This morning I was able to spend some time on the Cross Country team photos and expect to send them to printer tonight. This is the preliminary design that might get a few tweaks along the way. I usually take some more fun group photos with the kids having a chance to make faces or express themselves outside the standard straight team photo. But I don't usually get a chance to incorporate them into anything other than posting to facebook or on my website. But today I thought a little about old scrapbooks and tried to make these in the background, Even though many people get covered up by the overlapping I think at least the fact that they are having fun or showing their spirit in what you can see will show through. Trying to make the memory of picture day seem a little less of a chore than it usually is....even I didn't want to become a photographer years ago because I hated picture day and having to pose---especially for team photos. I certainly want picture day to be relaxed and much more fun for everybody--so I say stick your tongues out, raise your hands over your head, look like the thinker, make a funny face and cross yours arms and lean on each other....all to relax and hopefully not feel stiff and like this is wasting my clients time by being bored to tears. And I try to do it in under an hour---I think we were done in 1/2 hour for Cross Country.