How often have you sat down to create a scrapbook layout only to ask yourself, "Why didn't I take a picture of ---------?" Though journaling helps to fill in the missing pieces of a photo layout, creating a scrapbook of memories is like writing a book: your layouts should provide a beginning, middle, and end to the story that they tell. To avoid the scrapbooking dilemma of missing pictures, you need to pre-plan your scrapbooking photos.
For example, let's say that you and your family taking a trip to the mountains for your summer vacation. Before you leave you should be thinking about your scrapbook pages - not in detail but in general terms. What shots do you imagine you will snap? Perhaps a picnic beside a roadside lake. A day hike up the mountain. Wildlife. Canoeing down the river. These are all possibilities.
However, you also need to think about beginnings and endings to capture all the pieces of your mountain adventure. How about a snap of the family car, loaded to the rooftop with camping gear? How about a shot of Mom, the navigator, consulting the road map? Coming home shots are also important. Perhaps a photo of the kids asleep in the back seat? How about the mountain of laundry that was a result of this mountain excursion? Imagine the scrapbook page you could create with that memory!
Before snapping, remember that you need a beginning and an ending for your picture stories. Remember the picnic? Don't forget to get a couple of shots of all the glorious food before everyone digs in as well as snaps of the scene after everyone is done. Johnny might look pretty cute with blueberry pie all over his face.
What about the canoe trip? A shot with your husband and daughter carrying the canoe over their heads as they head off shouldn't be forgotten. How about their return - did your husband forget to put on sun screen?
Of course, you can't plan all of your shots. Candids are an important part of your scrapbooking photos because they capture the true expressions and reactions of the people involved. Be sure to include a snap of the chipmunk that stole your sandwich and one of your soggy husband, after he fell in the lake.
To make it easy to get both the planned shots, and the candids, I use two cameras. I keep a couple of the disposable cameras handy for quick shots. Even my six-year-old daughter can take great pictures with these. My other camera, complete with zoom lens, is reserved for more planned shots, where I can take time to line up my shots and experiment a little.
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