<p>I don’t look good in white- choose neutrals that go with family skin tones. Avoid too much color or other distractions such as busy patterns as others stated- focus on the faces, not the clothing. Choose the level of formality and get everyone in the same level. I would prefer seeing more than faces decades later- get a feeling for relative sizes, especially height. It is nice to see how tall the kids have grown (or not) relative to parents.</p>
<p>I’m not a big fan of white, if you’re pretty pale. I do suggest sticking to “normal/traditional” colors, without too much going on. Agree that it’s fun to see more than just faces.</p>
<p>If you look at the photos by googling you’ll see that everyone in white really doesn’t seem to make anyone look bad, even if you don’t think of yourself as someone who looks good in white. I also think that if everyone is in white and one person is large, you don’t read the separate bodies that much, so that in fact you end up focusing on faces. It’s different when there’s a group, than when there is just one of you.</p>
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This is one of the things that worries me a bit about wearing white - we are a pale skinned family, especially H, thanks to Irish and Scottish ancestors. </p>
<p>I’m thinking about having D and me in white and putting the guys in blue.</p>
<p>I told our family photographer that I wanted to look good and thin. He said, " That’s easy. Get behind everybody." :)</p>
<p>One of the “funnest” Christmas cards I remember seeing is where each family member dressed up in something that represented what they did. The mom had scuba gear, the dad had fencing stuff, one kid had karate stuff… I don’t remember what else. I know this is meant to be a more “serious” session, but it might be fun to have one or two more silly pictures. You can get some good ideas from mathmom’s suggested site.</p>