17 January 2012

Family Photo Out-takes

I don't like doing family photos. It's right up there with trading out my kids' seasonal clothes and shots.  Not only is it a struggle to get everyone looking nice, simultaneously, but then you have to get cooperation from everyone, simultaneously
These were taken after church.  I was tired of waiting for the perfect opportunity, the perfect light, the perfect backdrop, the perfect moment of cooperation.  I knew I just had to make it happen.
I re-did everyone's hair, hoped mine looked okay, promised Ryan we would take new ones when I cut his, used a make-shift tripod since mine is elsewhere, figured out how to do the timer and we snapped and posed away.
I had to study this one an embarrassing amount of time and count the kids over and over to figure out what wasn't quite right.  Can you?
Once we got to the silly photos, everyone was in a much more jovial mood.  Well.  Except Drummer, poor boy.  His introduction to many years of family photos.
Our kids love it when we kiss ;). Despite much blurriness and a bit of frustration, these are going to make me smile and wish they could always stay little...in a few years.

37 comments:

  1. I caught that you were missing one right away!! Do I get a cookie?

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  2. I love the color in the photo!

    And I know the misery of taking photos with only 3 kids, so I can only imagine yours. Mine usually end with me screaming "Can I not have JUST ONE PHOTO with everyone looking the way that I want? JUST ONE! That's all I ask of this family!!" and that is followed by whining and stomping around (by me). ;o)

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  3. I love the kissing one and I love that it's blurry - trying to keep peace in the chaos.

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  4. I love it, picture 3 is exactly how I picture you all, I think almost everyone's is trying to get a hand on Drummer, you guys are gonna be able to have your own show Everybody Loves Drummer! :)

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  5. Oh my, these are so wonderful! I have to ask, where on earth did you get that amazing flower above the fireplace?! It's incredible!

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  6. You have such a beautiful family, Katy! And that mantel and flower!!! Amazing! Your skirt??? Amazing! All those wonderful things you've sewn...amazing. Love it all!

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  7. i adore everything about these pictures!, thanks for sharing!

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  8. these are what our photos look like and we only have one little right now! I had to bribe her with cookies to take our christmas photo this year. ;)

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  9. My parents have 7 adult children and 4 grandchildren. Our favorite part of family photos is the outtakes. Half of the time they end up as the "good" one. These made me think of them, so thanks!

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  10. There's Azure's dress in the picture but what happened to her head? ;)

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  11. Such a gorgeous family! Love the outtake of you and Ryan kissing and everyone hugging sad Drummer. Love the outfits too. I was sure when we took ours that we'd get several decent ones but I only ended up kind of liking a few.

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  12. And in the end, you captured the Perfect memory.Just beautiful.

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  13. I'm glad you took the time to do it. It's so hard....but so worth the beauty you capture...even when it's silly beauty.

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  14. So impressed you got all those kids to stay still. The red is gorgeous in pictures. You have such a beautiful family.

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  15. Azure's dress is just gorgeous!

    Give us a lot more details when you have some time!

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  16. Oh how fun! Noticed the missing Azure immediately. I LOVE this photo shoot. I LOVE this family. I also LOVE the red flower.

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  17. dWhat a darling little family!!! So cute!

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  18. WHAT HAPPENED TO AZURE'S HEAD???
    Oh man you guys are cute.

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  19. So cute...I really really HATE getting family pictures taken too..they NEVER turn out...i dont even know why i bother..it looks like your husband was cooperate though so thats a huge plus!!! i have five kids and a husband that doesnt cooperate..lol!!!

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  20. Call me whacky but the outages are always my favorites!

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  21. I love these!

    My oldest has the same hanbok - very cute on your daughter. :)

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  22. Ohhh, those photos are great! Way to try to get them at all - we're horrible at attempting family photos! And I just love giant piles of kids like that. So fun.

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  23. This is the best post yet!!!! I just adore every picture....and also your fabulous skirt! Wow!!!!! What a beautiful family!!!

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  24. That is the prettiest hanbok I've seen in a bit. Where did you get it? I haven't found a good source in the US yet and I'm not exactly going to make annual trips to Korea for one for my little girl.

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  25. adorably cute children and their mama and papa too....bewtiful memories...

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  26. Great Pictures!!! Love them and love all your dresses!!

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  27. Your family and their clothing are strikingly beautiful!
    There are so many other interesting layers in these photos as well. I love the green glass collection and your shoes! Are the green squares in the dentil moulding tiles or paint? Whichever, it adds such a nice finish to the mantle!
    Just looked back and noticed the tiny chairs too!
    What fun!

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  28. you guys are the cutest family ever! and you look so young!!!

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  29. I love the colors! Please tell me you did not make all these outfits? Please tell me you made drummer boys outfit and you plan to do a tutorial?

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  30. I love the colors! Please tell me you did not make all these outfits? Please tell me you made drummer boys outfit and you plan to do a tutorial?

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  31. Some of you noticed Azure's body was there, but not her head! Not sure how that happened :)

    MooseMouse--You are so observant! They are tiny glass tiles with an iridescent finish. We had the fireplace covered in them (which used to be a peach faux marble-bleck).

    Anna--you look mighty young yourself!

    Kelley--I made mine, Divine's, Pearl's Olive's and Clover's. Azure's dress is a traditional Korean dress called a Hanbok we picked up when we were there visiting my parents a couple of years ago. I did not make Drummer's sweater--we've had it for years.

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  32. could you tell us where you got that fabulous flower over you fireplace? i think its GREAT!!

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  33. Beautiful pictures! Love, love, love your skirt (dress?)

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  34. Love the fun pictures of your beautiful family!

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  35. Love all the pics of you crazy, loving and happy family. Makes me remember some of the crazy time when our 4 were all MUCH younger. I always love the outtakes of family pictures. They really show what the family is like. I got the ones of my oldest daughters family, she is embarassed and I just laughed all the way home with them.

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  36. Every detail in these photos is wonderful!

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  37. It's hard to get a good family picture. I remember standing there for hours (or what felt like it) while my dad tried to get the best picture. My favorite is the one where my sister sneezed mid-picture.

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