Every year around this time, mom-brains start feeling a sense of responsibility to take some family photos for holiday cards or just because it's been another year and it's time.
Whispers in their heads like:
"Matching/color coordinated outfits?"
“Christmas sweaters?”
“Stand by a tree?"
"Stand by decorations?”
“Find a mantel?”
"Extended family or just us?"
And ok, cozy classics are great and all. They’ve served us well. But meh, your holiday photos don’t have to follow any rules! (And by holiday photos, I mean family portraits at any time of year.)
Because what if you mixed it up and made some art instead?
Over the years, we've been fortunate enough to have the opportunity to participate in my daughter's school fundraiser, where one to three photographer parents donate a day to take family portraits. For a donation, we get a 15-minute photo session…it's efficient and professional!
And yeah, in the beginning, we did what you would expect. But blech. If I'm going to take pictures that we might want to hang on our limited wall space or give to family members, I want them to be hangable. So, I started thinking about how I could make them more artsy. More fun. And, since I'm a vintage gal, why not go retro?
