Thursday, August 30, 2012

I Need Your Help Choosing Photos!

I shared some fun pictures from our week in Myrtle Beach, but I didn't share the photos I snapped on the beach one morning. I want to order 3 16 x 20 canvas prints from Easy Canvas Prints (one of my sponsors!), but I can't decide which photos to choose. Please, please help me!


The prints will be going over my family room couch (soon to be slipcovered) in a new gallery wall:

I am clearly not a professional photographer, but I really wanted a few shots of my girls on the beach. I managed to wake them up early, and hauled them down to the shore around 7 am. They wore pettiskirts and the embellished rosette tank tops I made for them before the trip.

Please tell me which 3 you think would look good above my couch! I'm thinking that vertical prints might be best for the space??

I haven't edited these, except for a bit of cropping and to add my watermark...

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3 (Not a "beach" photo, but a good photo of Natalie in the pettiskirt):

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10:

I'm leaning towards the first three photos, even though #3 wasn't taken on the beach. The girls weren't particularly thrilled about going down to the beach at 7 am to have their pictures taken, so we didn't stay long.  Obviously not professional quality, but I actually like the idea of displaying photos that I took myself. Sometimes that's the only option you have when professional photography is not an option.

Which 3 do you think I should choose for the canvas order? 

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22 comments:

  1. What great pics! Personally I'd go with 1, 6, and 7. In my own house, I would want a picture of both girls in the middle, then individuals on each side. I would either want them all vertical, or only the one in the middle to be a different orientation. No matter what, I'm sure you will love it. You can't go wrong with pic of your beautiful girls. :)

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  2. #8 is my favorite!!! I would do 1,7,8, but can't really go wrong here.

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  3. 1, 5, 9. These ones are more about the girls being at the beach, rather than the focus being on the girls, per se.

    Good luck choosing!

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  4. I vote for #1, #7 and #8. All of them are awesome though! I can see how you had a hard time choosing.

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  5. They are so cute! My favs are 1 2 3 or 5 6 7. Too cute!

    Yanira

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  6. They're all super good pics - looks like Port Aransas in Texas! The only one I wouldn't pick is #9. This is going to be a hard choice! And don't knock your photog skills - you have an eye for capturing your kids in a natural way (:

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  7. I love #1! They're all good, but that one is a stunner. Do you by any chance have a woodland up-close shot of Byrdie?

    I really like #6, #7, and #8 as well. I don't think that all the shots you choose have to be vertical, but that's just me.

    I think you're a great photographer, by the way. Besides, you don't have to use a professional photographer to get great photos of these girls!

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  8. Beautiful pictures! I personally like 1, 5, 10 :)

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  9. Super cute pics! I like #2,3, and 5. There's something about that #5 profile pic I really like. Good luck choosing!

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  10. When it's your kids on the pics, its really, really hard to choose favorites - excpet of course, those shots that with eyes half closed etc. But your girls are naturally cute, adorable and all their pics are terrific. However, if I were to choose, I'd choose 1,2 & 7. I love 1 becuase of how aritstic it is, looking over the horizon, looking towards the their future, very meaningful to look at. The 2's and 7's I like because I would love to have them both have their own spotlight, solos for each, their smiles all their own.

    I have placed my family pics on canvas in our living room, if you have time Amanda, check it out here...

    http://buhayatbahay.blogspot.com/2012/03/wall-of-happiness.html

    But again, I'm an outsider looking in. Your pictures may have stories behind each, and sometimes, that's the main reason you choose a picture to show off. Good luck :-)

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  11. I agree with 1, 2 and 3. But they are all fabulous, which definitely makes it difficult.

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  12. Hi Amanda! We will probably just confuse you with all our different opinions. They are all good, but I LOVE 7 and 8...they look so natural and not posed...what beautiful little girls! Can't wait to see the finished portraits. I can't wait to get my son's senior pics on canvas when I get ready to do my gallery wall. :)

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  13. I think #1 with both girls together showing sister love and big sister protection. Then one of each girl alone so I go with #2 because I love the playful look on her face and then #8 because that one just is gorgeous!

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  14. I really like #4 (or #9) for the girls together and #7 and #8 of the girls individually. I'm a big fan of the non-conventional, not looking at the camera shots.

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  15. You cannot go wrong with any of them. My fav are 1,6 and 7.

    So cute.

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  16. They are all so cute! I love 1 and 5!

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  17. Oh what a decision! But my favourites are 1, 7, & 8.
    And they don't look unprofessional! They look fantastic, and I really believe they will be absolutely perfect above your couch. Great pictures...all of them!
    Debbie :)

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  18. This is a tough choice! My top three are 1, 5, 8 but my choices aren't fair to both girls and that wouldn't work.

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  19. Aww these are sooo sweet Amanda! I love number 5 with #2 & #3 on either side, they're all so beautiful. You must be one proud mama!

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  20. What beautiful girls! It's hard to choose, but I think 1,2, & 3 are great picks. Good luck!

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  21. Great photos! I would pick 5, 6, and 7 to enlarge and put over your sofa.

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  22. They are all wonderful. 1 is priceless. After that I would go with 7 and 8.

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