{"id":608,"date":"2014-12-19T06:11:00","date_gmt":"2014-12-18T19:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.canvasfactory.co.nz\/blog\/?p=608"},"modified":"2015-06-14T18:42:07","modified_gmt":"2015-06-14T08:42:07","slug":"family-photos-before-after","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.canvasfactory.co.nz\/blog\/family-photos-before-after\/","title":{"rendered":"Family Photos Project: Before and Afters"},"content":{"rendered":"

Everyone likes to take photos of their family, from the moment that first child arrives. Every moment seems incredibly precious, and the fear that you\u2019ll miss something amazing spurs many parents to become amateur documentarians in their efforts to ensure they capture every potentially important moment in the lives of their family. This often even gets turned onto themselves, as well, with every moment of the day a potential photographic project. The idea is simple and powerful: Better to have a thousand photos you never use or look at than miss that one amazing moment.<\/p>\n

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Of course, another approach to family photos is to create your own amazing moments. By controlling the moment, you guarantee you not only capture it, you also get to determine all of the details and parameters. Plus, it\u2019s a lot of fun to have a photography project that involves your family and its peculiar brand of crazy. Here\u2019s a great long-term project that\u2019s a lot of fun, creates a tradition everyone can take part in, and results in some very powerful photos you can enjoy for decades to come.<\/p>\n

The Before and After Project<\/h2>\n

It\u2019s a simple concept with a powerful and complex execution. The basic outline for this family photos project is deceptively basic: Whenever there\u2019s an event of any kind in your family\u2019s lives, take a photo before, and then take a photo after.<\/p>\n

For example: School formal night. Every parent takes photos before this seminal event in their children\u2019s lives. The kids are groomed, calm, looking heartbreakingly adult in their finery. How many people capture that moment later on when the kids come home, tired, ties undone, shoes in hand. But that means you\u2019re missing out on half the moment.<\/p>\n

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Tips and Tricks<\/h2>\n

The Before and After Project is a long-term, lifetime kind of project. It needs a little more planning than just whipping out your phone whenever something seems interesting.<\/p>\n