I\'m surely not the only semi-professional photographer here who finds himself in a serious dilemma when it comes to shooting his (or her) own Christmas (or holiday) card shots. I spend hours on assignment, whether shooting or editing the results. And then, as my less-than-patient wife points out, we wind up scrambling at the last minute to get our two daughters (the one with and the one without fur) posed in front of the tree in a halfway-appropriate manner.
We\'ve already received holiday cards from most of our friends. On Sunday, we managed to get everyone sitting in front of the tree, and I think I grabbed some nice shots. Ironically, I shot dozens of photographs of kids with Santa on two different assignments for the newspaper for which I freelance. But it wasn\'t until I tried shooting at home in front of my own Christmas tree that all of a sudden I became all thumbs and clipped highlights.
However, I was thinking that in the absence of a thread here, this seemed like an appropriate time and place to start a discussion on the topic of personal holiday shooting, whether for cards or for general memento purposes.
Of course, my wife and I disagree on which shot to use for our card. Here\'s my vote.
I\'m surely not the only semi-professional photographer here who finds himself in a serious dilemma when it comes to shooting his (or her) own Christmas (or holiday) card shots. I spend hours on assignment, whether shooting or editing the results. And then, as my less-than-patient wife points out, we wind up scrambling at the last minute to get our two daughters (the one with and the one without fur) posed in front of the tree in a halfway-appropriate manner.
We\'ve already received holiday cards from most of our friends. On Sunday, we managed to get everyone sitting in front of the tree, and I think I grabbed some nice shots. Ironically, I shot dozens of photographs of kids with Santa on two different assignments for the newspaper for which I freelance. But it wasn\'t until I tried shooting at home in front of my own Christmas tree that all of a sudden I became all thumbs and clipped highlights.
However, I was thinking that in the absence of a thread here, this seemed like an appropriate time and place to start a discussion on the topic of personal holiday shooting, whether for cards or for general memento purposes.
Of course, my wife and I disagree on which shot to use for our card. Here\'s my vote.
I\'m surely not the only semi-professional photographer here who finds himself in a serious dillemma when it comes to shooting his (or her) own Christmas (or holiday) card shots. I spend hours on assignment, whether shooting or editing the results. And then, as my less-than-patient wife points out, we wind up scrambling at the last minute to get our two daughters (the one with and the one without fur) posed in front of the tree in a halfway-appropriate manner.
We\'ve already received holiday cards from most of our friends. On Sunday, we managed to get everyone sitting in front of the tree, and I think I grabbed some nice shots. Ironically, I shot dozens of photographs of kids with Santa on two different assignments for the newspaper for which I freelance. But it wasn\'t until I tried shooting at home in front of my own Christmas tree that all of a sudden I became all thumbs and clipped highlights.
However, I was thinking that in the absence of a thread here, this seemed like an appropriate time and place to start a discussion on the topic of personal holiday shooting, whether for cards or for general memento purposes.
Of course, my wife and I disagree on which shot to use for our card. Here\'s my vote.
Here\'s a second choice:
And here\'s my wife\'s vote:
Dec 08, 2008 at 03:59 PM
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