Competition now closed – Thanks for all your wonderful entries!
One downfall of being the family photographer is that you will often end up missing out on being IN the shots. We hear adults say “I hate having my picture taken” so many times on family portrait shoots. That really is too bad because photography is not as much about vanity as it is about memory. And if it really is a combination of vanity and memory for you, embrace blur and the healing brush in photoshop. The point is, remember to be present in your children’s photographic memories of childhood…for them.
To encourage you to stop hiding behind the camera shield and to get a chance to “meet” our readers, we would like to run a contest!
To enter:
- Take a shot of you and your little one/s. (No little ones? Just you will be perfect.)
- Upload that photo to your corner of the internet (a blog, flickr, twitter, a public facebook page etc)
- Link back to beyond snapshots (using this url http://www.beyond-snapshots.com/blog) and tag the photo with ‘beyond snapshots’
- Come back here and let us know about it! (Leave the link to your photo in the comment section so we can see it.)
At the end of the week we will pick the finalists, and put them all up here on the blog and start the voting. The image with the most votes will win their choice of gorgeous camera strap generously provided by:
To get you inspired, here are some photos of Rachel with her kids. If you have a remote, great. If not, there are a few ways to get the shot. Self timers, shooting into a mirror, or holding the camera out at arms length. Have fun and be creative. We can’t wait to meet you!
Remember:
You have until Saturday evening (US time) to get the shots up for us to see and we will post the finalists next week.
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great blog, great tips, great opportunities!
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=3196912&id=618058220
Here’s me with my 3-year old http://www.flickr.com/photos/katrut/4109534356
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=30383757&l=769be8c772&id=1247798055
Here’s one of my niece and I! Thank you for letting us share our snapshots
http://www.flickr.com/photos/iapi/3006482417
What a great contest! Here’s a picture of me and my youngest son (Jace) cuddling on the couch.
http://sarahinpisceswater.blogspot.com/2010/01/im-entering-this-photo-in-contest-at.html
excited about this new blog… here’s me and my kiddo
This is me and my little one when he was only 2 months old (yes I’m fully aware that he is not technically a human, but he is still my little one
Shot with a polaroid sx-70
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lilacwishes/4087257535/
love this! would absolutely love to win! here’s the link http://www.flickr.com/photos/mackenziemeyer/4258513528/
taken a few weeks ago~my little man loves taking photos so he can use the remote~i’m soo glad i stopped by today to see this
http://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#/photo.php?pid=10457112&id=568945550
This was back in October…not sure if that qualifies for the contest, but at least you know what I look like! (Well, when I have the time to scrub up, anyway.)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jcanare/4312199081/
Ok here i am: http://www.flickr.com/photos/camera_meg/4312891870/ just for the both of you.
sorry, I thought my address would show up when I entered it in the form… but see it didn’t so another try!
http://shanahorvath.blogspot.com/2010/01/its-true.html
I did it!!! These are several months old and the baldy baby girl does have more sprouts of hair now….I am determined to end out the week with a more recent “us” portrait….
http://www.flickr.com/photos/46999178@N03/4313229494/
Ive been a fan for years! Keep up the good work! Very inspiring!
here’s the link…..http://www.flickr.com/photos/my808world/2485728858/in/set-1626610/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/56881424@N00/4311519540/in/set-72157617772961617/
Enjoying the new web site very much (have been a fan for a few years). Here is my entry:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/marisa26/4290025575/
Where are all the men?? What is this for women only? Well here is mine…
http://www.flickr.com/photos/theworldismineinc/4203986893/
hi:) – this is me and alex…with jake and holly on the wall behind me,lol.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/duchesslala/4313707847/
Here is my little gir, myself and Josephine Bruin, mascot of UCLA: http://thatsitmommy.com/?s=bruin
I have some of my family group photos, but I don’t have any photo of just me and my mom or just me and my dad. I guess they just never thought about to “create that memory” for me. Now, I enjoy being in the photos with my baby and I think she will love these pics of us when she grows up.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/10864678@N02/4314280046/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/10864678@N02/4313543635/
Here’s a newer photo of my daughter and myself. As I was looking through photos for this contest I found that I’m IN more pictures than I realized (although not nearly enough). This has inspired me to start taking more photos of myself with my daughter. Even if I think I look “awful” she needs these memories of us together.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeniholland02/4314797312/
Here are me and my sweet boy –
http://bethdreyer.wordpress.com/2010/01/27/self-portrait/
me and my love in the backyard laying in the grass. while i have hundreds of pictures of us out there, this one, taken with my feet, this one is us. pure and simple. even at 13 i can’t get enough of this wonderful kiddo!
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3133/3578014323_c3ef53472e_b.jpg
aw i’m sweet but slow in the morning…
here’s where i posted the link
http://www.flickr.com/photos/71523533@N00/3578014323/
Hi, my photo is here
i am so inspired by this post and getting myself into the shots WITH my kids. you are right–and i must learn–that it isn’t about me or my insecurities…it’s about documenting for my children. i had so much fun taking self portraits! i just can’t study them too much!
http://simplyfeather.blogspot.com/2010/01/beyond-snapshots.html
here is my entry! thank you!
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=3365736&id=59891552308
http://www.flickr.com/photos/chrysanthemumtea/4315972033/
This is the one I had intended to post—my previous post just leads to lots of different pics–maybe that one can be deleted.
http://www.facebook.com/sammothersolephotography
i’ve popped a pic of me with my youngest , little poser, corey. (2)…….. with her ’serious’ face……..she loves having her photo taken and both her and my eldest (4yr) love taking photos too……….i love the surprises i find on my little compact or on my phone camera……….
awesome blog – you rock !!!
http://www.twitpic.com/10khht
Self iPhone portraits are not easy! but I like that only her eyes are peeking out.
here’s me with my adorable niece http://www.flickr.com/photos/cessalee/4316597383/
This image is a couple of month old by now but I still like it.
Here is a pic of me and my son today after we got haircuts.
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=142022&id=685463597#/photo.php?pid=3552704&id=685463597&fbid=279581383597
Couldn’t convince the little ones to behave, so it’s just me:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/trucolorsfly/4317221930/
Now this was a challenge!! Trying to get my 17 month old to stay in front of the camera with me was near impossible, but we got some cute ones! This is so fun
http://thelittlewhiles.blogspot.com/2010/01/now-this-was-challenge-i-am-entering.html
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