Family pictures?
By kimmiedunne
@kimmiedunne (21)
Albany, New York
November 9, 2015 1:48pm CST
How often do you think is reasonable to get professional family pictures done? They get quite expensive and year after year it adds up! Now with phones I think we do a pretty good job but it's not quite the same as family pictures.
I have a baby girl and this will be her first Christmas so we are doing professional photos in a couple weeks for our Christmas card. Those are memories I think need to be preserved but for those of you with older kids - what are your thoughts on professional pictures?
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@sueznewz2 (10409)
• Alicante, Spain
10 Nov 15
I think it's a nice idea especially your first Christmas with your baby daughter....but like you say and @MALUSE says, a friend with a camera or half decent camera on a phone could take them for you.... then you would just have to pay for printing.... but there are many sites on the web... where you can upload your photo onto a christmas card template and they print them off for you.... I feel sorry for professional photographers these days.... but they are expensive, and having to compete with home computers and printers and online photo sites... but it depends on if and for how long you want to carry on a family photo tradition. 
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@KristenH (33352)
• Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
9 Nov 15
They should be done every once in awhile for family moments. My family had it done once, a decade ago or so, for my grandfather's 80th birthday. If you can't afford it done professionally, get someone you know and trust to take a photo for you.
