I figured I’d share my own family photos! I used a tripod with a timer and had my son hit the shutter and RUN to get in the photo. Since I was using a long lens it wasn’t a short distance, and it had us all laughing so our smiles are pretty genuine. We managed to get several family shots along with a few of just the kids and even had my son take a photo of me with my husband. We had a lot of fun doing these and finished within 30 min (including trying to find parking as the parking lot was full!) before going out to dinner as a reward. It was a good reminder for me just how much work it is to pull together outfits for everyone, get everyone in the right frame of mind for photos (setting expectations works wonders!), and the stress of getting it done before the sun went down. We actually did these in the only 30 min of free time during daylight hours we had between the four of us on a random weeknight. So yes I absolutely get how stressful planning for family photos can be, but it is definitely worth it!
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