Well, I finally finished the Christmas project I started for my-mother in-law a few months ago. You might recall that my mother-in-law’s gift to her sister (my wife’s aunt) was a nice family portrait. Of course, I was volunteered to be the photographer because my price was right (free).
My wife’s aunt finally chose the photo that she and her family liked best. They only had one request: that I Photoshop out a stain on somebody’s jeans. No problem. I fixed that in a few minutes. Then I uploaded the photo to Costco and ordered a 20 x 30 canvas print. It finally arrived. It looks amazing, and it’s freaking huge. I’m both surprised and proud that a photograph so nice came from me. We plan on presenting the canvas print to her family this weekend. I can’t wait to see their reaction.
The man in me feels the need to breakdown who contributed to this project. I know doing this is a little petty, but who cares. It’s not like any of them read this blog. So here is the breakdown:
- Coming up with the whole idea: my wife
- Location scouting: my wife and me
- Planning / scheduling the photo shoot: my wife
- Posing the photos: me
- Taking the photos: me
- Uploading to the computer: me
- Creating a slideshow and distributing digital copies: me
- Choosing the best photo: my wife’s aunt
- Editing in Photoshop: me
- Uploading and ordering the canvas print: me
- Paying for print: mothe-in-law (reimbursed me…to the penny…no extra funds for time and effort…not that it matters)
For the most part it was a positive experience: my in-laws love and trust my photo abilities, I learned some manual settings on my camera, I got to do a little Phototshop, and I learned that Costco’s canvas prints are awesome.
