Making of a Christmas photo

Creating the Christmas photo of the year is always an interesting adventure. It looks so easy when all you see is the finished result.

However getting the right idea and setup is just the small issues compared to getting a toddler to "play-along" with the idea and "vision"....

Just to illustrate it. Here are a series of photos from the making of the Christmas photo.

Illustration and showing what to do is always a good place to start. So mom is showing Emma what to do with all the weird stuff dad put up.

Just look in the box to see what's in there... like this



What's in there??? I don't see anything? what is it, what is it...



And a little game of peek-a-boo... well why not ;-)



Some times when you tell the most famous toddler to look what's in the box... well you know she was looking to see what she could find. Since she couldn't see much in it... yeah .... go digging ;-)

But daaaad you told me to find something in the box...



Ok Emma.... Just look in the box like this and sit still while doing it. Maybe even put on a little smile :-)



gggg I am done looking in that box.... come on.... It's EMPTY!!!!



ok ok so we are done.... Here is the resulting (picked) photo.



ohh btw. it isn't all just torture... there is a little bit of fun in there too...
like doing a little dress up



and using the timer to get both of us (yeah that's a cheese stick in her hand)




That's a wrap... eh... hmm no phun intended ;-)

after a little photoshop

Yeah... I am having a hard time as you can tell ;-)



Anyway... a little quick touch up and here are the results. I had one picked out but figured I would just try one more little thing ;-)

If you were to pick one?

Number 1	Number 2

ohh btw. click (left button) to view a larger version ;-)

Need some comments on this one

Soo what do you think of this one?

Need a few comments :-)

Photos from October

wow... Finally got around to uploading the photos from October. Including the halloween photos :-)

You can find the little player on the right hand side or use the links to go and check out the album.

Speaking of which. Are you uploading photos to an online location for sharing with family and friends?
Do you or would you pay for a service like that?
Some are offering the convenience of being able to print from the galleries. Is that something you would do?

I am using photoshop express from Adobe.
I have to admit that my primary reason... yeah... It's Free...
But I also (in the same breath) have to admit that some of the new photo editing options they have made available are pretty good and will cover 80-90% of what you will need. And yeah it's Free.
Also on this one you can connect it with other online photo storage accounts and do prints and all that stuff... but I haven't really tried that just yet ;-)

Soo go ahead give it a try. I think you might just end up liking it. and well not to forget.... It's Free...

Check out our main account with albums on photoshop here

a little time in the studio

Check out this family studio shoot. Just about 10 min of photo time....
5 min studio shoot

What's your family photo IQ

Just for the fun of it ;-)

Here is a short quiz about taking photos of your family, kids and all that.
Even though there may be some golden rules for snapping family photos they can of course always be broken and still get a good result.

But hey. Check it out and take the quiz here.

I ended up with this label :-) (it's really not too difficult though)
"You're a photo genius! Your photography skills must make you the envy of many snap-happy parents."

photoshop express

First album ready for viewing...

Took a little getting used to. But once I got files selected it was kind of easy to upload and make them available for viewing as a slide show.

Check out the album using this link:
http://dyrholm.photoshop.com

or just click this image:

Family 2008 January