Hi Gang.
I'm looking at writing the next photography tutorial for November.

I was wondering if there is anything specific that I could cover for you. I'd like to keep things fairly simple so it's achievable without special gear at this point (like remote timers or filters etc).

Any ideas??

tiff

Christmas family portrait! Seems like the time to me

YEAH!

Each year we do a big set up.... all of our extended family together... last year it was green or red t-shirts, santa hats and denium jeans...

and a lot of happy snaps!

ooooooooooooohhhhh.



great idea. I've had thoughts jump into my mind already.


poooo...... I need to set up the Christmas tree rrreeeeaaaaaalllly early this year



does this idea for a tute suit everyone??

t

I'm a big YES!

YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!! was the first thought i had when i first starting reading your post...

i like to take photos of the tree decorating and the finished product but none of them ever turn ....

sorry won't work for me but that's ok i have cancelled christmas and unlike to have sister here don't even have a goat or sheep to put rain deer anterls on now

Yes Yes Yes

alrighty then. Christmas photography it is. I think I heard that loud and clear.

I'm thinking of lots of mini tutorials during the month. So it's not one big one. Lots of little things, like the important decorations on the tree, bokeh with the lights on the Christmas tree. A Christmas theme photoshoot for cards/family/blog etc.

I can then lead the same theme into December with ideas for the Christmas morning mayhem, the dinner, and getting all those shots without stress. And the little details that may be missed.

how does all this sound??? I'm looking for any feedback with ideas or suggestions.

Gypsy. A lot of what I'm thinking of can be related to other occasions so you can still take part but maybe with a different slant. ie, birthday, easter, etc etc. I'm really keen to see you what can come up with.

ohhhh. and before you put the lights on the Christmas Tree, wrap them around your kids

creative photography

This is one of the first tutorials I wrote.

Christmas Lights.

You know when I moved out (marriage break up) two years ago I did not have a christmas tree but what I did was get a tree branch and put it in a vase and then decorated it with the decorations that I took with me. Also I went to the fabric store and bought some blue velvet fabric with stars on it and used it as a backdrop to taking photos of my daughter with her hat on her head and decorations as earings and a bird decoration in her hand. I will find the photos to show you. Hope that will help you with some idears

we would love to see those photos - they sound great

You know we are going to have a little Christmas Baby Boy - I wonder in his mummy will let me wrap him in Christmas Lights - i think i need to practice the tecniques with a grownup first

Thinking hat on here now

And Tiff some hints on good baby photos in there would be appreciated by this soon to be GrannyLee

Lee-Anne. Try and get the newborn shots done in the first 2 weeks from birth. The newborn is still very pliable for those sleeping shots, they sleep a lot and before those milk spots kick in.

And to be really honest, go to a well recommend photographer whose baby shots you've seen and liked and get them done. You won't regret it.

that newborn moment never comes back, and they grow so jolly quick.

tiff

it would be cheaper to pay your airfares up to the Sunshine Coast - if only we new exactly when the child was going to arrive;)

lol. probably from Adelaide it would be cheaper

but include the Port Lincoln to Adelaide leg, wow....... that flight is the most expensive $ per km flight in all of Aust (so I've read somewhere). And that's what we pay all the time.

what a lovely thought tho, but would still be unable to help. We would be in the middle of our harvest here, and that's our primary focus during Nov, Dec. Everything revolves around that

t