And the winner (after editing):
After all the hassle, it was totally worth it. I love the image we got!
Are you doing photo Christmas cards?
Monday, December 5, 2011
DIY Christmas Photo Shoot
I couldn't wait to snap photos for our Christmas card. The tricky part was getting all the elements to come together at once. From trying to figure out the camera's self timer, focusing, dashing to get in place, getting the dog to look at the camera, and figure out the right lighting, it was a comedy of errors caught on film (that we had to take over a course of 2 days--Oh my sweet, patient husband). We simply sat in front one of the walls in our bedroom, wrapped some Christmas lights around ourselves, put reindeer antlers on Augustus, and rested our camera on our nightstand to keep it still. I have a DSLR camera that I don't really know how to use it...so I adjusted the ISO and aperture a million times (as you can tell from the various lighting in the photos below). You can also use a regular digital camera, which I did for our DIY engagement photos. For your viewing pleasure--the mini version of the unedited photos:
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Your winning picture is great! And it was actually the one I picked out of all of them before I even saw that it was the one YOU picked! Looks like a lot of fun...you gave me some good ideas!
ReplyDeleteI love it! Very creative and fun...like you! No, we aren't doing Christmas cards. I actually haven't done them in years.
ReplyDeleteI like the photo collage - kinda pop/mod. I know you already chose one and probably ordered your Xmas card but I would love to edit some of these for you! Just for fun.
ReplyDeleteI love these! This idea is so cool!
ReplyDeletei LOVE the one you are sending out! perfection!
ReplyDeletejust sending out regular Christmas card this year ... we never do it on time so we always have to default to that. maybe next year ....
Seriously - this is too much. I ADORE it!!! I even like the blurry out of focus pictures. Very cute. You should put them up on pinterest and see how many people re-pin them! I would.
ReplyDeleteYou guys are too cute! We are not doung cards but would totally do this!
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness your photo is perfect! SO much fun I love it:-)
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They are awesome! I wished we did a photoshoot for our Christmas cards this year now. Hopefully next year!!
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