Design Crafters

Not again! Did someone in your family blink just as the photo was taken? Now you can save the photo (and the day) by making small, subtle, but very effective edits to the digital photo. Professional photographers and ad agencies have been using photo editing software tricks for years, why not take advantage of the technology and end up with your all-time best family photo for your Christmas card this year?

If you’ve ever wanted to have a family photo without tears, flyaway hairs, or even blemishes for your Christmas cards, but never did manage to get that perfect photo, then let us tell you a little secret:  PhotoShop.  PhotoShop and similar kinds of photo editing software programs have saved the day for countless families each and every holiday season for the past few decades.

With the wonder of photo editing software, we have photos where none of the kids are throwing fits or refusing to look at the camera.  We have photos where the baby’s drooly chin is amazingly drool-free.  We even have photos where the dogs are sitting quietly at our feet and looking at the camera along with every member of the family.  All thanks to photo editing software. It takes some trial and error, and a lot of practice, but it’s possible to remove stray hairs, unsightly blemishes, and clean up the dreaded red-eye from the camera’s flash…and the end result is your dream family photo to go on the front of your Christmas card.

Have you ever seen photo Christmas cards that has a picture so amazing you wonder how on earth they got that perfect shot?

Well, sometimes it’s just plain dumb luck, other times it’s planned and involves time patience and lots of clicking. There is however a third option which secret was recently revealed to me.

A certain associate of mine is one of those people who always seems to have that perfect shot. He admitted he records events and activities with his family on him digital video camera and uploads the recording on his computer. He then views it and when he gets to a part he thinks might have the picture he’s looking for, he’ll put it on slow motion to find the priceless and fleeting expressions he’s trying to capture. Once he finds that perfect shot, he somehow takes a still shot of it and turns it into a still picture. What a great way to get the candid shots and the real expressions without it looking staged.  I personally don’t know how to do it but he says it’s easy.

Now not everyone’s got the digital video camera or computer program to do it, but if you do, this is an idea for you.