Christmas Photo Tips

Christmas Photos Tips

A few do’s and do not’s to make your Christmas photos and Christmas cards a pain-free experience for you and your children.

Let’s face it, we have all been there…

You just want a nice family photo or a photo of your kids for the Holidays and it does not go as planned.

We have compiled a few tips to help make this event less stressful:

Do’s

• Do Relax!  Do not stress!  I promise, it will be a great photo that your family will love to see.
• Do plan an easy event (whether it is just you and your camera or a scheduled photo session with your family photographer.) Make the event easy, maybe a quick mini-session is best for you and your family.
• Do coordinate your outfits.  Notice I said coordinate – do not match the outfits.  Mix it up for a colorful palette.
• Do step outside – I can’t think of a better backdrop than outdoors.  Right now, the colors outsides are gorgeous.
• For a special Christmas card, you can always have a Santa session with your kids.
• Do incorporate your pets!   
• And lastly, just have fun!  Play around with props for a fun family photo!

Don’ts

• Don’t plan a photo session on train tracks. This is illegal and extremely dangerous.
• Do not schedule too many outfit changes especially with small children.  While this is cute, this will only stress you out more.
• We recommend not wrapping up your children and pets in Christmas lights. The glass bulbs could break or be harmful if placed in their mouths.  And lights can contain lead. 
• Don’t feel it has to be a “Christmas-themed” photo.  You can really use any picture.
• Do not think it has to be a posed photo.  Some of the best photos are candid shots.
• And one of the biggest don’t in my opinion…  Do not go with a cheap printing service.  You worked really hard planning out your Christmas card photo(s) and a poor printing service will take any great photo and make the quality unsatisfactory.  One printing service I recommend is mpix.