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Post by LavenderLayoutLady on Apr 14, 2020 13:41:05 GMT
I was thinking about this after the Easter photo thread.
Is your family into posing for photos?
Do they protest, or turn away?
For holidays, are they open to props (like Easter bunny ears)?
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Post by mikklynn on Apr 14, 2020 13:43:43 GMT
No. My son is getting better. He'll intentionally mess up the first one, then behave. He's almost 40, btw. It took my bursting into tears in an ice cream shop to get any cooperation.
I've had to settle for ok.
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Post by Linda on Apr 14, 2020 14:22:32 GMT
they are usually pretty good - DH has a bad habit of goofing off though and I think he realised it this summer when I was taking photos of the whole family at dinner (shortly after DS came back after 3.5 years in Japan) and he realised afterwards he 'ruined' all my pictures.
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Post by msliz on Apr 14, 2020 14:57:19 GMT
My DH refuses. He'll do the vacation photos, but he's reluctant to be in one at home. I think it's because when he's at home he's either working or relaxing, and posing for photos doesn't fall into either of those categories for him.
The problem with my DDs is getting them all feeling gorgeous and not pissed off at each other at the same time.
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Post by refugeepea on Apr 14, 2020 15:47:47 GMT
 No. A smirking smile from the oldest, an I'm forcing myself to smile with the middle child, and someone needs to hold him down with the youngest.
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Post by Elsabelle on Apr 14, 2020 15:50:16 GMT
My family has always been very cooperative for pictures. My only issue is DH doesn’t seem to be able to smile naturally for a picture. He always looks a little pained. Then he’s surprised when I show him later. Next time I’ll try telling him to think about an Adam Sandler movie or some such silly thing that makes him laugh.
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Post by Neisey on Apr 14, 2020 15:57:50 GMT
As soon as my mom sees a camera come out she starts putting her hands up in front of her face thereby ruining the photo. One day I told her "when you die we're gonna have to do that Memorial photo thing for you and we won't have any photos to choose from 😉" She is doing better now LOL
My girls, now 21 and almost 19, know that the sooner they give me a good smile the sooner we can get on with other things. A few years ago I was setting up a fall photo shoot with them. Everything was going well until the youngest noticed that the oldest was wearing a pair of her boots so they had a little tiff and the youngest one walked home without finishing the photo shoot… Teen girl drama and attitude!
My ex NEVER smiled in photos. He was a really funny, witty guy and laughed a lot but didn't know how to smile. He always looked so gruff in photos. SO will appease me with an odd photo opportunity but is generally uncomfortable in front of the camera.
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Post by lostwithout2peas on Apr 14, 2020 16:06:26 GMT
They will be kinda cooperative for the 1st few, but after that they get antsy. They don't understand it takes quite a few pics to get a good one. And I always tell them if they would just cooperate from the get go it would be over quicker. But it seems like I always have one determined to screw it up. And mine are 16, 17, and 23. And they have been having their pictures taken their entire lives! They should be used to it. But they have gotten better. And DH always cooperates and gets mad when the kids don't cooperate. I need to make a page of all the screw ups with "Come on guys!" as the title cause that's what DH is always saying!😂
Funny story, great nephew 6 years old gets mad and says why does Tia always have to take so many pictures??! And sometimes flat out refuses to cooperate! It's always a problem when I'm trying to get a group picture of all 6 of the great-grandchildren together. Anyways, we usually see him and his sister almost daily, but since this whole thing started we haven't seen them in over a month. We went by for Easter to drop off their baskets we bought them in the front yard, parked out on the street and sat in the back of our truck to watch them open then from afar. I had my camera with me and asked them to pose for a picture for me and they did and he shouts to me from the front yard "Tia, I miss you taking lots of pictures!!!" 😭 I lost it!
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Post by huskermom98 on Apr 14, 2020 16:16:27 GMT
My boys are getting on my nerves with pictures--I don't usually want posed pictures because I prefer real life photos for my scrapbooks. But these days my youngest won't even leg me do that, he turns his head or moves out of the frame completely, ruining my shot. When I do want a posed shot it usually involves bribery...
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Post by LavenderLayoutLady on Apr 14, 2020 16:18:03 GMT
My answers to these questions:
Most of my kids don't mind posing for a few photos. My one teen is very sensitive to wanting to look gender appropriate (they are ftm trans).
My mom, on the other hand, I can almost never get a pic of her. Birthdays? Christmas? Nope, not a chance. She only lets me take a pic if she's really dressed up, full make up, etc. Pretty much funerals & weddings only.
My younger kids (for the time being), still will let me take pics with limited props. I don't know how much longer it will last.
I would love to have a huge multi-generational photo taken, but i know that won't happen.
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Post by LavenderLayoutLady on Apr 14, 2020 16:41:48 GMT
lostwithout2peas That's so sweet! huskermom98 Bribery has definitely been used before with one of my teens. mikklynn Aww! My heart hurt when I read you cried. *fingers crossed* for many photos that are on the better side of just okay. linda Hopefully your dh will decide to hold a nice pose for future photos at least some of the time. msliz Oh yes, trying to get the kids all photo ready, and photo happy, at the same time. refugeepea We've had those moments. Sometimes i just shrug and am happy if they are all in the same photo. Even if one of them is a blur and another is making pissy face at me & glaring. Elsabelle LOL @ mentioning Adam Sandler movies to your dh. Sometimes when i can't get a smile out of the kids, I'll say, "Smell farts!" in the same tone i would say, "Say cheese!" It cracks a few smiles. (Yeah, we're crude) Neisey I've never said it to my mom, but I've had a similar thought, that I won't have any nice pics when the time comes for a memorial board.
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Post by Elsabelle on Apr 14, 2020 16:49:10 GMT
LOL @ mentioning Adam Sandler movies to your dh. Sometimes when i can't get a smile out of the kids, I'll say, "Smell farts!" in the same tone i would say, "Say cheese!" It cracks a few smiles. (Yeah, we're crude)  I am so doing that next time! Thank you!!! |
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Post by joblackford on Apr 14, 2020 21:47:09 GMT
NO. Mostly we forget, or don't have a good way to get a photo with all of us in it, but we also have one family member who always accidentally blinks, another who turns away and starts talking as soon as the shutter is about to go off, and one who HATES posing and is just quite uncooperative. (My SIL didn't have a single wedding photo with everyone in the family looking at the camera with eyes open & smiling at the same time - her photographer had to do some head swaps I think!)
Since one of our MILs passed away last year and we went through lots of family photos looking for images to represent her recent life one of my SILs (the blinker) has been going out of her way to get us together for photos. I'm not sure how long it will last, but it's a good thing.
I should say though, one of our favorite group photos of their family with late MIL was one I took, not technically great, but they were all there and looking at the camera, and after a couple of shots uncooperative BIL stuck his tongue out and "ruined" the photo. That was the one we blew up and had framed to sit next to MIL's chair in her final years, and it's the family photo they published with her informal obituary. If you can't beat 'em... ;P
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Post by joblackford on Apr 14, 2020 21:48:14 GMT
The problem with my DDs is getting them all feeling gorgeous and not pissed off at each other at the same time.  this made me lol <3 |
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Post by maryjo on Apr 14, 2020 21:50:36 GMT
Sometimes! It’s hit or miss. My son rarely individual photos but he will do the random family selfie.
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Post by scrapaddict702 on Apr 14, 2020 22:18:55 GMT
My kids are so well trained that even when I try to get candid shots they turn and smile to the camera. My 9yo is at the stage of being embarrassed so if I try and get pictures when he thinks his friends might walk up and see, he tries to hurry me along.
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Post by 950nancy on Apr 14, 2020 23:42:35 GMT
Yes. My boys were great posers (and actors) growing up. They also picked girls who will pose. My husband will also pose. The dogs (my favorite subjects) are great posers too. Now I don't take nearly the number of pictures for events that I used to, but I make sure I get a few good pictures for most events.
When my son proposed, it was under the guise of a little photo shoot in the mountains before she left for grad school a month later. I took probably 80 pictures prior the proposal and at least that many afterwards. It is funny how you can see that she is absolutely thrilled in the after proposal set of pictures. I feel like one lucky momma that I have so many great pictures of them together (several thousand for the ten years they have dated).
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Post by myboysnme on Apr 15, 2020 0:01:52 GMT
Yes they will within reason. They will let me get the shot and even a redo but will not let me just snap away until I get a good one. I get like a few tries and that's it.
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Post by ScrapbookMyLife on Apr 15, 2020 3:45:03 GMT
They will begrudgingly gather for the obligational group photo and other random photos.
The majority are paranoid and insecure, about being in photos.
One who wants to see every single photo immediately after it's taken, to see if they like it or not. Nope!, that wastes time and it makes the camera battery go low faster.
A couple act a fool, and makes the process take longer.
Several rush to be in the back row, even though they are the shorter ones in the group.
One always voices the comment of "use my camera it's better than yours and I'll send you the photos". Nope, the first time that happened(many years ago) and their camera was used, I never got the photos. I asked for them several times. I am taking photos for my scrapbook, with my camera. That is not negotiable.
Why oh why, does someone in every group(be it large or small) always want to make the peace sign, rabbit ears, stick out tongue, make a silly face, etc... Ugh!
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Post by amom23 on Apr 15, 2020 11:46:20 GMT
My family is typically pretty good about taking photos. I guess I have my kids trained from birth LOL. The biggest problem these days is getting everyone all together. DH and I have moved into the semi empty nest phase and our kids are going off in different directions. It took an act of God to have everyone home to take a group photo for our Christmas card (which turned out great by the way!).
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Post by scrapnnana on Apr 15, 2020 14:11:46 GMT
Mostly. Some of the grandkids aren’t always cooperative. Not that we have any opportunity to get together and take pictures right now with everyone under “stay at home” orders.
We didn’t see any of the grandkids for Easter.
In normal times, I’m willing to stage a photo around an interesting element of the available background, but I don’t like most props (like bunny ears, mustaches or crowns on a stick, etc.). Years from now, it’s quite possible that today’s kids will look back and think the props used in their childhood photos got overused and look lame.
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