Stupid vent: We have NO PHOTOS of us together!

[Susie]

I do photo cards every Christmas, like most of the rest of my big family, because we're scattered across the country and don't get to see each other much. Plus, it's fun. I went to go do ours this week, and realized we don't have a SINGLE photo of the two of us together this year, much less he + me + Doggie D.

We went to Puerto Rico. We went to California, and to the Grand Canyon + Sedona. We climbed several high peaks in the Adirondacks. We have tons of beautiful photos. But not ONE PHOTO of the two of us.

Anybody else have this problem? I'm debating what to do about it. Bag the photo card? Do individual photos of each of us? Use one from 2011 or so?

Sigh. I am already stressing about the holidays, because after this weekend I'm either traveling or hosting every single weekend through New Years. zomg.

[emjacobs]

We have at most 5 pics of us together over the last 9 years. I hate it.

[mrs.jacinthe]

This is us, nearly exactly. All the photos we DO have (and there are approximately 8 for the last 5 years) feature us in really sloppy clothes, us pre-diet, us self-taken - or some combination of the above.

[ssmjlm]

I am forces to stage a photo of the 3 of us. I usually hate all the takes but I have no choice.

I swear my photos are all DH and the dog on vacation. I swear I went but there's usually one photo of me.

I'm also not photogenic at all.

[mariesd]

I can relate. I'm paying someone to come take a picture of us in our backyard this weekend, specifically to put on a Christmas card. She's a former student of my mother-in-law (who is a teacher) who is just starting a photography business and needs to build her portfolio.

Otherwise, I'd be having my mother-in-law or a friend come over and just take a few snapshots of us. Or buying a tripod so we could take it ourselves (this was my last resort, because I want our dog in it, and I doubt she'll stay still enough for a timer).

[midwest07]

Since you still have time before you have to order, have one taken. Surely you have at least one friend into amateur photography who you could meet out at a park or in your backyard to take a picture?

We kind of have this problem, in that we don't have too many good pictures of us together. They are mostly all taken with our phone, which is decent, but not really print quality. And half of them are with me stretching my arm out to get us in the photo with some background of where we are, because my H hates asking people to take our picture.

We have been to 3 black tie events this year, no good pictures together from any of them!

[Deleted]

This is the perk of having a child. You slap one of 8 million pics of them on a card and call it a day!

H and I have one decent pic of us from all year...lol. And that's an improvement. I think we went like 3 years without any prior.

[bg09]

Nov 13, 2012 20:21:51 GMT -5 midwest07 said:

Since you still have time before you have to order, have one taken. Surely you have at least one friend into amateur photography who you could meet out at a park or in your backyard to take a picture?

I agree with this. I've started a tradition since we've been married to have our "family picture (DH and I with our dogs)" taken every fall to be used for our annual Christmas card. DH is never very thrilled about it, but it doesn't take too long, and I like to have an annual family picture so we can see from year to year how our family is changing/growing.

I usually just go the cheap route and have a family member meet us at a park, etc to take a few pictures until we get one we like. One of these years I might splurge and get them professionally done... maybe next year

[thewop]

Totally understand. What sucks even more for me is that there are hardly any pics of me and my DD together. I'm usually the one behind the camera. There are endless pics of my H and DD together though....