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 12/01/2009 11:06:53 AM · #1
I am wanting to do something for my daughters class, i intended to buy a christmasy tu tu for the girls and can't come up with an idea for the boys. do any of you have an inexpensive idea for the boys in the class, i thought a " you'll shoot your eye out" theme but with the anti gun policy.. that won't work..
the kids will be making picture frames for the parents as a gift for christmas and I don't want them to send an empty frame of just some random picture home, i wanted to do something cute with it. if anyone has any inexpensive ideas please let me know! thanks
 12/01/2009 11:17:42 AM · #2
How about simply making a nice portrait of each child and put it in it. Doesn't have to be anything crazy, just a simple backdrop, even in the classroom, a light or two and a quick pose in a chair. Parents will love it on two counts, a portrait of their child, and the frame the child made.

Matt
 12/01/2009 11:20:13 AM · #3
Could you have them dress like elves or have them make elf costumes in class? Instead of a tutu you could have the girls dress like elves also. You know like the girls that work at the Santa photo area in the mall.
 12/01/2009 11:20:46 AM · #4
How about putting together a trunk of "dress up" clothes, here's a link to suggestions... //toys.lovetoknow.com/Dress_Up_Clothes_with_Trunk - and let each one pick what they want to wear for pictures. It would be cheaper than buying something for each child.
 12/01/2009 11:21:41 AM · #5
Originally posted by MattO:
How about simply making a nice portrait of each child and put it in it. Doesn't have to be anything crazy, just a simple backdrop, even in the classroom, a light or two and a quick pose in a chair. Parents will love it on two counts, a portrait of their child, and the frame the child made.

Matt


Yeah, you don't want the picture to overshadow the frame either. I think just something simple (that the parents aren't shelling out $50 for a change) would be more effective.
 12/01/2009 11:28:26 AM · #6
Buy a cheap santa hat and have them hold a candy cane, wrapped box or something like that. Very inexpensive and cute.
 12/01/2009 11:44:49 AM · #7
Originally posted by KarenNfld:
Buy a cheap santa hat and have them hold a candy cane, wrapped box or something like that. Very inexpensive and cute.


I really like this idea, and perhaps have them hand write Merry Christmas and hold it up as well!

Matt
 12/01/2009 12:32:31 PM · #8
tutus for the girls AND the boys.

At least the pictures will be good! ;-)
 12/01/2009 12:38:13 PM · #9
pirates(let them make their own moustaches and patches) or cowboys might do..
 12/03/2009 10:32:12 AM · #10
thanks so much for your ideas, i thinkI'm going to run with Matt's will postwhen I'm done in a few days!

12/07/2009 04:52:50 PM · #11
Okay, so I got these bags from the craft store and stuffed them with paper. I'm going to have a truck sticking out of one, a doll out of another, and present in the other.. one is santa, one is a snow man and one says marry christmas.. here's my delemia.. All I have is a black backdrop, while the bags look good in front of it the uniform on the kids dont.. the thiform is navy blue shirts and tan pants..
( I thought of buying a unisex sweater in red or green but the kids are all different sizes)

So heres another idea, what if i got the big christmas lights and tangled them in there in front of the black backdrop with a santa hat?

or.. borrow a christmas tree from the other teacher have that to one side so that the whoe tree isn't in it and then have the kids sitting down reading the night before christmas book but do it as a from the tummy up picture..

grr. any more suggestions to work with that?
 12/07/2009 05:08:50 PM · #12
Do you have a white bed sheet that you could hang up as a backdrop?

Originally posted by Photomom1981:
Okay, so I got these bags from the craft store and stuffed them with paper. I'm going to have a truck sticking out of one, a doll out of another, and present in the other.. one is santa, one is a snow man and one says marry christmas.. here's my delemia.. All I have is a black backdrop, while the bags look good in front of it the uniform on the kids dont.. the thiform is navy blue shirts and tan pants..
( I thought of buying a unisex sweater in red or green but the kids are all different sizes)

So heres another idea, what if i got the big christmas lights and tangled them in there in front of the black backdrop with a santa hat?

or.. borrow a christmas tree from the other teacher have that to one side so that the whoe tree isn't in it and then have the kids sitting down reading the night before christmas book but do it as a from the tummy up picture..

grr. any more suggestions to work with that?
12/07/2009 05:13:07 PM · #13
How about having them sitting at their desk with their chins on their hands and elbows on the desk like they are thinking of Christmas using the classroom has a background and maybe add a stocking on the front of the desk.
 12/10/2009 04:09:36 PM · #14


yep.. they suck.. I think I'll stick to outdoors..

Message edited by author 2009-12-10 16:12:33.
 12/15/2009 09:31:58 AM · #15
The picture you posted was not that bad. It was a learning experience right? So, I would not knock yourself too bad.

Lawrence
 12/15/2009 09:37:20 AM · #16
Not bad, good idea, not the best execution. I would have gone with a white seamless, over the black.
 12/15/2009 04:18:24 PM · #17
Black doesn't exactly evoke the light holiday spirit...but oh well...next time.
 12/15/2009 04:28:17 PM · #18
what if you photo shopped sparkles into the black?? or starry sparkles?
 12/15/2009 10:25:53 PM · #19
yeah, black was all i had, I'm not that concerned It was mainly for a gift for the teacher, I ended up framing the group shot, turned it black and white, except for the lights i put around them, and then had them all sign the matte
Defanitly a learning experiance, black was horrible.. but eh.. oh well I never really did anything with a back drop before other than my kids in the house.. once or twice so ..

it's the dang teachers fault.. lol she should have bought a tree for the class.. haha
 12/15/2009 11:58:26 PM · #20
hey! i did the same thing for my little sister's first grade class! I thought it would help me get some business...i just did headshots though, since my backdrop was too short for a full body :] here are two example shots of my little sister since i cannot post any of the other kids on the internet haha...

I just used a simple softbox, did you use a flash?





12/16/2009 01:02:38 AM · #21
Originally posted by LMA128:
hey! i did the same thing for my little sister's first grade class! I thought it would help me get some business...i just did headshots though, since my backdrop was too short for a full body :] here are two example shots of my little sister since i cannot post any of the other kids on the internet haha...

I just used a simple softbox, did you use a flash?





I just used my sigma 530 I don't have any other .. I would like to get lights to try to learn how, I just can't spend the money on that right now. I"d love to find someone around here willing to teach me, let me be their gopher to watch and pick up some things. It will never be a career for me, it's just a hobby, but I'd at least like to be decent at my hobby.. lol
 12/16/2009 01:23:30 AM · #22
I just used my sigma 530 I don't have any other .. I would like to get lights to try to learn how, I just can't spend the money on that right now. I"d love to find someone around here willing to teach me, let me be their gopher to watch and pick up some things. It will never be a career for me, it's just a hobby, but I'd at least like to be decent at my hobby.. lol

haha honestly you learn as you go, i think there was a tutorial somewhere on how to make a cheap softbox? mine was cheap anyway off of amazon.

but look online for professional photographers in your area! see if they will let you tag along on photoshoots i need to do that myself also...
 12/16/2009 03:52:33 AM · #23
This does not suck. I think a little bit of time in photoshop could have made it quite nice. I like the pose with the book because it represents reading, also represents the holiday because it is a Christmas Book. One thing to keep in mind when shooting photos like this, Is you are giving them to the parents who love the subject of your photo more than anything and unless they are DPC members will more than likely not find any fault in your photography. If you decide to do this next year. Use my suggestion from above. A big white bed sheet works wonders when you have no other options.

Originally posted by Photomom1981:


yep.. they suck.. I think I'll stick to outdoors..
12/16/2009 09:15:10 AM · #24
Well thanks, ( I still think it sucks though..lol) everyone keeps saying a white bed sheet.. okay I've tried this from 2.00 sheets to 60.00 sheets and I must be doing something wrong cause it never works for me. I bought a big piece of white canvas but i picked it up so I wouldn't mess it up when we moved, and well that was in May.. and I still haven't found where I put it....I think another issue i have is that I have no clue on how to work with indoor lighting at all, and don't have any extra lights. not that i have much clue on outdoors eithere but.. i'm better at that than indoors..

Originally posted by Bugzeye:
This does not suck. I think a little bit of time in photoshop could have made it quite nice. I like the pose with the book because it represents reading, also represents the holiday because it is a Christmas Book. One thing to keep in mind when shooting photos like this, Is you are giving them to the parents who love the subject of your photo more than anything and unless they are DPC members will more than likely not find any fault in your photography. If you decide to do this next year. Use my suggestion from above. A big white bed sheet works wonders when you have no other options.

Originally posted by Photomom1981:


yep.. they suck.. I think I'll stick to outdoors..
12/16/2009 09:21:18 AM · #25
the very simple solution when using a white background is to have a light (like a flash) that is behind the subject. When you shoot, it fires and "blows out" the background and makes it white.

(simple meaning the easiest way. there are really complicated ways to do it as well)

Message edited by author 2009-12-16 09:21:55.
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