{"id":3507,"date":"2011-05-12T09:19:52","date_gmt":"2011-05-12T14:19:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/?p=3507"},"modified":"2011-05-12T09:19:53","modified_gmt":"2011-05-12T14:19:53","slug":"why-we-dont-take-many-family-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/2011\/05\/12\/why-we-dont-take-many-family-photos\/","title":{"rendered":"Why We Don’t Take Many Family Photos"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is pretty typical of what it’s like when we try to take any kind of planned photo at all with the kids. Running and chasing them with the camera is fine, but try to get them to sit with you and just give up. These photos are from Mothers day and the rest are on Flickr<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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This is pretty typical of what it’s like when we try to take any kind of planned photo at all with the kids. Running and chasing them with the camera is fine, but try to get them to sit with you and just give up. 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