Every year, we take a picture of the family on Independence day before we go to the parade. There are some guidelines we follow:
- Matching clothes (if possible);
- red-white-and-blue clothes (also black works);
- plain background (usually alders);
- Everyone smiles;
- Do when we first walk out the door;
- Use the self-timer feature with the camera on a tripod
- Don’t move the camera or change the settings so we can Photoshop a face or two if we need to.
- Enlist the help of ‘Blacky’ (if possible) to help us get some smiles.
This year’s picture is pretty good. I should have worn blue-jeans or black pants. In the photo above, John Caleb’s face has been photoshopped. I had to hold Luke’s hand away from his face because he kept covering up his smile with a ‘nervous tick.’
It’s 6:30 PM and we are tired. We just woke up from a 2.5 hour nap and we missed out, entirely, on the mad river race–as we usually do each year–Bummer. At 5:45, Holly and I looked around and all three boys were asleep and we decided to stay at home instead of wake them up for a 20 minute car drive.
I’ll post some pictures soon of the mayhem at the Tlingit Park: the races and such.
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Great annual picture! Love it!
BR