you must have great photos of your kids growing up because...

[bkamps14]

Interested to see peoples reposnses,

i think its a must because, as cliche' as it sounds, they do change and grow so quickly, you do forget how small and cute they were, we need these quality photo memories to keep and look back for years and generations!

[candidrachel]

I kind of disagree with the quality statement. I think any method of capturing your kids either with a 3mb cheap mobile phone to any point and shoot. What bothers me most is that some parents don't even bother to take pics of their kids at all . I noticed that on holiday. Kids splashing around in the pool and the parents sunning themselves under a parasol and missed such golden opportunities.

[NgaiHill]

I have lots of photos of my kids, far too many. Most of them are pretty ordinary but show them doing all the fun stuff. If I want to take photos I want to frame I would usually take the time to think about setting, lighting etc, etc.
So lots of photos of my kids growing up, but great ones? I guess that depends on your viewpoint - you might not think they are great photos, but they're my kids so I think they are.

[sarahbelle]

I would love to have lots of 'great' photos of my daughter, mostly as a family keepsake, but as a new DSLR user, I have to accept right now that the content is probably going to take precedence over the quality. My point and shoot was four years old and I knew it extremely well, therefore I got quite a few shots I love. I love my Nikon, but it's taking a while to get familiar enough with it and the things it does. I'm still taking pictures, and I hope when she gets older she appreciates what's in them, rather than whether or not they're perfectly exposed or absolutely in focus. The most important part for me is making sure we have reminders of our good times and cool stuff we've done.

[private]

Video is alo important - the voice you always forget

[NicoleScraps]

Originally Posted by private

Video is alo important - the voice you always forget

Agreed!!

I take lots and lots of photos and videos of my kids. Everything little and big thing that they do. Every thing that they make. Every milestone. Not all of them are perfect in quality. But, whatever.
I have just a handful of photos of me as a kid. I just found out recently why there are so few. Apparently, my mom's 2nd husband (my dad was her 1st husband) burned all of my childhood photos because he was insanely jealous of my dad. WTH is wrong with people?

[SwissJon]

Originally Posted by NicoleScraps

Agreed!!

I take lots and lots of photos and videos of my kids. Everything little and big thing that they do. Every thing that they make. Every milestone. Not all of them are perfect in quality. But, whatever.
I have just a handful of photos of me as a kid. I just found out recently why there are so few. Apparently, my mom's 2nd husband (my dad was her 1st husband) burned all of my childhood photos because he was insanely jealous of my dad. WTH is wrong with people?

Strange... I'm married to a woman whose children are not mine (I don't have any of my own) and I wouldn't dream of destroying anything that reminded her of them, or get jealous of what she did before she knew me.. That's a disaster waiting to happen.. It's not the kids fault that their mum and dad didn't stay together.. I know very will that my wife would prefer to have had all this history with me, not her ex's, but we didn't, and neither of us can change that.. So what.. I take great pleasure in watching them grow, photographing them, and enjoying thier company, I even share the photos with their dad, who'se very complimentary about them.. The past is the past, people are people, life is life, and it's wayyyyy too short to spend the whole time bitter and jealous. Hope you manage to give your kids what you missed.

[NicoleScraps]

Originally Posted by SwissJon

Strange... I'm married to a woman whose children are not mine (I don't have any of my own) and I wouldn't dream of destroying anything that reminded her of them, or get jealous of what she did before she knew me.. That's a disaster waiting to happen.. It's not the kids fault that their mum and dad didn't stay together.. I know very will that my wife would prefer to have had all this history with me, not her ex's, but we didn't, and neither of us can change that.. So what.. I take great pleasure in watching them grow, photographing them, and enjoying thier company, I even share the photos with their dad, who'se very complimentary about them.. The past is the past, people are people, life is life, and it's wayyyyy too short to spend the whole time bitter and jealous. Hope you manage to give your kids what you missed.

I feel the same way. The past is the past and you can't change it, no matter what. My husband and I have a his, hers, and ours situation with the kids. When we got together, I had two, he had two, and we have two together. So we have lots of photos of kids with ex's. Big deal. A photo doesn't change the present.

[SwissJon]

Originally Posted by NicoleScraps

I feel the same way. The past is the past and you can't change it, no matter what. My husband and I have a his, hers, and ours situation with the kids. When we got together, I had two, he had two, and we have two together. So we have lots of photos of kids with ex's. Big deal. A photo doesn't change the present.

Not being able to have kids, (radiotherapy for cancer in my early teens) I have no choice but to live with this situation.. But I've got such a good life, how can I be jealous of someone?? FFS, I'm ALIVE, despite two close calls..

A photo is a reflection of a moment in time. If that moment was before I was there, then it was before I was there.. And anyway, I love watching my wife's kids growing up and making memories with them., I'm an important part of their lives.

[rotty022]

because i want to remember them every step of the way. i have tons of pictures of my boys. someday, they'll, their kids will look at them and laugh, smile or cry.