\/\/annagraf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/family-selfies-636x177.jpg 636w, https:\/\/annagraf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/family-selfies-768x213.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the real reason I&#8217;m so glad I booked my family portrait session with a professional photographer vs doing the pictures myself.\u00a0 I didn&#8217;t have to stress at all that weekend at the coast, I got to enjoy running on the beach with my little one, spin him around and around and just have a great time.\u00a0 I didn&#8217;t have to lug my camera bag and tripod, I got to have fun with my family.\u00a0\u00a0I&#8217;m so glad we booked a family session with a pro so I can actually sit back and enjoy the photoshoot and know we&#8217;re going to have beautiful family pictures!<\/p>\n<p>If you haven&#8217;t booked your family portrait sessions for the Fall I still have 3 spots left at my <a href=\"https:\/\/annagraf.com\/family-mini-sessions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">family mini sessions on Saturday, November 4th<\/a>.\u00a0 Shoot me an email at <a href=\"mailto:hello@annagraf.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hello@annagraf.com<\/a> to find out the times available.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This weeks post is a bit humbling for me. 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